Embracing Silence

Chapel at SSJE, Cambridge Massachusetts

At some point in the contemplative journey, everyone must come face to face with silence. True contemplation happens within the spaciousness of silence. This can feel awkward to us who are used to the bustle and noise. Most people are trained to fill any spaces with something - anything to avoid silence. Do we perhaps run from the depths of our own true self?

There is a place where I go which cherishes silence, and invites anyone to experience it. It is my pilgrimage place: the Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Please click on the following link to listen to and/or read the wonderful words of one of the brothers there - on becoming silence.

Brother Kevin Hachett - On Becoming Silence