The Gift of Silence

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I have something to give to everyone in the community.  You can CLICK HERE to get it.

I hope you find it a blessing.

Skip

 

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Laurita Hayes

Thank you so much!

Richard A. Bridgan

Thank you, Skip. I’m feeling this.

Kristin

So nice of you. Thank you!

Seeker

??You are too kind Skip. Thank you.

Christine Hall

Thank you Skip …. hope to be able to contribute £’s again soon to your tireless work.
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Cyndee K Sullivan

Thank you, Skip, for including us in this teaching! Your voice and words are an encouragement to me as I walk this path towards wholeness in the LORD.

Dennis Wenrick

Skip, thanks for the gift of SILENCE.

Ric

Greatly appreciated! Thanks, Skip.

Susan Theron

The discussion on silence had me undone, a total revelation and a life changing experience I hope to put into practice. Thank you.

Charlene

Skip thanks so much! This was a very on time message for me. I can say I know what you mean about trying to describe the experience, there are no words. The encounters that I have had the best way I could every describe it was that there were no words….it was as if all words were erased from my mind and wiped off of my tongue! I was a feeling in a sense. But as you said, hard to describe… Thank you for adding some understanding to what I could not explain!

Gayle

Thank you for this, Skip! It causes me to remember the most ‘intense’ and wonderful silence I ever experienced. I was always surprised at the effect it it had on me, when we would reach the top of the ski lift on a snow covered mountain. While we could see the people below, the higher we went, the quieter it was. It seemed to be a sacred silence, not to be contaminated with speech. It is something I look forward to again someday, perhaps in the next life.

Tami

Thanks so much Skip! Did anyone catch which book by Heschel is Skip quoting from throughout the teaching?

Skip Moen, Ph.D.

IF I remember correctly, it is “I Asked For Wonder.”

Tami

Ok thanks so much!

Jacqualine

I finally finished listening to the last of the 3 part series on Silence. It was very insightful Skip, thank you. I had heard of the black & white noise before but you were able to clarify the detail, excellent. I did however, come away thinking that my prayers to Hashem seem very insignificant now, as they are generated by me in black noise & of course are ‘me centred’ even if I am giving praise to Him. The white noise appears to be the noise, to which we aspire to, however that again is ‘me centred’. I wonder if this experience is something we don’t strive for but is something that happens when we least expect it…I do agree that keeping the feasts & the rituals is when it happens, as it did with the patriarchs not that i’m suggesting those experiences will happen to me. The book by Herschel, The Prophets, gives an amazing insight…

Skip Moen, Ph.D.

Yes, Heschel’s book on the Prophets is incredibly good. And white noise is, I think, not something we can actually seek. It sort of happens when we are busy with other things. We just need to be aware when it happens.