Monday, 21 May 2012
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Silent is the New Loud
By Sam at Creative Theology
For the past few months I’ve been attempting to be more aware of all the noise in my life. A while back, I began turning off the car radio on my way to work. This was one small step in reclaiming space in my life.The theme of space and silence were prevalent at Luminous which had an incredible impact on me, especially in these areas. I had never been to a conference that effectively made space for people to commune, and carved out times of intentional, communal silence.
It was beautiful and stirring.
As I continue to unpack how to facilitate space and silence in my life, I wonder…
What do you do to be intentional about making room for silence?
Or if you are new to this journey like me, what ideas do you have?
I’d love to hear.
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If you'd like to see a profound example of the value of silence in life, watch "Into Great Silence."
I will never forget the thirty-day silent retreat from my first year of novitiate. Going into it I didn't understand how I could possibly go a month without regular conversation; we were permitted to speak during Mass (just the responses and prayers) and then once a day with our spiritual director, and that was it. But as the retreat went on I came to love the silence and was sad to see it come to an end.
I love silence. This issue has come up many times in my life. I once took a fast from speaking (except at work and school and only when I had to speak) for one week and it was amazing. It was seriously, probably, the best fast I've ever taken. Even now I sometimes spend a whole day without music, without entertainment, and with only required communication with other people. It puts me back into balance.
weed is the new loud