God Is Found In Silence

"Silence is the great revelation, " said Lao-tse. We are accustomed to think of Scripture as the revelation of God. And so it is. I want you now to discover the revelation that silence brings. To take in the revelation that Scripture offers, you must expose yourself to Scripture. To take in the revelation that silence offers you must first attain silence. And this is not easy. We will attempt to do this in this exercise.

Transcript

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The great Chinese sage Lao Tzu says,

Silence is the great revelation.

I want you now to discover the revelation that silence brings.

To take in the revelation that silence offers,

You must first attain silence.

And this is not easy.

Let us attempt to do this.

I want you to close your eyes now and take up a comfortable posture.

I am going to invite you now to keep silence for a certain period of time.

During that time,

You will try to attain silence,

As total a silence as possible of heart and mind.

Having attained it,

You will expose yourself to whatever revelation it brings.

You you you you you you you all right that will do you think now what it was you did to attain silence and how successful your attempts were what kind of a silence did you get into and what did you think and feel during the exercise the experience of people who attempt this exercise is infinitely varied most people discover to their surprise that silence is something they are simply not accustomed to that no matter what they do they cannot still the constant wandering of their mind or quieten an emotional turmoil that they feel within themselves and others feel themselves approaching the frontiers of silence and panic they tend to withdraw for silence can be a frightening experience there is no reason to be discouraged even those wandering thoughts of yours those distractions are quite a revelation are they not the fact that your mind wanders isn't that a revelation about yourself it is not enough to know this you must take time to experience this wandering of your mind and the type of wandering that it indulges in how revealing that is is it not and here's something to encourage you the fact that you were aware of your mental wanderings or of your inner turmoil or of your inability to be still shows you that you have some degree of silence within you a sufficient amount of silence to be aware of all of this

Reviews

A thrill of hope! The weary world rejoices!

A beautiful and cathartic practice, allowing for a moment of peace and safety in a sometimes chaotic world.

Nearly magical — and certainly mystical…