I have often noticed some Egrets arrive at the marshy field earlier than other water birds. It is their time of being alone!
The solitary times are sacred times. Being alone with oneself is necessary for integrating our outer and inner worlds.
To be alone with oneself is also a time to reflect, recollect and review one's rhythm life. It is also a time to meditate and pray in whichever way one might do, in order to find coherence and connections.
The personal quiet times of silence is restorative to say the least! It is during such times one receives inner strength to be giving and forgiving.
The inner silence is not a reflection of the outer space where we exist. The inner silence is a time of communion with oneself, where the silent God becomes manifest and experiential in our interior space. That is how we return to feel the optic of love and openness to move into the day and outer activities.
It is during such seasons of silence during the day, we are enabled to receive others soberly and respond to situations with mindfulness.
The silent times of waterbirds have three features: a place of quietness, still body and inward orientation!
I receive this as their gift to us!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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