Look Who's Talking

My teacher used to say that when you pray you are talking to God and when you meditate, you are listening to God. In today's world, we are talking, talking, talking all the time. When we aren't physically talking, we are thinking as if we were talking. It's almost become this constant thing - always sound, always noise, always talking, thinking trying to justify our own perceptions of reality and how we want things to be. It could be like prayer, or it could be that we're trying to force our own picture perfect ideal world onto the Universe and make it fit.

I think sometimes it's important to just stop talking. Stop praying for just a moment, and listen until the silence itself becomes an orchestra of sound, an ocean washing over you and within that finding the silence again.

When we stop talking - that's when we can really hear. And it's not only a good thing and a powerful thing, it's important to learn to be receptive. Life isn't about us pushing our ideas and shaping the Universe. It's a dance, we bend, we twirl, we shape but we also mold ourselves in the process. It's equally as important to learn to be receptive in life - to open ourselves, to invite the Universe in as it is and to fully embrace it by wrapping ourselves around it.

In the yin-yang of life both sides are important - it's good for us to pray and it's good for us to listen. In this busy, fast-paced life, maybe there should be a little more emphasis on the listening part, instead of trying to make God hear our plans for how things should work out, we can listen to God's plans.

Just an idea...


Blessings and love.
- Darshan







© 2010 Darshan F Jessop