Contemplative Prayer is the art of paying attention to what is.

To pay profound attention to reality is prayer, because to enter the depths of this moment is to encounter God. There is only now. It is the only place God can be found. (My emphasis) 

Simon Small – From the Bottom of the Pond

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

– The Buddha (via theorthodoxheretic)

Thomas Merton & Chuang Tzu – The Active Life