howdy, androo,
it does seem to be a necessity to clearing self and re-ordering priorities. gibbering, for sure, without it. gibbering p'raps in moments thereafter, but re-clearing and re-reordering if meditative again no matter when. the cause and effect always work, thank the great good.
happy old sow
judy way delited to hear of your experiences
> From: Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/11/25 Fri PM 07:23:33 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Other French joke
>
> > For several years I've periodically expressed an interest in spending a
> > long weekend with the Jesuits (any Order will actually do) and observing
> > silence for the allotted time.
>
> > ken
> >
>
> I spent over a decade with the Jesuits. The quietest time of the day (for them
> individually) was when they were saying their Office, walking slowly up and
> down somewhere on schoolgrounds, a little black book in their hands.
>
> The quietest time of my years with them was a retreat for the Sodality of Our
> Lady in which I was a saintly leader. I would have been in my early teens. We
> hired the beachhouse of the IBVM nuns at a place called Waterman's Bay and had
> a complete silent retreat for a week. (That area is now a beachside suburb and
> the nuns would have done very-nicely-thank-you out of the sale of their old
> ramshackle beachside house.) The silent days were magical. I remember them to
> this day some forty years later. I wish for a retreat of my own, and get up
> early each morning to have a silent moment with myself and my little black
> meditation book ... Otherwise, I'm a gibbering fool who can't keep his mouth
> shut in company.
>
> Andrew
>
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