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The Magic of Five Seconds of
Silence
Linda Miller
You have heard that
"silence is golden," right?
There are many teachers of
the power of silence and you can buy books about the benefits of
silence.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
said, "See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see
the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need
silence to be able to touch souls."
Many of us spend our lives
waiting to speak, forming our words, anxious to respond, ready to answer
instantly when another stops speaking.
Today, as I was talking
with one of my beloved spiritual partners, I suddenly felt a prompting
to purposefully practice five seconds of silence before responding to my
partner's statements. I suggested this to my partner and we both began
to observe the five second rule.
The results were
profoundly amazing - so amazing that we both became giddy with joy.
During those five seconds
of silence, we experienced peace and a connectedness to spirit that I
had not experienced before. Those five seconds of silence felt like pure
consciousness, an acute awareness of my spiritual self.
We both became the
Observers of ourselves, watching as our consciousness shifted and our
energy vibrations were raised.
We began to giggle as we
talked about how others would react to us if we began to exercise our
new power of silence by pausing for just five seconds before responding
to another's words.
Just five seconds.
We realized that during
those five seconds of silence, we were in a state of allowing, receptive
to Divine guidance, without the necessity of racing to be ready to speak
immediately.
It is so simple, yet not
easy to do. Can you imagine?
If you observe just five
seconds of silence in a conversation on the telephone, others will
respond with, "Are you still there?"
And if we practice our
five seconds of silence with friends and family, they will say, "Did you
hear me?"
And we can respond with,
"Yes, I am here... Yes, I hear you... I am simply observing five seconds
of silence before I respond."
Perhaps they will hear the
peace in your voice or see the joy in your face as you begin to practice
the art of truly listening, knowing that in your five seconds of silence
you are in a state of receiving, trusting that your next words will be
perfect and Divinely guided.
Try it! Simply pause to
observe five seconds of silence before speaking in any conversation.
Watch the shift in your consciousness and observe the peace that washes
over you.
That is the magic of five
seconds of silence.
Copyright 2005 Linda
Miller is a Spiritual Entrepreneur whose quest is to empower others to
deliberately create true abundance and prosperity while contributing to
increasing the consciousness of the world. This article may be
distributed freely, provided that this resource box is included in its
entirety.
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