There is ... a time to be silent and a time to speak ...
*Ecclesiastes 3.1, 7, Hebrew Bible
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The Sage sat with the group, not speaking a word. After a while, someone asked, "Are you going to say something?" "Something has been being said all this time. Have you not heard?"
*Brian K. Wilcox. "Meetings with an Anonymous Sage."
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Zen Saying -
Say
one thing
with
your mouth
shut!
Yes, it is possible. It happens all the time. Try it. More can be said with our mouths closed than open. We have not been taught this to be true, so we keep opening our mouths, thinking we are saying more when we are saying less. Interesting. Is it not?
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*(C) Brian K. Wilcox, 2023. Permission given to use photographs and writings with credit given to copyright owner.
*Brian's book is An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love. The book is a collection of poems Brian wrote based on wisdom traditions, predominantly Christian, Buddhist, and Sufi, with extensive notes on the poetry's teachings and imagery.
