Day 3
Silent Morning
Welcome in Silent Mornings - a 3 day Journey that will absolutely support you to find more balance and peaceful moments in your life.
Reflection
Today is your Reflection day. But what is reflection actually? What you see in the mirror is different then what I see. Even if I see your reflection in the mirror, it will look different.
What you get out of these days will be totally different then what other people will experience. That’s where reflection is all about: what do you experience?
Coming back to this Journey: How do you experience silence? Especially in the morning, before you do anything?
Is it irritating you? Or do you feel a certain relaxation? What happens when you cannot speak? Can you express yourself without words? And feel that energy?
And what’s the other side of Silence? If you are not allowed to expres yourself? Speak out? Tell your truth? What’s happening then? Most of the times this will make us angry or sad. So Silence isn’t always a positive matter right? Silence only works when it follows a NATURAL FLOW. To stop someone from talking or force someone to remain silence is a way to manipulate. The keyword for silence is SPACE. And that’s not always easy.
The more you become silent, the better you hear’ - says Rumi. And yes he’s not saying that you are not allowed to speak.He’s suggesting that silence can bring you a lot and will bring you in contact with your Inner Wisdom.
Did you know that Beethoven was deaf when he composed the 3rd symphony of Beethoven? That’s almost a miracle right? ‘ Can you understand the sentence: what wants to flow through you a bit better now?
In a world with so much noise, so much chaos , we all long for that peaceful , silent moments. And it’s there for us..always. And not so difficult to enter. The only thing you need to do is take some time for it. And yes, take more time for it , if you don’t have time at all.
With gratitude,
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Aliye
Guided Meditation
I have recorded this beautiful Guided Meditation for you. And end this Guided Meditation with a beautiful poem of Kahlil Gibran. If you want to read this poem , you can scroll further.
Poem
Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not indulge in works of the half talented
Do not live half a life and do not die a half death
If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
Do not silence yourself to say something
And do not speak to be silent
If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal
is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes
Half a drink will not quench your thirst
Half a meal will not satiate your hunger
Half the way will get you no where
Half an idea will bear you no results
Your other half is not the one you love
It is you in another time yet in the same space
It is you when you are not
Half a life is a life you didn't live,
A word you have not said
A smile you postponed
A love you have not had
A friendship you did not know
To reach and not arrive
Work and not work
Attend only to be absent
What makes you a stranger to them closest to you
and they strangers to you
The half is a mere moment of inability
but you are able for you are not half a being
You are a whole that exists
to live a life not half a life
by Kahlil Gibran
WorkBook
Use your WorkBook as a handy guidance these 3 days. Today you can answer the 3 questions that belongs at Day 3. You will find at Day 3 in your workbook. Be honest when you answer them and you do this for yourself. No one else than you. Have fun with it.
