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Thread: 8th Day: Silence
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Ariel
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I want to suggest a Silence board and I'm up for hosting it.
Topics for inclusion could be:
The still small voice – how to learn to listen; what role it’s played in your life
Why we avoid silence
What there is in silence
Isolation and the psychological effects
Silence is more than just the absence of noise
Whether silence really is golden
Books, websites, DVDs – list of useful reference sites
Quiet meditation techniques and links
Silent religious orders
Sponsored silence – would you or couldn’t you?
Retreats and how they went for you
The positive benefits of learning to be silent
Non-Christian techniques: good, bad, helpful
Etc.
Anyone up for it?
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Firenze
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Possibly.
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RooK
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According to this article, such a board might suggest that the rest of the Ship is equivalent to self-induced electric shocks.
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RuthW
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Another possible topic: silence for those with tinnitus.
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lilBuddha
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I like the idea of this board! Going through my thoughts to the still place beyond is incredibly soothing.
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Originally posted by RooK:
According to this article, such a board might suggest that the rest of the Ship is equivalent to self-induced electric shocks.
Mostly men, it would seem. I can arrange the experiment, if you wish. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Ariel
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Originally posted by RuthW:
Another possible topic: silence for those with tinnitus.
And:
* Silent spaces in worship
* What constitutes "noise" v what criteria mean something is pleasant to listen to
* The two minute silence: useful, challenging, or just a gesture?
Plenty of material for discussion, and the potential to be quite interesting, but two co-hosts would be needed if this is to get off the ground.
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kingsfold
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Love the idea and would potentially be up for co-hosting.
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Firenze
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Checking back, I see a board can have just two hosts.
I would be up for contributing to such a board (albeit not hosting).
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jacobsen
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Communication without words - through body language, mime, etc. Not exactly the still small voice, but maybe there could be a corner to consider the world of the hearing impaired.
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Ariel
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Non-verbal communication, definitely. Kingsfold, thank you very much, you're in - anyone else want to be a co-host? Room for one more.
We need a name for the board. Off the top of my head, "The Quiet Zone". I'm sure someone can think of something better.
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Thyme
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I'm interested in the topic, but not hosting.
Linked topics could be the links between silence and solitude.
Also the experience of shared silences, maybe experiment with an online shared silence.
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RuthW
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Originally posted by Firenze:
Checking back, I see a board can have just two hosts.
A board needs at least two hosts, actually -- it's a minimum, not a maximum.
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Thyme
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Possible titles
'Elected Silence sing to me'
Or just 'Elected Silence' (Gerard Manley-Hopkins) and also title of Thomas Merton's autobiography.
Or, 'The Silence of Eternity interpreted by love' although this might be too long, could be shortened to 'The Silence of Eternity' John Greenleaf Whittier, Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
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Robert Armin
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Careful with that second one Thyme - or the ghost of Ken will rise up and haunt the board!
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Thyme
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Originally posted by Robert Armin:
Careful with that second one Thyme - or the ghost of Ken will rise up and haunt the board!
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Welease Woderwick
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Great idea for a Board and, if there was nobody else, I'd have a go at Hosting it but I am away for a week or more from 16th September although I might, I suppose, pack the internet along with my other stuff and be able to do a little bit occasionally.
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Ariel
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OK. I have one absent co-host, one possible co-host, am drafting a board intro and have a string of ideas for this.
Proposal: to have a board to discuss the role and challenges that silence plays in life and worship. Why it is often avoided and seen as challenging, etc., and what can be gained from it.
We have had threads on this in Purgatory occasionally and also All Saints from the retreat angle, but I'd like to bring them together in one place. There are potentially quite a lot of topics for discussion and it would be good for them to have their own space to be discussed. Collectively, it could be possible to have spin-off topics which would then not dominate any of the existing boards.
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kingsfold
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I'm back now... Brain not completely functioning correctly, but getting there...
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LeRoc
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I have the feeling that the topic of this board is very close to that of the current prayer board (I'm almost tempted to start a thread on silence there), but I'm more than willing to see how it goes!
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Adam.
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quote:
Originally posted by LeRoc:
I have the feeling that the topic of this board is very close to that of the current prayer board (I'm almost tempted to start a thread on silence there), but I'm more than willing to see how it goes!
I had been thinking somewhat the same thing. Why not start a silence-related thread or two on the prayer board to see how it goes?
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Firenze
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I would demur. Silence is the larger topic. It may be associated with some religious practices, but those are just some of the buckets drawn up from the well, not the aquifer itself.
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lilBuddha
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Apart from anything spiritual or meditative, silence can be as much a method of communication as speech.
So, for as much weight as it has, I raise my objection to silence being relegated to an existing board.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Firenze:
I would demur. Silence is the larger topic. It may be associated with some religious practices, but those are just some of the buckets drawn up from the well, not the aquifer itself.
Thank you. I was thinking the same: the more I look into it, the more I find it's a potentially quite large (and fascinating) topic. The religious element is only a part of it. I would hope to be able to demonstrate some of this if we get this board going.
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Fineline
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What about silence and solitude - as the two are often linked, and as you are thinking of isolation as one of the subtopics. Many aspects of solitude other than isolation can be explored. There could be threads specifically about various aspects of silence, and threads specifically about various aspects of solitude, and threads about how they are linked.
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IngoB
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I was going to say that creating a board to discuss silence must be the most ironic 8D idea possible...
...and then Fineline topped that by suggesting to extend its remit to silence and solitude. Well done.
I can just see the post-run analysis:
"The board was a splendid success: There was never more than one person browsing the board, and nobody posted anything!"
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Ariel
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"Blessed is she who expects nothing, for she shall not be disappointed."
You may be surprised by how wide-ranging a topic it actually can be. I'm compiling a list of possible things, so that if this ever comes off, we'll have something to talk about. I don't think we'll be short of ideas.
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StevHep
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I have often thought that being on the internet is itself a form of noise because it has the same kind of effect as being distracted by background chatter.
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Fineline
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Originally posted by StevHep:
I have often thought that being on the internet is itself a form of noise because it has the same kind of effect as being distracted by background chatter.
I think so too. I find any form of words to be noise, and particularly the interactive form that the internet provides. As I focus more on silence in my own life, I try to spend less time online. Although I don't think that precludes having a forum to talk about such things - sometimes discussing something can clarify things in people's minds, and most people are not going to want to be silent all the time.
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