Quiet contemplation
O, the comfort -- the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,
Having neither to weigh thoughts,Nor measure words
but pouring them right out -- just as they are
Chaff and grain together,
Certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them
Keep what is worth keeping
And with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
-- Friendship, Dinah Craik
Its important every so often to just stay very still...calm your mind and spirt..and listen to the absolute silence around you. Coz that's when you hear yourself..the thoughts you dind;t know were percolating within, or the ones you wouldnt otherwise even think out loud..perhaps this is the time when answers (to prayers) or solutions to ur latest preoccupation or any kind of inspiration is revealed to you..and it dsnt take much to miss it. It could be anything, your conscience or God's voice or your own inner being - whichever pleases you- be still, be calm, at peace with yourself and u just might hear it...Or maybe it dsnt require that much effort afterall..Perhaps we should just be comfortable talking to/with ourselves (or God) and we might just be able to make it a part of our existance, daily routine which we rarely give that much thought to.
Ive been thinking, so often we're so busy trying to fill our days and moments with activities (i for one am guilty of this) and sometimes our need to communicate with everyone else is just so great that the silence in between is heavy and most disturbing (guilty as charged, again) i personally feel uncomfortable when there's a prolonged silence or lack of activity/interaction etc. Probably indicative of a restless spirit?Maybe. If only we cld draw the line between being passive and detached and not meddling with the random forces or altering the natural course of 'the plan' (some divine plan that we must have faith in, for hope, afterall,is all we have)..and knowing when to get into action mode, be proactive and take life in ur own hands. Then again, being still and peaceful might just be you being dormant and inert and very disillusioned.
It's not about being spiritual or to meditate or anything like that...i've always been amazed by the crocodile's ability to lie so still...sooo incredibly still that potential prey don't even realise it's a potential and tremendously potent threat until its too late. Hard to say it's meditating or praying...and one could hardly attribute a soul to crocs, certainly not when it stays soo still only to pounce on its meal with astonishing force and speed...but hey who's any authority on who/what has a soul or doesnt right.
Crocs are such fascinating creatures...
So I digress ...well anyway, this has just been me thinking out loud...
Rest assured, ive not exactly attained nirvana or anything, and my computer chair is no bodhi tree...nowhere close...just happens to be a particularly still night - well its almost dawn now- have run out of music to play and there's noone on msn.So its q.u.i.e.t. So i decided to let myself hear me think.
Incidentally, its been said that when u start to hear voices in ur head, its evidence enough that you're losing the plot, in other words, going stark mad.
How interesting. Rather ironic too.
....And then there was silence.....
Having neither to weigh thoughts,Nor measure words
but pouring them right out -- just as they are
Chaff and grain together,
Certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them
Keep what is worth keeping
And with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
-- Friendship, Dinah Craik
Its important every so often to just stay very still...calm your mind and spirt..and listen to the absolute silence around you. Coz that's when you hear yourself..the thoughts you dind;t know were percolating within, or the ones you wouldnt otherwise even think out loud..perhaps this is the time when answers (to prayers) or solutions to ur latest preoccupation or any kind of inspiration is revealed to you..and it dsnt take much to miss it. It could be anything, your conscience or God's voice or your own inner being - whichever pleases you- be still, be calm, at peace with yourself and u just might hear it...Or maybe it dsnt require that much effort afterall..Perhaps we should just be comfortable talking to/with ourselves (or God) and we might just be able to make it a part of our existance, daily routine which we rarely give that much thought to.
Ive been thinking, so often we're so busy trying to fill our days and moments with activities (i for one am guilty of this) and sometimes our need to communicate with everyone else is just so great that the silence in between is heavy and most disturbing (guilty as charged, again) i personally feel uncomfortable when there's a prolonged silence or lack of activity/interaction etc. Probably indicative of a restless spirit?Maybe. If only we cld draw the line between being passive and detached and not meddling with the random forces or altering the natural course of 'the plan' (some divine plan that we must have faith in, for hope, afterall,is all we have)..and knowing when to get into action mode, be proactive and take life in ur own hands. Then again, being still and peaceful might just be you being dormant and inert and very disillusioned.
It's not about being spiritual or to meditate or anything like that...i've always been amazed by the crocodile's ability to lie so still...sooo incredibly still that potential prey don't even realise it's a potential and tremendously potent threat until its too late. Hard to say it's meditating or praying...and one could hardly attribute a soul to crocs, certainly not when it stays soo still only to pounce on its meal with astonishing force and speed...but hey who's any authority on who/what has a soul or doesnt right.
Crocs are such fascinating creatures...
So I digress ...well anyway, this has just been me thinking out loud...
Rest assured, ive not exactly attained nirvana or anything, and my computer chair is no bodhi tree...nowhere close...just happens to be a particularly still night - well its almost dawn now- have run out of music to play and there's noone on msn.So its q.u.i.e.t. So i decided to let myself hear me think.
Incidentally, its been said that when u start to hear voices in ur head, its evidence enough that you're losing the plot, in other words, going stark mad.
How interesting. Rather ironic too.
....And then there was silence.....
posted by Kumari | 3:45 AM
3 Comments:
you mean that's what the voices in my head mean??
:( oh dear.
and here i thought it was because i was so cool and special.
Hey you know what? This was the exact same thing that I've been thinking about the last few weeks. We’re all just so hardwired to interact with everyone else and do everything else that we don’t do what I think is one of the most important things a person should do: take a few minutes off and just listen to ‘detox’ the mind of all the rubbish that’s messing up the signals. My five daily prayers help me do this, but even then, I get caught up with unnecessary thoughts. So nowadays I make a concentrated effort to keep out the ‘voices inside’ (which are playbacks of dumb songs or conversations). And I try to listen to the sounds my soul would like to hear.
nunbun : "The sounds my soul would like to hear"
- beautifully worded & apt for such a beautiful concept. Be it prayer,meditation or productive introspection, we could all do with a bit of this..it's healthy and probably more important that we'd realise, to discipline the mind coz it tends to wander so much.And we being the creatures of habit that we are,& so controlled by the mind and the kinda thoughts we entertain - that makes us so vulnerable
anantya : Ur so not alone.Join the club, it's hardly exclusive!
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