I teach many hours, maybe that is why I can be silent for days. As a matter
of fact then it becomes an effort to speak, but I get used to it quite
quickly.
Chat for chat drains me out, it gives me a headache.
From: "Ken Wolman" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:33 PM
> 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.
> >
> >
> 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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