Sitting quietly in a church/temple/mosque, particularly an old building and becoming aware of retiring within, so your awareness goes beyond the body, and the mind resides in an essence of peace.

The same peace that is within the church etc is within you for you are also a temple.  Within you, just as within those buildings where the Divine/God resides is the Spirit Divine.

Just as we can find the welcome, the peace and the comfort in those buildings that have been prayed in over the years and given inspiration to the many it is so for those of us who meditate and silently commune with the Divine, we find that peace, that welcome and inspiration, which is beyond understanding.

Satchidananda Ma