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| The needed silence in prayer |
| By Kari Mashos |
As a musician I learned that a pause, or silence within a piece of music being performed, can be just as powerful to energize the music as the musical notes. But it is not an absence of sound that makes the silence effective; the silence is part of the whole musical idea being expressed. I found that my equal attention to both silence and sound helped express the musical idea. I have also come to see this is true when we pray.
Silent prayer, or even a moment of silence at a public solemn event, is practiced in many cultures by people of different religions and those who have no religious affiliations. This silence is not a vacuum, though; it is often filled with quiet hope, or a deep desire to still the heart of fear.
Being silent is one way to be receptive to the Holy Spirit, God. Our desire to feel something of our spiritual connection with God, expressed without words, makes us receptive to the spirit of Love, God’s healing influence, operating within our our hearts and minds. I often think of it as the pulse of divinity instructing me to... MORE |
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