Silence has become drowned in the noise of our media-drenched culture. In this beautiful and contemplative book, Taylor describes her personal quest to "turn off the noise" and invites us to rediscover silence as a spiritual friend. Her award-winning lyrical style quiets our souls and gently leads us toward the joy of "spiritual silence" in the simplicity of everyday tasks, like the sweet silence of an early summer morning; the rhythmic silence of sweeping a room or chopping vegetables; the still silence of a single flower unfolding; the cathedral silence of a redwood forest.
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A gifted writer, she uses sensual language, mystical poetry, and engaging storytelling to share her journey from a life of noise to one of quiet contemplation. It is a journey worth taking. -- NaPRA ReView Vol. 8, No. 5
One of the most notable and pleasant aspects of the author's story is her poetic style of writing which is worth the price of the book itself. The book is filled with such scintillating gems as: "The sound drops into a still landscape, concentric circles of it lapping against Fall leaves." Moreover, with a poet's sensitivity, Taylor records feeling the silent strength of California sequoias; the gentle silence of a flower; the ordinary silence of wood floors restored to bare-foot smooth cleanliness; the prayerful silence of a lighted candle; the solid silence of a stone wall...Here is a rare book to read and reread. It is one to savor for personal gain from one woman's life experience as she moves along, step by step, on a path of spiritual fulfillment. -- The Observer (from the Diocese of Monterey Dec 1997
Silence whispers it's name. It is what it is. This gentle book's layout, photos, print, paper and space evoke peace-writer and publisher united in wholeness. Taylor's writing is soft, clean and poetic, She shares her life journey of marriage, illness, adoption and divorce with honesty and reveals how silence comforted and healed her. "Suddenly, time stops. My prayer burst out of finite reality like a jet transcending the time barrier. Though my ears should be hearing the ticking of the timer, they hear nothing at all....I have shed time like a snake slipping from its skin. For one incredible moment, I am held in the embrace of pure silence." She learns life is in the silence. As she slowly and mindfully builds a stone wall, she writes, "I invite them (friends) to place a rock in my wall. They place their rocks by sight; I now place them by feel. For the first time, I realize silence is teaching me to live by different rules. My solitude often feels its way into a hidden reality....Building the wall is teaching me to relax and trust the unusual, unexpected routes into inner silence. To listen inwardly for the opening to present itself, differently, each day and to surrender to it. Like snugging a rock into an earthen wall." Her experience into silence makes our lives richer and reminds us that the journey is never outward with others, but inward and alone. -- From Independent Publisher
One of the most notable and pleasant aspects of the author's story is her poetic style of writing which is worth the price of the book itself. The book is filled with such scintillating gems as: "The sound drops into a still landscape, concentric circles of it lapping against Fall leaves." Moreover, with a poet's sensitivity, Taylor records feeling the silent strength of California sequoias; the gentle silence of a flower; the ordinary silence of wood floors restored to bare-foot smooth cleanliness; the prayerful silence of a lighted candle; the solid silence of a stone wall...Here is a rare book to read and reread. It is one to savor for personal gain from one woman's life experience as she moves along, step by step, on a path of spiritual fulfillment. -- The Observer (from the Diocese of Monterey Dec 1997
Silence whispers it's name. It is what it is. This gentle book's layout, photos, print, paper and space evoke peace-writer and publisher united in wholeness. Taylor's writing is soft, clean and poetic, She shares her life journey of marriage, illness, adoption and divorce with honesty and reveals how silence comforted and healed her. "Suddenly, time stops. My prayer burst out of finite reality like a jet transcending the time barrier. Though my ears should be hearing the ticking of the timer, they hear nothing at all....I have shed time like a snake slipping from its skin. For one incredible moment, I am held in the embrace of pure silence." She learns life is in the silence. As she slowly and mindfully builds a stone wall, she writes, "I invite them (friends) to place a rock in my wall. They place their rocks by sight; I now place them by feel. For the first time, I realize silence is teaching me to live by different rules. My solitude often feels its way into a hidden reality....Building the wall is teaching me to relax and trust the unusual, unexpected routes into inner silence. To listen inwardly for the opening to present itself, differently, each day and to surrender to it. Like snugging a rock into an earthen wall." Her experience into silence makes our lives richer and reminds us that the journey is never outward with others, but inward and alone. -- From Independent Publisher
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The exploration of silence growing into awareness. A thoughtful journey, but it gets lost in the sensual poetic prose of the author in the last half which makes one wonder if it was part of an editorial push to pad out an otherwise beautiful but 'thin' story.
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Ms. Taylor has shared more than her views on silence with readers; she has shared her LIFE. She is a courageous woman with wit and talent and sensitivity, and I can't wait to read her next work.
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Ms. Taylor would have us believe that she did not have a choice in anything that happened to her in her life. That she did not CHOOSE to adopt children. That she did not CHOOSE to expose herself to being a mother. In fact, she begs the reader to pity her for having all of this thrust upon her. I personally, find this highly offensive. As we all know, the refusal to decide means that you have still made a choice. To two children, she was the only mother they knew. To run from this, and beg pity for having to endure this, is pure cowardice. Let's not even go into exploiting this to make money.
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