Are you Afraid?
kirstinkluver: I have been looking at my attachment to approval. Am a good daughter, therapist, sister, artist, lover, friend…. woman, human being? And what does... Read More
The one who neglects contemplation is at risk of being motivated and driven by false-self compulsions. When one neglects giving attention to his interior life,... Read More
Work—Rest. Service—Prayer. Action—Contemplation. Life offers us the challenge of holding these essential elements of what it means to be human in tension with one another.... Read More
And this kind of silence is more about an interior state than it is necessarily about the external. Mother’s chapel is built facing one of... Read More
Mother Teresa teaches us. In her rules she established a rigorous schedule of service accompanied by a thoughtful period of regular rest—one day a week,... Read More
In our modern world, it is much too easy to overextend our limits toward activity and productivity. Stillness, solitude and silence are not valued today... Read More
Silence is actually time you are hearing, a vibration rather than absence of sound. There is always something to see, something to hear. There are... Read More
Silence introduced in a society that worships noise is like the moon exposing the night. Behind darkness is our fear. Within silence our voice dwells.... Read More
I’m afraid of silence. Silence creates a pathway to peace through pain, the pain of a distracted and frantic mind before it becomes still…I fear... Read More
Fear seeks noisy company and pandemonium to scare away the demons. (C. G. Jung) Dare to face your fears and your “demons” by sitting in... Read More
