STILTE
When I speak, it is a demand that others remain silent so I alone may be heard. When I am silent, I hear my true self and reach my soul. When I am silent, I hear with a caring heart. Silence teaches us to know reality by respecting it where words have defiled it. If our life is poured out in useless words, we will never hear anything because we have said everything before we had anything to say. . . . . Thomas Merton)
LUISTER
Too much talking restricts our capacity to listen, banishes mindfulness and open the door to distraction and escapism. Talking too much often convinces us of the correctness of our own conclusions and leads some into thinking they are wise. It can be a subtle exercise in arrogance and superiority (Michael Casey uit “Guide to Living”)
AFSONDERING
Retire from the world each day to some private spot, even if it be only the bedroom (for a while I retreated to the furnace room for want of a better place). Stay in the secret place till the surrounding noises begin to fade out of your heart and a sense of God's presence envelopes you. Listen for the inward Voice till you learn to recognize it. Stop trying to compete with others. Give yourself to God and then be what and who you are without regard to what others think. Learn to pray inwardly every moment. After a while you can do this even while you work. Read less, but more of what is important to your inner life. Never let your mind remain scattered for very long. Call home your roving thoughts. Gaze on Christ with the eyes of your soul. Practice spiritual concentration. All the above is contingent upon a right relation to God through Christ and daily meditation on the Scriptures. Lacking these, nothing will help us; granted these, the discipline recommended will go far to neutralize the evil effects of externalism and to make us acquainted with God and our own souls (A. W. Tozer)
SABBATSRUS
The Sabbath is not merely an event that happens in time; it redefines the nature of time and how we are to live it. We will not be able to imagine how we are to live in time differently until we stand back and discover how we currently live in it. We will not be able to imagine how we are to live in time differently until we stand back and discover how we currently live in it. (Dan Sabbath)
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