We all need to stop saying the name of God long enough to allow God to get a word in edgewise.
Rephrase: the most important part of your prayer is when you stop talking.
Rephrase: there is a passive equivalent to prayer, where it is God’s turn.
Rephrase: there is a referent to the phrase “pregnant silence”, even metaphysically.
Comment: manias will never elicit a response of any sort, and most prayers are self absorbed soliloquys. This does not mean prayer is useless, or never answered.
Comment: most of us live within the campfire light of what we know, understand and accept, but the wild things live outside that light, both the dangerous, and the beneficial ones.
Commentary: I’ve had an eventful week, which I likely will not write about at all, here. It’s been useful, instructive, and I am still processing. I am sitting in silence, pondering giving up my cable, Facebook, and most of my other distractions. What will be left will be filled with life, and that, itself, will feel odd, unfamiliar, and unnatural.
And what might be left may be answers of various sorts. I deal with a great deal of silence on an average day, but I can increase my dosage. I don’t seem to break. This is an awesome insight.