As my prayer became more attentive and inwardI had less and less to say.I finally became completely
As my prayer became more attentive and inwardI had less and less to say.I finally became completely silent.I started to listen– which is even further removed from speaking.I first thought that praying entailed speaking.I then learnt that praying is hearing,not merely being silent.This is how it is.To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking,Prayer involves becoming silent,And being silent,And waiting until God is heard.—Søren Kierkegaard, quoted by Joachim Berendt in The Third Ear, translated by Tim Nevill (Shaftsbury, England: Element Books, 1988). Wisdom from our Summer 1990 issue on attention.Art Credit: Margaret Macdonald. The Pool of Silence, 1913, National Gallery of Canada. -- source link
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