Deep in the soul, below pain,
below all the distraction of life,
is a silence vast and grand –
an infinite ocean of calm,
which nothing can disturb;
nature’s own exceeding peace,
which “passes understanding”.
That which we seek
with passionate longing,
here and there,
upward and outward;
we find at last within ourselves.
– R. M. Bucke (1837-1902)
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