Finally, after so much getting out of myself, in work, speaking and writing, I found time to go inside my heart.  It is said the word of God is written in our hearts, St. Augustine finds the truth inside of him in the deepest recesses of his soul.  This needs silence!

But is there another silence so that the word could be effective?  Is there an in-action in order that action could be effective?  St James said, "Be doers of the Word and not hearers only!" (James 1:22).  This recalls what the scriptures said: to live the word and not only listeners, and another parable in which two sons was asked by their father to do something: one said yes but did not do it, the other said no but did it.  The one who did what the father asked was edified by our Lord.  Doing therefore seems to be necessary, to build our house on a rock.

But these past weeks, I have not done anything special, just routine and routine. It seems however that from this seeming inaction could come the greatest action, which is love, charity, agape.  I have learned not to judge, to suspend comments, to be silent in front of irritation.  It is not easy to "do" these things, but I realized, but it liberated me from my ego.  It is precisely non-doing: Instead of answering, I tried to see the other's viewpoint.  Instead of judging, I tried to silent my mind and love the other.  At least I tried. It felt good!  Doing this, is in these past weeks for me is the highest activity because it is loving the other.  Non-doing if it is "in love" becomes the highest activity.  It appears to be non-doing but it required from me, who many times reacts when something pricks my ego, a great effort.  As I said, it becomes, paradoxically, a doing par excellence.  How? by non-doing.  I realized it is not only passivity but an activity of the heart to love more, not to judge because love should reign in my heart, to decide not to react but to understand and love better.

Be doers of the Word and not only hearers.  To love then, I realized in this past days, even if it is seemingly "non-doing", when done out of love becomes, in a certain sense a mode of being.  I believe that it is an emptiness, a non-doing out of love.  As I said it makes me feel better, not in the sense of better-than-thou but the thou is given always preference by the silence of love.

It could be that in this silence that words have greater meaning, or it is this in-action that action becomes more significant.  Let's hope so.

Hello Am,

Thanks for dropping by.

Re your the comments you left in my blog, I have a question: Am, biggest problem is WHAT DO WE GIVE TO AFGHANS TO PLANT when we've destroyed their poppy fields? That's their means of subsistence!

Dear Am,

Hope you won't find me too inquisitive - are you still studying for the priesthood or are you already ordained?

Thank you.

Hi Am,
Thanks for visting...I have to greet and run.(I am in the office)

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