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An ordinary man seeks
freedom through enlightenment.
An enlightened man
expresses freedom through being ordinary.
~Adyashanti
"As a bee gathering
nectar does not harm or disturb the color and fragrance
of the flower;so do the
wise move through the world."
~Buddha
From the Dhammapada: Flowers, verse 49
posted by
Anipachen to Daily Dharma
he who can hear love
can hear silence
he who can hear silence
can hear love
all the words of the world bow
and pay homage to silence's song
it is a strange song
hearing it and speaking it
are the same song
~ Kabir Saluja
by Kia Pierce on Facebook
DailyGood:
Secrets from 17 Years of Silence
The activist John
Francis didn't speak for almost two decades.
His new book, and his
talks, show us what he learned.
In 1971, after the
devastating 800,000-gallon oil spill in the
then a young man, pledged
to never ride a motorized vehicle again. Two years later, he
added
voluntary silence to his
vow, spending 17 years in silence as he walked the world and
became
known as The
Planetwalker. The first words that he spoke again were in
the 20th anniversary of
Earth Day. In 2009, Francis, by then a National Geographic fellow
with
a Ph.D, told his
remarkable story in the candid and deeply inspirational
Planetwalker: 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of
Silence.
The Ragged Edge of Silence explores the art of listening through a beautiful
collage of personal
accounts, interviews,
science, storytelling, and a fascinating historical perspective
on the role of
silence across Hindu,
Buddhist, and Native American cultures. Francis transcends the
purely
philosophical to offer
practical ways of building constructive silence into our everyday
routines as
micro-oases of
self-discovery amidst our stimulus-overloaded lives.
"The Ragged Edge of Silence digs deeply into the
phenomenology of silence and the practice
of listening. As in
Planetwalker, I followed a methodology that recognizes the
importance of
personal documents,
explanations, and interpretation of silence. This story, then, is
my personal
account and
interpretation of silence as I experienced it." ~ John
Francis
For a moving glimpse of Francis's unusual story, don't miss his
excellent 2008 TED talk:
Thanks to Rashani Rea for
introduction to John Francis