March 25, 2022

The bowl of silence
in which we stand.

When we step into silence we open to other ways of hearing and knowing. We connect with universal consciousness and the wisdom to be found there. I will write more about silence but wanted to first share this writing of David Abram from his amazing book The Spell Of The Sensuous. Spend some time savouring this, perhaps in silence.

Perception…is precisely this reciprocity, the ongoing interchange between my body and the entities that surround it. It is a sort of silent conversation that I carry on with things, a continuous dialogue that unfolds far below my verbal awareness – and often, even, independent of my verbal awareness…. Whenever I quiet the persistent chatter of words within my head, I find this silent or wordless dance always already going on – this improvised duet between my animal body and the fluid, breathing landscape that it inhabits.

This continuous dialogue that unfolds far below our verbal awareness is the gift of silence. It is the sound of silence. And we breathe into that landscape to find wisdom.

Blessings of Crone Wisdom,
Judith