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“Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.” - Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.” - Elbert Hubbard

“Silence is a source of Great Strength.” - Lao Tzu

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A Sam Scott poem:
12th October 2024
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I do not know what's on your mind I cannot ask, we are confined To silence You maybe want to share and chat And tell your thoughts Of this and that So locked we are in soundless pose Held secrets of our lone repose Imagine we could read each thought Communicate while saying naught We may become just silent friends Before the day of silence ends And would discover, strange but true That common ground we never knew Existed So we'll return to lives adrift Still strangers with a common gift To families and lives unknown As separated souls to home We will return In mystery You will be you And I will be Me

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Deb M

Date: 10/12/2024 12:23:00 PM

Wow what an experience Sam and what a poem!! Incredibly well written and just beautiful! The picture is a little haunting, apt and lovely! Did you get anything from your Silent Experience? Interesting! Debx

Sam Scott
Date: 10/12/2024 8:45:00 PM

It was hugely enriching Deb, despite being a novice x Thank you for being here. Blessings S:) x

Sam Scott

Date: 10/12/2024 5:41:00 AM

To be paired with a complete stranger on a silent retreat and then not being able to converse is a bizarre experience. And yet the mystery is probably far more beguiling than the reality - for both of us. Silence has it's own reward yet we become prisoners to the forever unknowing.