Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a l…

Thomas Merton
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Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it can be presence, awareness, unification, self-discovery. Negative silence blurs and confuses our identity, and we lapse into daydreams or diffuse anxieties. Positive silence pulls us together and makes us realize who we are, who we might be, and the distance between these two. ✨ Thomas Merton (1979). Love and Living, p.45, Macmillan
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