tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post245267118164375372..comments2023-07-04T06:43:07.515-07:00Comments on Longings Enchantments and Sacred Space: I noticed something for the first timeLucy Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06896499234585582947noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-50158622688107034042008-08-05T17:00:00.000-07:002008-08-05T17:00:00.000-07:00Interestingly, no - not at all - even "on the...Interestingly, no - not at all - even "on the inside" it is full of a wealth of subtle sounds - it's all relative (& they're some of the noisiest people I know - ha, ha.)Ellumbrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692032656434354445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-2279743640101200662008-08-05T07:36:00.000-07:002008-08-05T07:36:00.000-07:00Yeah...the power of silence...and yet, to be hones...Yeah...the power of silence...and yet, to be honest, I don't believe I have ever really heard 'silence'...I've experienced the lack of certain (more familiar) sounds but there always is some other 'sound'. If silence were to mean 'no sound at all', well, that I have yet to experience. Have you???Lucy Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896499234585582947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-21661876837287132432008-08-01T15:13:00.000-07:002008-08-01T15:13:00.000-07:00Well - I almost added to my comment that I believe...Well - I almost added to my comment that I believed that Quakers' meetings consisted mainly of contemplative silence.<BR/><BR/>I like that - a written sign for the power of silence.<BR/><BR/>. . . !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494469952232534729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-49003614078918743662008-07-31T17:47:00.000-07:002008-07-31T17:47:00.000-07:00I continue to marvel at its power and simply love ...I continue to marvel at its power and simply love this Quaker (or so I've been told) saying:<BR/><BR/>Speak only to improve on the silence.<BR/><BR/>To that I can only say<BR/><BR/><BR/>! :-)Lucy Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896499234585582947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7598016314667596202.post-40381528651901265382008-07-31T17:37:00.000-07:002008-07-31T17:37:00.000-07:00A lovely post.Silence is indeed a blessed space, o...A lovely post.<BR/>Silence is indeed a blessed space, one that the modern world seems to insist on occupying, without invitation.<BR/>It is a doorway that we cannot shut voluntarily - we should respect that our words, the vibrations that the voice carries with it, will touch another soul - uninvited.<BR/>Thank you for sharing Lucy.Ellumbrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692032656434354445noreply@blogger.com