This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway. Step around the poisonous vipers that slither at your feet, attempting to throw you of your course. Be bold. Be humble. Put away the incense and forget the incantations they taught you. Ask no permission from the authorities. Slip away. Close your eyes and follow your breath to the still place that leads to the invisible path that leads you home. — Saint Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle

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Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing upset you.
Everything changes.
God alone is unchanging.
With patience all things are possible.
Whoever has God lacks nothing.
God alone is enough. — Saint Teresa of Avila, Bookmark Prayer

the inner atmosphere

It is not the outer atmosphere that is the important factor; it is the inner atmosphere that you yourself create. Live in that inner atmosphere - serene, unaffected by the other atmosphere. Your life is in your hand. You create your world; you create your atmosphere.

Swami Chidananda