The thing that struck me the most is how this time and space is opened. It is established as a time for us to open our minds to God by listening. We didn’t sing songs, we didn’t recite any prayers, we as a group came together to be quiet. Shah read a few paragraphs in one of the books of the Bible, and we sat in silence quieting our minds (which is no easy task) and listened.
When you’re in love, your whole perspective on life changes. You see things through a different lens. You’re capable of amazing self-sacrifice and self-giving. What’s so incredible is that you don’t even think of what you do as something costly. Giving sacrificially becomes a natural part of your life because love shifts your center. The object of your love, your beloved, becomes the center of your life. Can we love God like that? Yes…
Please understand that by silence I don’t mean the absence of words. There are many introverts who are happy to take part in a gathering without having to say a word.
What I mean by silence is stopping the thoughts in our heads. Our chattering minds are our biggest noisemakers. Our greatest struggles take place there…
