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...to see quiet
and relaxation
as necessary
components
of learning.
With the business of each day, there is an
endless stream of noise, thoughts, and
information. It is difficult to find the time
or space to experience quiet. Yet, for learning
to resound within us, to deepen,
and take root, there must be an open
receptivity that is characterized by a quiet
relaxation. We must help our students into
this experience.
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
—Ovid
“During periods of relaxation after concentrated
intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take
over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights
which give so much joy and delight.”
—Fritjof Capra
“Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves
undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception
of the world.”
—Hans Margolius