Silence.....

Kym awoke feeling excited about going to the Silence Retreat tonight at Brahma Kumaris in Baxter. She had such a great experience in May at her first silence retreat and she had been waiting eagerly since then to attend another.

Kym was particularly eager to experience her connection to Source again. While she knew that she was always connected to Source, it was the physical experience in her heart that she craved. It was also the opportunity to not speak. She found this to be such a profound experience last time and in fact, an experience that was totally unexpected. What Kym realised was that she became more connected through silence with the people sharing the retreat than through making idle chatter (the kind of chatter you have with people you've never met before which to be honest Kym found quite tedious most times). It was such a relief for Kym that she could just be.

People who know Kym laughed when she told them about the retreat in May. They looked at her incredulously because she is often known for her talking. Kym came to realise at the last retreat, and it was something that had entered her thoughts over the past few years, that her talking was often due to her feeling uncomfortable in a situation, wanting to be liked and other similar reasons. Being silent gave Kym the chance to be silent by mouth, by mind and by heart and therefore truly connect to Source.

This weekend is going to be great and Kym can't wait! Kym's husband and kids can't wait either because in the words of her husband, "it gives us a chance to have some silence too" with a smile on his face and love in his heart.