It's not enough to be an activist. We have to do nothing too.
It is so important to honor silence! During a very stressful time in
the world, when tension, antagonism, disconnection abound, we need to
imbibe the power of Silence and give it to the world for grounding and
stability. Most of us focus too much on what happens in silence - the
changing forms that arise in formless space, the sounds coming and
going, the chaos - but we don't attend to the spaciousness in which it's all happening. Silence may embrace
chaos, but the Silence that contains it is creativity, nourishment, and peace. Have you
ever shifted the background to the foreground, and honored Silence
itself?
Please honor pure Silence until it solidifies into a
jewel, shining out of your breastbone, sparkling deep in your center,
flooding your heart with pulsations of pure Presence, the Presence of
divine Being. This is an essential practice for sanity during chaotic
times. Do it not just for yourself, but to bring peace
to the whole environment.
And please don't underestimate the profound effect of letting this shift happen for short moments, repeated often during the day. Don't try to sustain it: just a moment can flood the world with the grace of Silence. Then it can grow wider. The Infinite gets its foot in the door through tiny cracks.
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