Silence

I am considering joining the Quaker church as a member, becoming a Quaker, a prospect that surprises and makes me uneasy. Their worship is silent and their focus is on following the guidance they receive in that silence. I also follow that guidance, having learned through meditation a while back that the use of words is human and actually interferes with guidance. I am cautious recalling the words of Claremont deCastillejo when she commented that "If we can resist the compulsive pressure of our logical thinking, without relinquishing our precious heritage of lucid thought; if we can hold our ground with our own hardly won ego personalities, yet bow our heads and say, 'Thy will not mine be done'; if we will but notice the reactions of our bodies; and heed the behaviour of the world towards us; if we can learn to listen to the voices within and to the whisper in the wind, with trust as well as with discrimination, we may be able to follow the road where the Rainmaker walks."