I can remember as a young boy lying on the grass during a warm summer day, looking into the vast blue sky, feeling the space and silence, listening to the sound, of a solitary lark singing in the sun. The memory is still there embedded in my consciousness as something special and magical in my life.
Solitude and silence has its own special power. All great men and women have known the power of solitude and made a special point of practicing it in their lives. It is only in silence and solitude that we can connect with our own inner power and knowledge.
The hustle and bustle of life, our minds constantly on the go mean that many of us lose touch with our real feelings. How can we know ourselves to any great degree when we are constantly flowing outwardly. If we are going to be truly in touch with our feelings then we need to practice silence and solitude on a regular basis.
Practising silence and solitude can make an amazing difference to your life. Solitude is one of the most powerful personal nourishment practices we can engage in. It is impossible to make a real and lasting difference in your life without practising solitude.
The practice of solitude is something most of us never really think about and rarely, if ever, practice it. Most people think of watching the television or listening to music as being their practice of solitude. However, solitude and silence go together. Do you ever sit on your own in silence, doing nothing? Are you able to sit and deliberately do nothing for more than five minutes?
“Whosever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.’
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626)
Greatness comes with the practice of solitude. Silence and solitude enable us to tap into our own wonderful inner resources. We do not need to seek anything from outside. All we need for peace, happiness and success in our ventures lies within ourselves. In order to access that inner power, we need to be able to create our own silent space.
At Origin Educere Centre we can help you develop your own personal programme of silence and solitude so that you can discover the power of this practice in your life. Learn the power of solitude in a supportive and caring atmosphere and then bring it back to daily life in order to make an extraordinary difference to yourself.
