I am about to go on a retreat which will be almost entirely silent, just for a few days. I am feeling mostly excited, though I do detect a hint of wariness! But really I am longing for this silence at some fundamental level.
It strikes me that choosing to be silent might be one of the most powerful choices we could make in a world with so much multi-channel communication going on constantly? And that this is very different from feeling silenced or indeed from actually being silenced.
There is something in this about offering my attention just to God and to the natural world and also to my own self more deeply than I normally manage to do. And also something about receiving the loving attention of God and fellow creatures in the natural world, too. 🙏
la perle 
Thank you! Might have to try one of those myself, sounds very appealing
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Oh do if you get the chance. It was goooood!! Also created an interesting sense of deep community among the 15 of us on the retreat. Amazing how you can feel more connected to one another after spending a long time in silence together! I think everyone knew at least one other person in the group which did help us. I’ll do another post about the fruits of it thus far for me too shortly. Xxx
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