The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.
Novelists in particular love to rhapsodize about the glory of the solitary mind; this is natural, because their job requires them to sit in a room by themselves for years on end. But for most of the rest of us, we think and remember socially.
The body has a mind of its own.
I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you.
When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.
A child's mind is its living room; it's is going to be residing there for the rest of its earthly existence.
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
It is possibly not very helpful to our inner life to ponder a great deal on how the external world is reflected in our soul. By doing so, we do not get beyond a shadowy picture of the world of mental images in ourselves.
The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.