Comments on: The Power of Silence http://themiddleway.net/2007/04/29/the-power-of-silence/ Commentaries on Meditation, Zen, Buddhism, and Mindfulness Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nick Smith http://themiddleway.net/2007/04/29/the-power-of-silence/#comment-4181 Nick Smith Sat, 19 May 2007 20:48:55 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/04/29/the-power-of-silence/#comment-4181 This post is surreal Wade. It actually brought me to a point of complete stillness. My last thought... "Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence." With that in mind I have nothing more to say... except 'Blessings my friend' This post is surreal Wade.
It actually brought me to a point of complete stillness.
My last thought… “Don’t speak unless you can improve on the silence.”
With that in mind I have nothing more to say… except ‘Blessings my friend’

]]> By: Vera Nadine http://themiddleway.net/2007/04/29/the-power-of-silence/#comment-4073 Vera Nadine Thu, 17 May 2007 12:36:21 +0000 http://themiddleway.net/2007/04/29/the-power-of-silence/#comment-4073 Hi Wade. Great post and very timely for me. I have long believed in the power of the word and this relates directly to the power of silence. (As an aside: the electricity went out yesterday and suddenly the tension in my neck went away. I was reminded of how the "real" world actually sounds. It was great!) So... it has taken so much focus and time to learn to speak with positive truth and to say nothing, no matter how simple or profound, that would compromise my own personal integrity. The new challenge, now that speaking with integrity has become a habit, is to quiet the mind and teach it to do the same thing as my mouth does. How many times have I attacked myself in my mind? How many times has the noise reverberating in there come back to haunt me? I will now attempt to quiet the ego, to stop playing back the recordings of painful words said to me by others. I must be the "me" that I truly always have been and not the me that the harsh voices say I am. :) Hi Wade.

Great post and very timely for me.

I have long believed in the power of the word and this relates directly to the power of silence.

(As an aside: the electricity went out yesterday and suddenly the tension in my neck went away. I was reminded of how the “real” world actually sounds. It was great!)

So… it has taken so much focus and time to learn to speak with positive truth and to say nothing, no matter how simple or profound, that would compromise my own personal integrity.

The new challenge, now that speaking with integrity has become a habit, is to quiet the mind and teach it to do the same thing as my mouth does.

How many times have I attacked myself in my mind? How many times has the noise reverberating in there come back to haunt me?

I will now attempt to quiet the ego, to stop playing back the recordings of painful words said to me by others.

I must be the “me” that I truly always have been and not the me that the harsh voices say I am.

:)

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