How do you feel about silence?

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I heard about a catholic church that had a reputation for the silence in their church. So they made a recording of the silence in their church and put out an album of.... silence. People from all over the world are ordering it. :confused:
 
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Powemm

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I see silence as a period of preparation, reflection.. Ignoring the little everyday things that really have no significance but wan to take my focus ... I see two sides to this coin with a third dention in focus if that makes sense ..
I see the world , all the pollutants in it, my part , and what's coming ..
honestly? I see much Much bigger battles coming then the little ones I choose not to put my hand in everyday. I'd rather be well rested then under contested upon their approaching .. There is something wise in the statement I read one time ..
Choose your battles carefully.. What looks like quietness , lethargy, is really wisdom resting it's feet.. Preparing it's strength , keeping sober the mind...
if energy and what is to be preserved is wasted on tedious things .. Whats the conditioning when the real battle comes?
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meggars

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i listen to a shockingly small amount of music for a musician.....i listen to what i HAVE to because it plays at work but the rest of time i don't care to hear it...unless i'm making it i suppose. hearing it at that point would be unavoidable.
 
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Whenever we would mention contemporary worship to our old pastor when I was a kid he would refer us to the verse below. I kind of chuckle in the back of my head now.

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

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Naime

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Silence is also music, but one must listen closely to hear the music.
 
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In between music and life, silence is a good thing! :cool:
 
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I don't enjoy silence. It makes my ears ring pretty badly.
 
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[video=youtube;Vr5UoestpNw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr5UoestpNw[/video]
 
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SeekingJC

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I've been a musician for many many years. And, as much as I love music and draw inspiration from it you need the silence. Especially when your speaking to God. Ever try to talk to someone at a concert? Not so easy right (especially for me I play hard rock :p). I think it's the same when speaking to God. Only exception is when you're PLAYING music for Him. You know like actually creating/singing/playing instruments etc. Not talking about the radio/iPod/etc. Just this dudes opinion.

God Bless All
 
JaumeJ

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SeekingJC said:
I've been a musician for many many years. And, as much as I love music and draw inspiration from it you need the silence. Especially when your speaking to God. Ever try to talk to someone at a concert? Not so easy right (especially for me I play hard rock :p). I think it's the same when speaking to God. Only exception is when you're PLAYING music for Him. You know like actually creating/singing/playing instruments etc. Not talking about the radio/iPod/etc. Just this dudes opinion.

God Bless All
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I have also loved music, all kinds, all of my life. My gospel music is always playing when I am online, but mornings when I read the Word, my Hebrew study, and all, I have turned it on, but I have had to turn it off most times because of the need to concentrate fully, or as folks say, focus on the Word and the Lord. It is a greater pleasure too. Don't get me wrong, I do sometimes have the gospel music on while reading, but usually I need to have quiet time to read the Word.
 
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I love music but longer talk with Jesus in silence.
 
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The thing I love about classical music is that you have this series of mathematically logical sound patterns where a composer has painstakingly and deliberately layered depth and color through the use of dynamics.
The effect is magnified in an orchestral piece, where in addition to writing in all of these great phrases and dynamics around what really is a simple theme, the composer decides which instrumental group or which combination of instruments, gets the responsibility of highlighting some nuance of the theme for a certain amount of time. Every instrument doesn't play all of the time in a song, and every instrument doesn't remain completely silent in a classical orchestral work.

[video=youtube;fILR2XLeP7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fILR2XLeP7s[/video]



I often feel like my heart just shatters when I hear a phrase that crescendos into a fermata-d pause, and then all of a sudden when the music starts back up, the volume is 100x lower than before the silence.
When the opposite happens, when a phrase decrescendos down to a break, and out of no where the music starts back up 100x louder, I'm at the edge of my seat.

I catch myself literally holding my breath at the piano during certain pauses, where everything I've been letting myself feel and do comes to an end, and I have to mentally prepare for where I need to land next.


Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 is what immediately comes to mind in terms of how silence fits into my life. I feel all these feelings, and experience all these experiences, and I have all of these wants, needs, fears, ambitions, goals, desires, and when things feel like they are coming to a head in my life, for better or worse, I have to remind myself that there is a bigger picture in all of this - most specifically His bigger picture - and that eventually I need to push forward to the next movement, to the next phrase, to the next season. I can't let myself be complacent.

I don't always crave silence in and of itself, but I acknowledge its importance in being able to close the door on an experience and appreciate the full extent of what's to come. It's an opportunity to pause, to prepare, and to reflect.

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Angela53510

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I used to hate silence when I was younger, and always had to fill it with music or people talking. God has really addressed this issue in my heart, and that to find his peace, I need to leave the space for him to fill it.

"He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;" Psalm 46:10

So to celebrate silence, some music!

[video=youtube;BgaHaioAjyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgaHaioAjyg[/video]
 
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