![If I'm going to continue to be any kind of spiritual teacher, I've got to go deeper myself. And so for me, [I am] preserving long periods of solitude, silence, prayer, journaling, study, writing. I don't turn on music or the TV unless I really need to.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-im-going-to-continue-to-be-any-kind-of-spiritual-teacher-ive-got-to-go-deep.jpg)
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