Blivet notes that Susan (of 2020 Hindsight) is thinking about silent retreats.
Right now I am looking at the summer schedule of Plum Village, where I spent some time last year.
Every day we got up early, meditated and prepared our breakfast. Then we sat outside our small house, in a beautiful french landscape… and ate in silence. At the sound of the first bell we could speak if we wanted to. One day, when the bell rang, I realized I had nothing to say. I smiled.
Conversation during these breakfasts was an adventure – not because fantastic things were said, but because the silence was still there.
Stumbled across a page about muscle memory on WikiWikiWeb. They talked about software called Sensiva – I just downloaded it and it works fine. More later…
Where are they? or Maybe we are alone in the galaxy after all?
Fascinating story in Scientific American about the search for extra-terrestrial life. I have a subscribtion to SciAm – but snail mail across the Atlantic means I haven’t seen this issue yet. Someone over at Kuro5hin had.