Silence Is An Act of Faith

 

Laurence Freeman tells us meditation is an act of faith.

Why is it an act of faith?

What do we have faith in? 

The dictionary defines faith as:

Complete trust or confidence in someone or something. 

Each time we sit in silence we trust the silence. 

We are confident that there is something about the silence that makes us whole. 

It has something to teach us. 

Or 

Maybe we do not need to learn anything. 

We simply need to rest in it. 

And 

Let it refresh and rejuvenate us. 

Let it hold us for just the time we are in it. 

Let it teach us to just be and not worry while we sit in it. 

That is why I like to sit in the silence of Centering Prayer. 

It is something I look forward to each day. 

Each time I sit something different seems to happen to me. 

I am okay with that.

I find that exciting. 

This is why I will continue my journey into the endless depths of Silence.

Go Further:

Jesus the Teacher Within by Laurence Freeman

First Sight: The Experience of Faith

Open Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary Edition  by Thomas Keating and Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening were the first two books I read as I began my Centering Prayer practice.

Invitation to Love 20th Anniversary Edition: The Way of Christian Contemplation  by Thomas Keating

 

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