Quotes from Margaret Silf

Meditation, stillness, time simply to 'be', to do nothing at all and to do it with joy

Why do we bombard God with our prayers for what we lack to be provided? Perhaps we should be asking God not to supply our wants, but to dwell within them.

We stand before a burning bush whenever other human beings share with us something of their relationship with God or something of the movements of their hearts. In such moments may we always realize that we stand on holy ground

We are because God is

Everyone has an opinion. And yet we feel more lost and afraid than ever

God," he said, "is a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

because God has no edges, no boundaries, no limits.

only that "WHO-center" were obvious and accessible, and if only we could steer our course by it, knowing truly that God is in all things and all choices, seeking to draw the more life-giving outcome from all we do.

time-out here on the edge of ourselves.

Can we apply this expression to our own belief in the reality of God in our lives and our world? As

more powerful than all the armies in the world is an idea whose time is come'.

but also seems to include a heightened awareness in people everywhere

His confession is said to have taken three days to make, and he received absolution from one of the monks there. He exchanged his nobleman's dress for the simple outfit of a poor pilgrim and made a night vigil