Category: Quotes

We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if we found it too slow in coming and were…

Now I see something in my listeners that won’t let me continue this way. The ocean flows back in and puts up a foam barrier,…

Words spoken in prayer while we are in ordinary consciousness are linear, perhaps emotion-filled. These same words spoken while we are within Silence reverberate and…

The way of Silence is a way of feeling, and the heart is the centre of feeling. When we are able to place our attention…

We can certainly go into the Silence without the practice of clearing . . . But clearing brings to the forefront new qualities of Silence…

As Silence becomes more an ongoing aspect of our lives, our perception of things of the world, and of others, changes from one in which…

When we lose the ability or willingness to be vulnerable, joy becomes something we approach with deep foreboding. . . . We’re always waiting for…

Contemplation is life itself, fully awake, fully active, fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness…

Some who are tediously metaphysical might worry that all this talk of union with God blurs the distinction between Creator and creation. Far from blurring…

In attending to our relationships, we can also learn the ways that Silence enters, and we can cultivate its presence. . . . Speaking that…