SILENCE SHARES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- child speaks: "my way is the right way, the only way" Silence shares: "NO right way or wrong way EXISTS" "only DIFFERENT ways and INAPPROPRIATE ways exist" child speaks: "what I did was so wrong, I feel so guilty" Silence shares: "guilt PREVENTS growth" "mistakes are LESSONS leading to APPROPRIATE future actions" child speaks: "how can you ever forgive me for doing what I have done ?" Silence shares: "at THE TIME of your actions, FORGIVENESS WAS" "YOU have not forgiven YOURSELF, this is the DIFFICULTY" child speaks: "I am lost in this darkness" Silence shares: "darkness is MERELY the absence of LIGHT" "ALWAYS is the LIGHT within you, inside silence ACCESSES it" child speaks: "what books can I read and study so I know" Silence shares: "the OCEAN of LIGHT is not reached by sailing down the river of words" "Only DIRECT EXPERIENCE brings KNOWING" child speaks: "I have desires, needs and material things and I like to be comfortable" "But I want to give up everything and change" Silence shares: "NO THINGS must be given up" "only YOUR ATTACHMENT to them needs to be given up" child speaks: "Lord I want and need to be like you" Silence shares: "GO INSIDE YOURSELF !" "YOU ARE ME !"