Stephen Vincent wrote:
>I just received a sign. Stepping down off my porch to get my mail, a young
>man with a limp and a cane was walking by. On a string necklace hanging from
>his neck, he bore a handwritten tag on his chest, "Practicing Silence" - in
>nice large school teacher black ink script, no less.
>Silent Meditation is conquering this City! It's been a fun week talking
>crazy and sometimes maybe smart on this lovely list. But I got my sign. For
>what it's personally worth, I am going quiet for a while. Indeed, not to
>pretend to be sanctimonious, maybe it's time - it's so much in the air - for
>a silence in sorrow for all those so recently, and terribly passed.
>
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Admirable and something I, as a professional motormouth, would love to
attempt. I used to attend Quaker meetings and the one hour of silence
was quite powerful. You can come face to face with yourself and then
try to move beyond SelfSelfSelf. There is a Jesuit retreat house not
that far away that has 3-day silent retreats--you talk only to a
spiritual director once or twice a day, the rest of the time is spent
however you need to spend it: prayer, walking, reading, perhaps hearing
music. All of which can amount to prayer.
My girlfriend doesn't believe I can stay silent for 10 minutes much less
three days. Maybe we're both right.
ken
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Kenneth Wolman
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609-734-2538
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