my meditation: Once, a long time ago I imagined there were still great discoveries and inventions to be found beyond all those wonderful things we already had, like automobiles, airplanes, telephone, electricity. Šand that these discoveries were hidden in secret holes in the fabric of reality, in the spaces of the ethereal surrounding us, --that most of us were simply not yet aware of, Šthat these missing holes would be discovered by those who were astute enough to recognize the wonderful missing stuff in these silent spaces among real things. Now, fifty years later, I realize it is the silent spaces themselves that are significant and pregnant not real things, the still yet unknown, not the known, but the spiritual truths. To intuit the vast meaning and mystery of these silences, one must learn to become very still, inwardly still. Men to men seem to do better in treasuring this kind of kything: --communicating without words. Is it only in the deepest of silences one can hear these muses of heart.......whisper? Do we need words as much as we think we do? Hush! Be inwardly still. You are about to miss It. There is some piece of your truth still waiting for your own mystical self, in the silent empty spaces of the fabric of your amazing life. Shhhhhh! Paschal Bernard Baute Advent/Christmas meditation December 1, 1998