The Music of Silence and the Language of Heaven

Just as Tolkien’s Elves were awakened by the song of water falling over stone, so we are awakened by our inner silence – the Music of the primordial Void.

There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven. Meister Eckhart

As I got in my car after a meeting last Saturday, I suddenly felt a nudge to be silent for a few moments before starting the car. Sinking into my seat, I took a deep breath and looked at …