"Meditation is a discipline of simplicity. Our world needs to learn it urgently. It is a discipline whereby you direct all your powers of consciousness to God. Instead of being at the mercy of your mind with its myriad thoughts and imaginations, you bring our mind, your consciousness, to silence. In that silence you quite naturally become open to God and God's power. It is an utterly benevolent power which we can only describe with the word 'love'."- Dom John Main, OSB
Once again, I have given myself the gift of a 5-day silent retreat. I leave after work on Thursday. Here's what a typical day on a non-directed, silent retreat looks like (with possible minor variations):
- sleep
- meditate
- eat
- walk
- read/write
- eat
- nap
- walk
- meditate
- eat
- read/write
- meditate
- read/write
- sleep
Well, SOMEbody has to do it! :-) See you on the flip side of Silence...
simply jag xox
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