Keeping the Well in silence on my birthday and the full moon provided a deep opportunity for contemplation, gratitude and connection with the design and substance inherent in the ‘Word’. As the hours passed, each element of the external and internal landscape which bubbled into consciousness carried a name, a tag, a label, intended for that notion to be communicated through language in order that one’s experience could be shared with another. The silence allowed the underlying nature of the creature, the desire, the feeling, the environment, or the object to be recycled into the heart and mind as a kind of Communion with Self.
A day spent playing in the sun and wind, with hands in the dirt, sifting compost and spreading straw, visited in silence by two-leggeds and four-leggeds and friends with wings, created the space for an awareness of the subtle patterns of joy in all things living and non-living. This silence provides the shuttle for weaving the fabric of Love within and around each and all of us.
I feel such gratitude for having had this opportunity.
Here are some of the words, spoken only within the walls of my heart, from my Day of Silence:
sunrise clouds compost wind soil straw
wet gratitude friend fox turkey hawk
coyote scat gull maple oak cedar
dandelion worm duck robin crow daffodil
tomato parsley carrot chicken sea spruce
stretch asana clover lily bouquet birthday
coltsfoot man son daughter light shadow
granddaughter pattern rock stone bark grass
carrot cabbage onion wreath wire socks
clothespins label marker castings acorns seedlings
coffee beach rocks deer mouse can
grass paper cart apple tree grapevine pear tree
toilet tape knife seeds cheese knee
can opener obituary eddy boulder waterfall scree
heron lighthouse flowers poppy mother friend
ancestor chair knee phone computer remedy
lover night food moonlight mind thought
edge need bicycle freedom land land
dance sing move potato bean ants
seashell seaweed widowmaker breath spine children
communion whole attunement brother sister disease
health herb water island sheep earth
candle wine hands holy whole mouth
sand heart river tongue canoe kayak
paddle dust joy voice power knead
cracker weed weave harbor boat heat
yellow courage gold relief table pearl
Your words paint such a rich picture of a deep dive into love and earthly connection. Thanks for sharing.