True Silence

August 16, 2012 By 2 Comments
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  Silence, true silence Is not just about the absence of sound.   That, in fact, is hard, If not impossible To attain.   It is about the silence of the heart, A laying to rest, Of self absorption And justification —   Of malice And hubris — Of the constant chatter We suppose is [Read More...]

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Meditating on Words from Merton

August 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
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My friend Paul McKay posted these words from Thomas Merton and I’ve been meditating on them ever since: In our age everything has to be a ‘problem.’ Ours is a time of anxiety because we have willed it to be so. Our anxiety is not imposed on us by force from outside. We impose it [Read More...]

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