{"id":1065,"date":"2012-03-21T09:58:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T13:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/awakeintheworld\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2012-03-21T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T13:58:27","slug":"make-your-life-a-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/awakeintheworld\/2012\/03\/make-your-life-a-rose.html","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Life A Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make your life a rose<\/em> that speaks silently<\/em> in the language of fragrance. – Sathya Sai Baba<\/p>\n

Few aspects of spiritual practice become more profound and transforming than working with silence.\u00a0 Despite the noise, the chattering mind and the loud mouths, the cars, the radios and TV\u2019s, despite the crescendo in the restaurant and the voice of your colleague that screeches with anxiety, beneath the sound lies the silence.\u00a0 Remembering it, returning to it and acting from the depths transform us and those around us.\u00a0 But most of all the stillness provides us with a place to resource and re-energize even in the lowest, darkest and meanest of times.\u00a0 But returning there requires constant, conscious effort.\u00a0 And making that effort pays off in the reward of a more harmonious life.\u00a0 The rose or flower which emits a fragrance is the driving image for this book.\u00a0 It displays beauty and its sweet scent can fill a room, but not once does it speak or draw attention to itself.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The stillness lives naturally in the wilderness and nature.\u00a0 It stands as a backdrop to the singing thrush or a splashing waterfall.\u00a0 It invites us to reside there in the quiet and listen to the deep wisdom of our own hearts as we hear it whisper direction and guidance about our feelings, our wisdom and what directions to take or what next steps to make.\u00a0 When we practice being in it and letting it embrace us, it naturally brings the solutions we need.\u00a0 But many of us resist the silence, afraid of hearing our own inner demons and letting them surface.\u00a0 We fear facing our own selves and looking inside at what is often a mess that needs a deep clean.<\/p>\n

Some people are challenged by speaking too much.\u00a0 Without a string of words pouring out, they worry they will cease to exist.\u00a0 But speaking too much, without restraint and without thinking can destroy good relationships and widen gaps between us rather than unite us. Words used unwisely can bring greater conflict and push us to the brink of war.<\/p>\n

Bio:<\/strong> Debra Moffitt is author of Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life<\/a>. A visionary, dreamer and teacher, she\u2019s devoted to nurturing the spiritual in everyday life. She leads workshops on spiritual practices at the Sophia Institute and other venues in the U.S. and Europe. Her mind\/body\/spirit articles, essays and stories appear in publications around the globe and were broadcast by BBC World Services Radio. She has spent over fifteen years practicing meditation, working with dreams and doing spiritual practices. Visit her online at http:\/\/www.awakeintheworld.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Make your life a rose that speaks silently in the language of fragrance. – Sathya Sai Baba Few aspects of spiritual practice become more profound and transforming than working with silence.\u00a0 Despite the noise, the chattering mind and the loud mouths, the cars, the radios and TV\u2019s, despite the crescendo in the restaurant and the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,10,4,26,125,13,17,3],"tags":[346,345,468,664],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism","category-faith","category-inspiration","category-meditation","category-oneness","category-prayer","category-sacrifice","category-spiritual-practice","tag-awake-in-the-world","tag-debra-moffitt","tag-sathya-sai-baba","tag-silence"],"yoast_head":"\nMake Your Life A Rose - Awake in the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/awakeintheworld\/2012\/03\/make-your-life-a-rose.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make Your Life A Rose - 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