Voluntary Silence
The silence of freely chosen attention, transformation, and even resistance: this is the silence of the mystical path.
The silence of contemplation is of a particular, sui generis, form: it is not the silence of being silenced. Rather, it is the voluntary silence of attention, transformation, mysterious interconnection, and (in violent, abusive, or oppressive contexts) rightful and divinely empowered resistance: it is a special ‘power-in-vulnerability.’ — Sarah Coakley
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