Book meme

As gacked from jacint, among others:

1. Grab the nearest book


2. Open the book to page 56


3. Find the fifth sentence


4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal along with these instructions.

"Behind the Buddha, framed in the window, were the rolling hills, crowned in their turn by blue-grey clouds.
"We sat on and the silence lengthened and deepened, emphasising the stillness and timelessness of the moment. I remember feeling an upwelling of great love for my teacher, as if he and I were one and I could not be sure whether the sadness which was also part of that moment came from him or from myself. A sadness born of our own vulnerability as mortals on this changing, turning planet in the endless eternity of space. 'I want everything to just ... stop.'"