In Praise of Silence
May 2, 2009 at 9:24 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsTags: Philosophy, Spirituality
Sitting in a Quaker meeting the other day, I had a thought:
Silence cleanses the soul, as the rain does the body.
Perhaps overt confession is nonsense; I cannot connect with it anyway. Instead, just allow the dust and dirt within to fall away at the break of day…
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