Artist: Odilon Redon The silence that Benson refers to here is not at all about isoloation or withdrawal. It is, rather, the stillness that is cultivated by giving ourselves over to the present moment and into which we can tap at any time and in any place - no matter what is going on outwardly:
The silence that I seek cannot merely be the absence of the numbing noise and debilitating detail of life in our society. It must be something more. It must be a solitude that is transcendent, a stillness that can be found in the midst of the noise, a silence that is portable.
Okay, now I get why meditation should be practiced not just in places of peace and refuge, but in places of noise and chaos where I can take refuge.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ellie.
Carolyn L.