Ashley and Artur...what Mik said. Basically prayer (or maybe more precisely meditation) is the exercise whereby we focus ourselves on a silent spot within and then open ourselves to fully and truly experience the world as it really is. That means all the sounds and sensations that envelop us: we experience them acutely as we become more and more aware of our connection to the greater whole, which is what prayer and meditation is about for me. Also, when someone is leading a prayer, I find myself very focused on that person's words, sounds which are obviously "out there."
Reflection on the other hand is what happens when we turn the spotlight inwards, and as Mik said, we concentrate deeply on our own internal sounds and images and find ourselves blocking out the world from our minds. Both are good and important forms of silence in my life. Chris --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada http://www.chriscorrigan.com ch...@chriscorrigan.com (604) 947-9236 > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Artur > Ferreira da Silva > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 11:45 AM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Re: Silence > > At 13:59 23-01-2004 -0800, Chris Corrigan wrote: > > >So, to conclude, in terms Artur might appreciate: > > > >Prayer = IS + EN > >Reflection = IN + ES > > > >Where IS=internal silence, IN=internal noise, ES=external silence and > >EN=external noise. > > Sorry, Chris, but I share Ashley's doubts. And I am not able to appreciate > what I am unable to understand :-( > > Best regards > > Artur > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
