It is not a question of making prayer
or even making silence
Silence is not contrived
When one comes before the Lord
with a mind full of images
with strong emotions
and one's thoughts still in movement
one realises the need for silence
Yet this is not to be silent
It is merely covering up the noise
or shutting it up within ourselves
There is no need to create silence
for it is already there
It is simply a matter of letting it rise up
from within us
Once we have heard this silence
we thirst to find it again
A Carthusian "The Wound of Love"
Quoted in "Sounding the Silence" by John Skinner
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment