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Silence #3
When there is no silence, then the One Word which God speaks is not truly heard as Love. Then only ‘words’ are heard. TM, Love
Silence #2
If man is constantly exiled from his own home, locked out of his own spiritual solitude, he ceases to be a true person. He no longer lives as a man. He becomes a kind of automaton, living without joy because he has lost his spontaneity. He is no longer moved from within, but only from outside himself. TM, Silent
Silence #1
God hidden within me. I find Him by hiding in the silence in which He is concealed. TM, Entering Read the rest of this entry »
21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, and wondered at his delay in the sanctuary.
A short Advent guest post at St. John The Divine’s website – “What brings me ‘joy on the journey’?” https://www.stjohnthedivine.bc.ca/article/2015/11/30/joy-journey-day-two
The greatest of God’s secrets is God Himself.
Words stand between silence and silence: between the silence of things and the silence of our own being. Between the silence of the world and the silence of God.
In the silence of God we have overcome magic by seeing through what is not there, and realizing that He Who IS, is closer to us than the “is not” that tries at all times to place itself between ourselves and Him. 71
Prayer is then not just a formula of words, or a series of desires springing up in the heart – it is the orientation of our whole body, mind and spirit to God in silence, attention, and adoration. All good meditative prayer is a conversion of our entire self to God. 44
I was given a beautiful little book recently. It is really more an extended essay bound in hardcover and delightfully illustrated with enough space to embody the author’s thesis.
In A Spacious Place 