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November 2009 
Because God Whispers - The Practice of Silence
Posted on Jul 15th, 2008
by 
Jayne
Jayne
goldentemplemeditation
Ode Magazine has an article in this month's issue you might enjoy: Because God Whispers - Being silent means more than just holding your tongue. It means listening for the softest, most subtle sound of all - the sound of the soul.
From the article:
“Our culture is suffering from an overdose of action and a shortage of contemplation. I consider contemplation a basic need; you even see it in animals. Just think about dogs and cats. You often see them staring off into space. I think that’s their way of meditating, their way of recharging their batteries. We have that need too. But we deny this basic, physiological need—as if an entire society were to forget to go to the bathroom. That’s serious!” - Italian psychiatrist Piero Ferrucci
“As a yogi friend said, 'To hear the voice of God, you must be silent.'
I asked why.
He looked at me as if the answer were obvious. 'Because God whispers.' ”
“Silence is the language God speaks and everything else is a bad translation.” - Thomas Keating
“The new human being will be a listening being, or he will not be at all.” - Joachim E. Berendt, author of Nada Brahma
“There’s no path to silence; silence is the path.”
Photo Credit: Golden Temple Meditation, by Gurumustuk Singh on Flickr. Creative Commons License.
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