“…A person who is too wrapped up in his or her mind cannot “see” any reality beyond his or her own inner thoughts and imaginings. Whether it is conscious or unconscious, the internal dialogue or mental noise disconnects us from the world and the people around us. The spiritual journey, therefore, begins only when we start to remove our attention from this noise and to concentrate it elsewhere, to move toward a silence that enables us to become more in tune with the world and the people around us…”

–Excerpt from “Silence, the Breath is Precious” Discourse by Alireza Nurbakhsh from SUFI Magazine Issue 83 Summer 2012