tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post3934725049248649223..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: in silencebeth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-57378677260986588822012-12-04T13:14:39.559-05:002012-12-04T13:14:39.559-05:00Thanks Deborah - good luck with that quiet amidst ...Thanks Deborah - good luck with that quiet amidst the bustle!beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-32626875975490503532012-12-04T08:52:47.996-05:002012-12-04T08:52:47.996-05:00Thanks Beth! I needed that poem this morning~~it ...Thanks Beth! I needed that poem this morning~~it is one of my favorites. I have been studying the word "Quiet" for this year and with a month left, before whatever is next, trying to go deep into quiet during this hustle and bustling time. Again~~Gratitude<br /><br />injoyemporium.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057420887536447758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-61085529046998981582012-12-03T11:49:22.922-05:002012-12-03T11:49:22.922-05:00I sort of figure it is behind me, looking out thro...<i>I sort of figure it is behind me, looking out through me. Like a wave, you can ride it, but only for awhile ... you can't force it or extend it.</i><br /><br />"looking through me... you can ride it... " wonderfully put!JofIndiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091187070268922483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-79755967825449746252012-12-03T10:13:54.852-05:002012-12-03T10:13:54.852-05:00My experience too - you can't look at it! I s...My experience too - you can't look at it! I sort of figure it is behind me, looking out through me. Like a wave, you can ride it, but only for awhile ... you can't force it or extend it.<br /><br />In Centering Prayer we keep returning, letting go again and again of the noise. I realize that whatever silence there is, is deeper (and bigger) than my conscious awareness. Once my awareness thinks it sees it, I'm back into noise and have to let go again.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-3886244725095113832012-12-03T09:14:54.058-05:002012-12-03T09:14:54.058-05:00"I will try, like them
To be my own silence:
...<i>"I will try, like them<br />To be my own silence:<br />And this is difficult. .."</i><br /><br />And therein lies the problem.. In the trying we lose the silence.<br />I guess it's a kind of zen thing.. We can sort of see it in the corner of our vision - but the moment we focus on it.. it's gone...JofIndiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091187070268922483noreply@blogger.com