Wherever we are or wherever we are going, we have our cell with us. For Brother Body is the cell, and the soul is the hermit who dwells in it, meditating there and praying to God. Therefore, if the soul does not preserve quiet and solitude in its own cell, of what profit is a cell made by hands?
Legend of Perugia - 80
This is what all the great teachers tell us, and something so difficult to realize, isn't it? Though we often crave for more external solitude, the true solitude needs to be interior. So difficult.
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