It has been said: “Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.”
I don't know who said it but I believe it is true. Even so, today it was difficult to listen to anything but the chaos of my own mind. Perhaps this is what some folks call the devil; others name it temptation; others say it is the ego........Certainly it distracts and disturbs and dilutes the stillness. So do you give up? Run away from it? Silence it? Today I swirled in the tumble of confusion, thinking I would be swept away by it. But I steadfastly returned time and again to my breath - the slow and steady in and out; the ebb and flow. Until gradually I rose above the chaos and confusion. I hovered there and listened to the sound of nothing........and everything.............
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