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Levels of Silence

(PHOTO: LAURENCE FREEMAN, IRELAND)

This work of silence that we are doing takes us to two different levels. We come to these different levels of silence in God’s time, not our own. Contemplation is always gift, not technique. There is the silence of the tongue, there is the silence of the whole body, the silence of the mind, the silence of the spirit. Body, mind, spirit. Now these are levels. Although we may bounce up and down the scale quite a lot, we do need to tick off certain procedures, certain work we do. For example, if we can’t control our tongue, forget about controlling your mind.

(The Experience of Being by Laurence Freeman OSB )

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