This Day's Thought 19th November 2024

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 This Day's Thought 19th November 2024

Meditation is different from studying. By study, truth is explored; by meditation it is felt. By the one, things different are discriminated; by the other, what is known is loved and embraced. The design of secret meditation is not so much to accumulate knowledge, or to please ourselves, as to enlarge the desires of the soul and to elevate the affections.

David Sturrock

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