The Guillotine of Silence

Has one ever sat in a forest at night,
unafraid, bathed in moonlight; listening to the earth’s
breathing and the leaves dancing over the hard earth?
Something opens within us, and this opening is empty
and solid at the same time. Profound stillness of mind.
A quivering in the heart of what is wordlessly present. In
this depth of being, without movement, utterly still, is a
total absence of craving. Returning to silence, to our
source, reveals our wholeness, and we see that al

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addiction comes from a forgetfulness of this. Awakening
to our Self is freedom. In this freedom, we are not
terrified of the unknown, we embrace it. We are not
partial; we are whole. We remain before thought, open
and free.
Robert Rabbin (from the book - The Guillotine of Silence: It's Never How You Think It Is)