People remark that they feel “out of place,” “out of sorts,” “depressed,” or “bored” when a true moment of quiet descends on them. This is how fundamentally exiled we are from the natural texture of our own silence.  As modern people we don’t know what to do with this great teacher of teachers.  She can be an uncomfortable teacher and guide.  Yet great power and healing wait in the folds of silence and solitude.  Mirroring the creation of the universe, all great things have come forth from the ancient weave of silence.

Frank MacEowen, from The Mist-Filled Path