Recently I was in a computer store with my best friend. We found this piece of software for sale, and the cover made us smile.
The image on the front made also me think…
As people with five senses to take in the world around us, we are able to tune into things – or not.
We take in such a small amount of the stimuli around us. We hear and see and taste and experience only a small chunk of what we could.
Tuning in, only comes through slowing down and regaining inner stillness. Which for all of us busy folks is pretty hard eh? :)
Tuning into God, ourselves, others... they are all so important.
My special subject at Oxford was “Christian Mysticism“.
Mysticism sounds a bit weird and cooky… but all it actually means is people who followed Jesus and prayed and listened to him in stillness.
So I’ll be blogging about some of the Christian Mystics that I studied at Oxford in the coming weeks, which I’m excited about!
Here are a few great quotes:
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…. We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~Mother Teresa
True silence is the rest of the mind – it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. ~William Penn
Silence is the universal refuge, a balm to our every chagrin. ~Henry David Thoreau
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. ~Mahatma Gandhi
You can hear the footsteps of God, when silence reigns in the mind. ~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba
So…..
Do you have any silence and stillness in your life? How can you get some?
- Vicky
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