Silence

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In silence was the Universe conceived, / In silence doth the heart of man seek out / That other heart to rest on; Nature’s soul / Yearns ceaselessly to give its speechless calm / Unto her restless children as they roam / Far from that central place which is their home.

Wouldst know thy Mother Nature face to face? / Wouldst hear her silent heartbeats? Close thine ears / And still thy senses; wouldst thou feel her arms / Enfold thy being? Thou must give thyself / In uttermost abandon to her will / That she may teach thee the one truth—be still!

The Injunction to Be Still

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That she may teach thee the one truth—be still!

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Be still—and from the Silence shall arise / A mem’ry of forgotten mysteries. / A healing peace descending on thy soul / Shall bear it up to regions beyond words / Where thou shalt learn the secrets of the earth, / Of wind and flame and how the stars have birth.

The Revelation Within the Silence

Then shalt thou know thy heritage of joy; / Borne on the pinions of the Bird of Life, / Tuned to the rhythm of revolving spheres, / Feeling with all that breathes, with all that strives / For union with its prototype above, / The silent comforter whose name is—Love.

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The silent comforter whose name is—Love.

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—Frances Polle.

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Chapter Essence

This chapter, rendered as a poem by Frances Polle, presents Silence not as mere absence of sound but as the primal creative medium out of which the Universe itself was conceived. It counsels the reader to still the senses and surrender in willing abandon to Nature, for only in that quietude does the mind recover forgotten mysteries and rise to a knowledge of the earth's secrets, the birth of stars, and the rhythm of the revolving spheres. The culminating truth revealed in the Silence is Love, named as the silent comforter and the prototype toward which all living things strive for union.

Key Takeaways

Silence is the creative medium in which the Universe was conceived, not merely the absence of sound.
To know Nature the seeker must still the senses and surrender in willing abandon to her.
The single truth taught by Nature and by Silence is the injunction: be still.
From stillness arises a healing peace that lifts the soul to a wordless knowledge of the earth, the elements, and the origin of the stars.
The final revelation of the Silence is Love, the silent comforter and the prototype toward which all that breathes and strives seeks union.

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