Contemplative in the Mud

The Spirit Was Not Made for Noise

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Benjamin Embley

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Charles de Foucauld's retreat in the Hoggar (Algerian Sahara)
Charles de Foucauld’s retreat in the Hoggar (Algerian Sahara)

The sweetness of solitude – I have known it most of my life. Even before I became a Christian, I loved solitude with nature and books, where the world is invisible and sweet. In solitude one is never alone. The spirit was not made for noise, but for taking things in. Life is a preparation for heaven, not only through deserving work, but by peace and communion with God.
Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916)

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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    ennis14

    Love Foucald’s work and life!
    Blessings for sharing this here.

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