Interesting question, Mark. I would like to think I do something
similar a lot of the time, but is reading being 'in' silence? Writing,
perhaps. But then, I usually, while not talking to anyone, have music
on: so, not silence?
And I talk to myself.
Doug
On 25-Nov-05, at 7:02 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> Here's an interesting question, interesting to me, at least. A lot of
> my friends go on retreats to Catholic or Buddhist venues, where
> they're silent among others being silent. I live and work by myself
> and in fact spend many days saying very little. My favorite travel is
> solitary walking and camping. Obviously a lot of people for a lot of
> millenia have referred being silent in a crowd. Any ideas?
>
> Mark
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