January 19, 2022
Something that has kept coming up for me in the desert is the silence and the slowness. Time stops there. Noises cease. But my ears still feel a certain vibration. Like the silence is making its own sound. Truly the sound of silence. Its a really peaceful sound.
We have so much noise in our world. It is good to experience and remember silence. Sit in peace. This night on the mesa surrounded by silence, I heard a bird chirp and the chirp echoed through the canyon walls. I had never heard an echo like that before. I think the silence helped me to hear it. The bird’s chirp chirping call reminded me that I wasn’t alone out there. Then I really saw the stars and moon and heard an owl hoot; and, I remembered that I am connected to it all.
