A Journey into Profound Silence

"Now to tread the spiritual path we must learn to be silent. What is required of us is a journey into profound silence. Part of the problem of the weakening of religion in our times is that religion uses words for its prayers and rituals, but those words have to be charged with meaning and they must be charged with significant meaning to move our hearts, to set us out in new directions and to change our lives. They can only be charged with this degree of meaning if they spring from the spirit, and the spirit requires silence. We all need to use words, but to use them with power we all need to be silent."
John Main 1926-1982