Silence is Golden

“Be still and know that I am God.” (D&C 101:16 in the LDS Scriptures) Recently I have been learning how to meditate. It is a experience unlike any that I have ever experienced before in my life. It zones out every sense of rush and urgency in my life and brings me even more so to the realization of the now. Friends, there is no beginning and there is no end. The experience and the journey of today and right this moment is the greatest enjoyment. The continual learning process and knowledge that can flood our minds is the drive and motivation. As we learn things and apply the truths, then the governing laws say we must feel happiness.
As I was conversing with my friend Denise last night, (Denise I hope you feel special that your name was mentioned on my blog) I was sharing with her my new found knowledge of the meditation process and she said something that triggered my mind in what my instructor Lynn was talking to me about. It is the consciousness of silence. Denise talked about the early saints and the days of regular manual labor. They did not have ipods in their ears as they were plowing their fields, nor a radio as they traveled down the roads in their buggies, nor did they have a cell phone they were constantly texting on or ringing at all times of the day for everyone to get a hold of them. And yes these are amazing tools that make our lives much easier, yet they have conditioned us out of what God is sharing with us to truly get to know him. “Be still and know that I am God”. Moses taught the people in the old testament “…Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord…” (Exodus 14:13). In Psalms 46:10 we learn “Be still and know that I am God.” Stillness is silence. Seek this stillness and enter into silence. Then will your understanding become clear.


Also a great poem I got from my friend Denise on Stillness


Let us then labour for an inward stillness-
An inward stillness and an inward healing;
That perfect silence, where the lips and heart
Are still, and we no longer entertain
Our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions,
But God alone speaks in us, and we wait
In singleness of heart, that we may know
His will, and in the silence of our spirits
That we may do His will, and do that only.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Quiet Time"