"I shared in meeting the other day a little prayer, a definition of prayer, that is not Quaker but which helps me. This little definition is that prayer is a quieting of your mind and an opening of yourself to a larger awareness. And that’s exactly what I do when I go into Quaker meeting. First of all, I just try to quiet my body -- that isn’t very hard for me at my age, but it‘s very hard for young kids. But the hardest thing is to quiet your racing mind, you know, your thinking and intellectual pursuits, and quiet your spirit and just open yourself up to a larger awareness—that’s the presence of God—and take it from there."
–Francis Brown
More at http://www.dailylocal.com/article/20120529/NEWS01/120529493/downingtown-quaker-leader-francis-brown-dies-at-age-94
Wall hanging to be found at Belfast Meeting House (Fredrick Street)
http://www.quakers-in-ireland.ie/quakermeetings/ulster/belfast-frederick-st/
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