Last posts on silence2012-02-12T22:02:51+01:00All Rights Reserved blogSpirithttp://starter.blogspirit.com/http://starter.blogspirit.com/en/explore/posts/tag/silence/atom.xmlmmwhttp://beyondrivalry.blogspirit.com/about.htmlInto Great Silencetag:beyondrivalry.blogspirit.com,2007-04-06:12424902007-04-06T20:31:40+02:002007-04-06T20:31:40+02:00 Antony saw the new (in the U.S.) movie, Into Great Silence by Philip...
<p>Antony saw the new (in the U.S.) movie, <a href="http://www.diegrossestille.de/english/"><i>Into Great Silence</i></a> by Philip Groening, about life in a Carthusian monastery, and <a href="http://tothequiet.blogspot.com/2007/03/into-great-silence.html">responds</a> to it:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>"This film made me want to live closer to the land, to the seasons. It made me want to grow flowers and vegetables.</li> </ul> <br /> <ul> <li>"This film made me want to simplify my life in every regard. I think I'll start with my diet.</li> </ul> <br /> <ul> <li>"This film made me want to be a Carthusian."</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> <p>I hope it shows around here soon.<br /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
mmwhttp://beyondrivalry.blogspirit.com/about.htmlSilence and Receptivitytag:beyondrivalry.blogspirit.com,2007-03-25:12309462007-03-25T22:21:44+02:002007-03-25T22:21:44+02:00 "That which is truly great grows unnoticed, and silence at the right...
<p><a href="http://beyondrivalry.blogspirit.com/images/medium_lgducksmoon2005.2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://beyondrivalry.blogspirit.com/images/thumb_lgducksmoon2005.2.jpg" alt="medium_lgducksmoon2005.2.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0pt; float: left" /></a>"That which is truly great grows unnoticed, and silence at the right moment is more fruitful than the constant activity that only too easily degenerates into spiritual idleness. In the present age, we are all possessed by a strange restlessness that suspects any silence of being a waste of time and any kind of repose as being negligence. … Even in the religious sphere <b>we tend to expect and hope for everything from our own activity</b>. We use all kinds of exercises and involvements to evade the real mystery of interior growth before God. And yet in the religious sphere receptivity is at least as important as activity." -- Cardinal Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://cornerstone-forum.blogspot.com/2007/03/angel-of-lord.html">Gil Bailie quotes this</a> to say that it almost perfectly sums up the 'fundamental religious attitude' of his beloved wife Liz, who died in February. It reflects an important part of my religious (that is: life) attitude, too.</p> <p> </p> <p>(Photo taken by me at Longwood Gardens, PA)<br /></p> <p> </p>