Slowness is a great aid to true peace of mind. It is impossible to maintain awareness when you are rushing around. The movements of an enlightened being are never hurried. All of us can learn to move more slowly no matter what we are doing; driving, eating, walking, talking. The practice of awareness is first experienced from the outside in, but soon it takes hold within us; we assimilate the slowness; we become the slowness. Slowness is a first cousin to patience, which is the mother of all good qualities.