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• March 21, 2009, Anthony writes: Good luck finding stillness in the world. It seems that everywhere I go there is background noise. People wearing headphones, MUZAK (or is it MUSAK?) radio play, televisions and other such things as to keep us from enjoying a peaceful moment of solitude.
  What are we afraid of?
  Silence?
• March 21, 2009, howard writes: If I'm not mistaken, Muzak filed for bankruptcy recently, which maybe makes it the perfect analog for the false value of all the noise and clutter we seem conditioned to crave. Whether it's piped-in music or some other kind of useless noise, each represents a bankruptcy of sorts, I suppose.
• March 21, 2009, PJ writes: Another great haiku. And I also like this conversation. I think most of us are afraid of the silence, which is something I used to think about all the time when I would hear "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode. The fact that so many of us need a filler for every second of our lives kind of proves something is missing.
• March 22, 2009, Anthony writes: We have that junk muzak at work. Every now and then the system goes down and my ears heave a sigh of relief. Somewhere, someone must have done a study that said productivity increased when this junk was played. With corporations looking to cut costs, that would be the first place I'd look.
  
  PJ, we must be afraid of the silence. Eight out of ten people in my gym wear ear buds and carry a music device. One thing it does is tell me "I'm not interested in talking to you" and they're little world is more important than interacting with people. They wander around in a trance and generally have no idea of the world around them.
  
  I think that's the part they like best.
• March 22, 2009, Anthony writes: "Their" little world. God, I hate when I do that. :-)

hoping to recognize,
hoping to receive
the still, small voice Divine.

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• February 16, 2008, Heather writes: Too often I think people expect the voice of God (or the voice Divine) to be big and booming. Usually, when God speaks to me, he whispers in my ear, a still, small voice that must be discerned and interpreted. Quiet is absolutely essential to the process. Lovely, lovely verses. Heather
• February 17, 2008, howard writes: I've been thinking along these lines a lot lately. I've been fascinated by the ways in which a person's belief system affects his (or her) way of seeing the world in general, and vice versa. I've noticed a lot of situations where there's stark contrast between the two. That said, I agree that God almost always speaks to us in subtle tones. At least that's how He speaks to me.
• February 25, 2008, Faylei writes: Lovely...
• March 3, 2008, liquidquick writes: smartass reply: they don't invite me after loudly exclaiming 'lets belch for jesus!' not-smartass reply: i hear nothing but soft breathing, yet see god in one another's eyes