Silence — The Power of None
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Silent Contemplation
It seems strange, that after a month of studying how to produce Podcasts, I should wake up with the thought of silent contemplation.
We live in a very noise-driven world. The Internet used to be a silent medium. One could browse and quietly read any site that caught our attention. Now it is common to have the site owner “virtually” and sometimes jarringly welcome you to the site and point out helpful features.
Embedded video has become a ubiquitous aspect of most information-based sites.
The use of sound and video to get and keep attention is not necessarily a negative thing. In many cases seeing and hearing a concept makes it easier to understand. The Millionaire Mind Support Network™ Blog uses YouTube videos that feature trainers and teachers who have produced mini-classes we wish to share with our members.
A New Earth
Oprah is bring online video and audio to a whole new level by bringing Eckhart Tolle and his book, A New Earth, to over a million people around the world! Oprah’s stated intention for the 10-week, worldwide, interactive webcast is to help raise the consciousness of our world. It is an amazing process that is moving the lives of the participants in ways none of us yet understand.
Within the audaciousness of Oprah’s intention — the raising of individual and group consciousness, comes the message that she and Eckhart want to share. One of the antidotes to the colophony of planetary and individual chaos is moments of silent contemplation…taking the time to “step-back”.
The Practice of Silent Contemplation
Silence is often referred to in terms of space: the vastness of the void, the haven of the heart, the retreat to quiet, the inner sanctuary, the sacred center where God dwells. For centuries, people have used the practice of rest and renewal as part of their spiritual journey. Silent contemplation provides a way to periodically withdraw from the world. We may go into silence as a prelude to prayer, or seek it as the place where through meditation we can contact our deeper self and Spirit.
How can we find this inner quietude, tranquility, and calm?
Tolle suggests we must first make room for it — literally.
Find a space of physical silence where you can sit quietly, away from distracting demands, voices, and sounds. Go there every day. It is the gateway to your interior silence. Give your soul-self time.
In sharp contrast with our inner sanctuary of silence, our raucous world verges on chaotic— we live amidst the seemingly relentless roar of our machines, tools, toys and media — all of which clamors for our attention.
In the New Earth, Eckhart quietly notes that these various expressions of chaos can take our attention away from our inner work. Silence is a powerful antidote to a world that feels overwhelming. Silent contemplation enables us to focus our attention on the deep matters of our soul, and commune with those things greater than the perpetual pandemonium all around us.
Live Well and Prosper,
Sandi
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