Silence

     One of the first lessons I learned when I started on this journey was the importance of being still. Through the practice of meditation I learned the Power of Silence. And after several years I realized that the God I had come to know had no face and no name and my words, my prayers seemed only to diminish this wonderful Being I had come to know.
     One night, while in meditation, I asked Spirit how to rectify this and a memory immediately flashed into my mind. I was picking my sister and her daughter up at the airport. My niece was only 2 but she and I were in love with each other already. When she saw me she broke free from her mother's grip and ran to me with so much love and excitement on her face it filled my eyes and my heart to overflowing. Even now, it moves me to tears. And the silent voice of Spirit said "That's me. That's how you know me."
     Many years passsed before I would receive the next layer of learning about Silence. I was praying for support, strength and understanding because our son had just been diagnosed with autism. I needed to know how to make it through the day. After the internal screaming and crying had stopped the silent voice of Spirit was there. "Do you think I don't know the pain in your heart? Do you think I don't know what you need? I was here for you before you thought to ask. It is you that leaves me and not the other way around. And you're right" Spirit said, "you're son will not live an ordinary life. He will lead an extraordinary one!"
     Many lessons have come to pass through the silent language of Spirit. In fact, everything I know has emerged from this space. Everything I create, everything I love, everything I am, everything there is dwells here waiting for us to listen. "Be still, and know that I am God."