What Lives Inside Silence
November 8, 2009 · by Christine
I think we talk because what lives inside silence scares us.
-Linda Hogan
Where will your own “zona sacra” be found today?


(Photos taken at the Abbey of Montecassino in Italy)
© Christine Valters Paintner at Abbey of the Arts:
Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts
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November 8th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Christine, Thanks for asking. I will keep my eyes and heart wide open for those places. Love…
November 8th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Oops! Forgot to say that HERE, the Abbey, is one of my Zona Sacras. : )
Love,…
November 9th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Oh, Christine…this is so beautiful.
One of my sacra zonas is the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Sacred Land of the Lakota. They call it Paha Sapa. I think I feel a deep sense of the Holy One there more than anywhere else.
Love to you and Rebecca, too!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Oh, Christine…this is so beautiful.
One of my sacra zonas is the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Sacred Land of the Lakota. They call it Paha Sapa. I think I feel a deep sense of the Holy One there more than anywhere else.
Love to you and Rebecca, too!
November 11th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Rebecca – thank you! Such kind and wonderful words.
Beautiful description Suz.