>The Institute for Contemplative Practice > >Weekly Reflection for June 10, 2013 > > >"The rain I am in is not like the rain of cities. It fills the woods with an >immense and confused sound. It covers the flat roof of the cabin and its porch >with insistent and controlled rhythms. And I listen, because it reminds me >again and again that the whole world runs by rhythms I have not yet learned to >recognize, rhythms that are not those of the engineer." > >Thomas Merton, Raids on the Unspeakable (New York: New Directions, 1966) p. 9 > >Thought for the Day: Nobody started it, nobody is going to stop it. It will >talk as long as it wants, this rain. As long as it talks I am going to listen. > >Raids on the Unspeakable: 10 > >Contemplative Pause: Throughout this week, pause, take a breath, and listen >with your heart. What in your life is a grand teacher? > > > >
