There was only the dark infinity in which nothing was. And something happened. At the distance of a star something happened, and everything began. The Word did not come into being, but it was. It did not break upon the silence, but it was older than the silence and the silence was made of it. | |
— N. Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Working Out |
2021 | Fortes Fortuna Juvat* |
Layin’ In Bed | |
2020 | For Sale |
2019 | Letting Go |
2018 | Trying To Give More |
2017 | The Reproductive Value Of A Presidential Election |
2016 | For Me It’s Been Faith |
2015 | Where Many Paths And Errands Meet |
2014 | Rimmed Out |
2013 | Likeness |
2012 | Sums It Up Quite Well, Actually |
2011 | Momentary Abandonment |
Posts Tagged ‘Silence’
In The Beginning…
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Creation, Infinity, N. Scott Momaday, Philosophy, Quotes, Silence, The Word on April 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Unlimited Curiosity In Finite Time
Posted in Education, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged A Matter Of Philosophy, Beauty, Consciousness, countingducks.wordpress.com, Curiosity, Currency, La La Land, Love, Other Blogs, Peter Wells, Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, Silence, Temptations on August 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I want to know what everything is, and nothing is; the beauty of a note and the silence which surrounds it. I like to know and understand myself, and those whom I meet, or nearly meet. I am conscious that I will not always be conscious: that my curiosity is unlimited but my time is finite, and I cannot waste a moment of it in acquiring things which will not make me richer in a way I value. | |
The amusing thing is many would consider me as living in la la land, where poetry is a secret form of currency, and music a mode of transport which might carry me to lands and vistas invisible to the naked eye: to where angels might dwell and we begin to forgive and truly understand the love which passes all understanding. I can live with the opinions of the “many”, but I cannot live without my imagination.” | |
One of the great temptations of life is to lose sight of the beauty of the whole, or the mystery of an instant amidst the mass of worries, jealousies and insecurities which crowd in on the average day, including mine, but while I have a breath to draw I will, whatever my circumstances, raise my eyes in wonder to the horizon and marvel at the miracle of consciousness. | |
— Peter Wells | |
Originally found at one of the blogs I follow: Countingducks | |
Located at: https://countingducks.wordpress.com | |
The specific post is: A Matter Of Philosophy | |
https://countingducks.wordpress.com/2022/07/18/a-matter-of-philosophy/ | |
[Please visit the original site if you have a few minutes to spare. You’ll get hooked, too! — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | How Learning Infections Begin |
Stay Young At Heart | |
2020 | Policies Not People |
Just Thinking To Myself | |
2019 | Should I Start With My Religion? |
2018 | Fear And Hope |
Day 33: Good News & Prep | |
2017 | Directions |
2016 | Handle With Care |
2015 | Nothing But Pride |
2014 | Go |
2013 | Well, Does It? |
2012 | Near Misses Aren’t Successes |
2011 | Uncomfortable Feelings |
2010 | San Francisco (favorites)… |
Bullets or Butter? | |
“Real” Americans Believe In The Separation Of Church And State
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged American Taliban, Faith, God, Philosophy, Quotes, Rumi, Separation of Church and State, Silence, Translation on August 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Silence is the only language God speaks. Everything else is a bad translation. | |
— Rumi | |
[My message to the members of the “Christian / American Taliban”… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It Cannot Be A Science |
Fallin’ And Callin’ | |
2020 | What’s Inside You? |
Think Of Me And Smile | |
2019 | Impeaching The Idiot In The Oval Office |
2018 | My Religion |
Day 22: Step And Hang | |
2017 | Adrift In The Oval Office |
Regrets – The Donald Failed The Test | |
2016 | Just Ask “The Donald” |
2015 | Did You Pass On It? |
2014 | Even When It Ain’t, It Is |
2013 | Still Happens |
2012 | Possessing Eternity |
2011 | I Thought We Were Talking About Afghanistan |
6/1 Capitol Riot Commission
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged 6/1 Capitol Riot Commission, Acting, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Evil, God, Guilt, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence, Speaking on July 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. | |
Not to speak is to speak. | |
Not to act is to act. | |
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Fact Check: Presidential Memories |
Vote In November! | |
2019 | Where Today’s Republican Party Is Failing America (And The President) |
2018 | Either / Or |
2017 | Redemptive Power |
2016 | On Calls To Renew Waterboarding / Torture |
2015 | Still Struggling |
2014 | How To Become A Saint |
2013 | Not Much Change |
Our Biggest Fear | |
2012 | Brain, n. |
2011 | Styles Of Leadership |
2010 | Face Front! |
The Silent Word
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Creation, Infinity, Navarre Scott Momaday, Philosophy, Quotes, Silence, Stars, Word on January 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »
There was only the dark infinity in which nothing was. And something happened. At the distance of a star something happened, and everything began. The Word did not come into being, but it was. It did not break upon the silence, but it was older than the silence and the silence was made of it. | ||
— Navarre Scott Momaday | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2022 | There Is No Fate But What You Make | |
2021 | The Silent Word | |
Touched My Hand | ||
2020 | Releasing Their Fears | |
2019 | 17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown | |
2018 | Disciplined Models | |
2017 | We Cannot Afford Enemies | |
2016 | Love Is Just A State Of Mind | |
2015 | Waiting? | |
2014 | Big C, Little B (II) | |
Where God Has Not | ||
2013 | Chasing His Dragon | |
Shaped And Molded | ||
2012 | Believe In Yourself | |
2011 | Cultural Equivalence | |
Why Not? | ||
Books About Books | ||
The Basis For Adult Continuing Education | ||
Sometimes Just Being There Is Enough
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bereavement, Confusion, Curing, Despair, Friendship, Grief, Healing, Henri J. Nouwen, Philosophy, Quotes, Silence on November 22, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing. . . not healing, not curing . . . that is a friend who cares. | |
— Henri J. Nouwen | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Still Trying To Understand |
V Memories From Saudi Arabia | |
2020 | Sometimes Just Being There Is Enough |
And I Owe It All To You | |
2019 | Or Live For It |
2018 | Happy Thanksgiving (2018) |
2017 | Grateful Humility |
2016 | Obstacles |
Election + 2 Weeks | |
2015 | Done What You Could |
2014 | Impossible To Other Men |
2013 | Just In Case |
2012 | Isn’t This Just Pleasant? |
2011 | No Void In Sight |
Insensitive To Silence
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Language, Navarre Scott Momaday, Philosophy, Quotes, Silence, Writing on August 17, 2020| 3 Comments »
Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store vast quantities of words indefinitely. This is advantageous on the one hand but dangerous on the other. The result is that we have developed a kind of false security where language is concerned, and our sensitivity to language has deteriorated. And we have become in proportion insensitive to silence. | |
— Navarre Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Judging Success |
2018 | Something Else |
Day 21: 10% Loss | |
2017 | Courage |
2016 | Don’t H8! — I’m With Her!! |
2015 | $20 Anyone? |
2014 | And Yet I Still Study |
2013 | Use Your Own |
2012 | Strengthen Freedom |
2011 | Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination |
2010 | Mind The Fire, Love |
Just Beyond My Reach… | |
Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation! | |
Acts Of Courage | |
#45: Diarrhea Of The Mouth, Constipation Of The Brain
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IdiotInChief, #IncompetentDonald, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence on August 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Either be silent or say things that are worth more than silence. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Four Buffett’s |
2018 | Change Happens |
Day 13: Ginger / Mint Relief | |
2017 | Still Removing Bricks |
2016 | Namaste |
2015 | Still Learning |
2014 | Dark Processes |
2013 | To The Last Link |
2012 | Slept In Again |
2011 | Home Again, Naturally |
2009 | Thoughts after a long day of OT… |
Insensitive To Silence
Posted in Quotes, tagged False Security, Language, Navarre Scott Momaday, Quotes, Silence, Words, Writing on May 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Writing engenders in us certain attitudes toward language. It encourages us to take words for granted. Writing has enabled us to store vast quantities of words indefinitely. This is advantageous on the one hand but dangerous on the other. The result is that we have developed a kind of false security where language is concerned, and our sensitivity to language has deteriorated. And we have become in proportion insensitive to silence. | |
— N. Scott Momaday | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | But Don’t Forget It Either |
2021 | Appreciating Intricacy |
I Read It In A Fairy Tale | |
2020 | Insensitive To Silence |
Weaker, Sicker And Poorer | |
2019 | Don’t Be Small |
2018 | Persistence |
2017 | Are You A Loser? |
2016 | Constitution And Conscience |
2015 | Separate, Fearful And Imprisoned |
2014 | Something Worth Making |
2013 | Absolutely |
2012 | Can Do |
2011 | Wise Criticism |
In Silence
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Silence, Thomas Merton, Waiting on October 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The contemplative waits in silence and when he is ‘answered’, it is not so much by a word that bursts into his silence. It is by this silence itself suddenly, inexplicably, revealing itself to him as a word of great power. | |
— Thomas Merton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Creation Without Reservation |
From The Tiniest Embers | |
2020 | Listening To The Trees |
Your Mind’s Made Up? | |
2019 | In Silence |
Not Much Light Here | |
2018 | A Gift |
2017 | Unless You Genuinely Are Small |
2016 | B1 |
2015 | Five Things |
2014 | Have Faith |
2013 | Found In A Mine |
2012 | Two-Sided Coin |
2011 | Passionately Scorned Rules |
Speak Up / Call Out
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Free Speech, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence on July 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. | |
— Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Does Smiling Count? |
2017 | Giving Much |
2016 | Sounds Like Class |
2015 | Inert Ideas |
2014 | Worth Anything? |
2013 | Bruises Before Bed (Or Why You Didn’t Answer) |
Revealed Riches | |
2012 | Extra Gears |
2011 | Say What? |
2010 | Hello Frogs… |
Silent Purpose
Posted in Quotes, tagged Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Life, Philosophy, Purpose, Quotes, Silence on June 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. | |
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Just Bake The Cake, Man |
2017 | Visible Proof |
2016 | Poor Enough Means |
2015 | Still Standing |
Follow Your Heart | |
2014 | Just Reminded |
2013 | A Fine Balance |
2012 | One Measure |
2011 | Seeking The Common Ground |
In Brightest Day… | |
Prepare For The 2020 Election
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence on June 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. | |
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Why #45 Is Uncivil And Sinking |
Ole! … Ole, Ole, Ole | |
Is This Still The United States Of America? | |
2017 | Go Where? |
2016 | Returning To The Same Box |
2015 | The Hunter’s Music |
2014 | Dedication |
2013 | Unhappy Alternatives |
2012 | Implications |
2011 | Never Let Us Down |
Of Course, You Still Have To Listen
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Hermits, Philosophy, Quotes, Silence, Solitude, The Deeper Voice, Thomas Merton on April 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally. | |
— Thomas Merton | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Coming Home |
2017 | It’s Just Around The Bend |
2016 | In What Direction? |
2015 | Embarrassing Myself Again |
2014 | I’ve Never Have Had |
2013 | Glory Days (part 1) |
2012 | Feeling Old? |
2011 | Even When I Wish Really, Really Hard |
Skeptical Fathers | |
Cha-cha-cha-changes | |
Quiet, Please!
Posted in Environment, Quotes, tagged Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Environment, Memory, Quotes, Silence on April 19, 2019| 5 Comments »
A loss of silence is as serious as a loss of memory and just as disorienting. Silence is, after all, the natural context from which we listen. Silence is also the natural context from which we speak. | |
— Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | The Invisible Community |
2021 | I’d Add Planning |
Whisper A Little | |
2020 | I’m From Missouri |
Do Not Take Freedom For Granted | |
2019 | Before & After |
Quiet, Please! | |
2018 | Heavy On The Starch |
2017 | But The Beginning Of What? |
2016 | Today’s Rule |
2015 | Remembering Oklahoma City |
2014 | Who Was That Masked Man? |
2013 | Enemy Mine |
2012 | Strengthen Me |
2011 | Service, Please |
2010 | The Church In Crisis… |