WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF SILENCE
What sages learn
Is to return their nature
To the beginning
And let their minds
Travel freely in
Openness.
What developed people
Learn is to link their nature
To vast emptiness and
Become aware of the
Silent infinite.
- Huai-nan-tzu
+ I nearly ended this exploration of the practice of
silence with a different version of SE76 which will now be SE80. But, that wonderful source of daily wisdom,
DailyZen, came through with this gem and then another one for the next post, SE77.
The phrases “Travel free in Openness” and “vast
emptiness” and “Silent infinite” open up some powerful ideas for me. We are on an amazing journey and the more we
can move out of our limited patterns of existence, the more we can freely
discover what’s out there or rather
what’s in here. Deep within us is an
intimate, intricate, infinite connection to the beyond, even the far beyond. Infinite possibilities. No limits. Real freedom. Our real home.
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing
would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he
sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.” -- William Blake in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
+ Spirituality&Practice offers
many resources on the
Spiritual Practice of Silence and a wonderful photo
and quotes gallery. The meme above comes from that gallery.
+ You can always find a link to any of the
Spiritual Explorations posts by going to http://abundancetrek.com/sepostsaccess.html
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