First there is a loud wind, or fire, or whatever the bit with Elijah has (before it gets quiet), and that is the turmoil of my own thoughts which are generally agitated and critical (here I do not like what I hear either). After a while, and 15 minutes is optimistic sometimes, this settles down. I don't necessarily like what I hear next, either, though, which you are right to point out (I am very dissatisfied with myself and so it is painful to be loved as I am. Sometimes.)
If you have a friend with whom you can spend 15 min. every day without ever hearing something you don't like, you don't actually have a friend. And if you don't get over the fear of hearing something you don't like, you never will.
"I double dog dare you: fifteen minutes of silence with God"
-But...what if I don't like what I hear?
First there is a loud wind, or fire, or whatever the bit with Elijah has (before it gets quiet), and that is the turmoil of my own thoughts which are generally agitated and critical (here I do not like what I hear either). After a while, and 15 minutes is optimistic sometimes, this settles down. I don't necessarily like what I hear next, either, though, which you are right to point out (I am very dissatisfied with myself and so it is painful to be loved as I am. Sometimes.)
If you have a friend with whom you can spend 15 min. every day without ever hearing something you don't like, you don't actually have a friend. And if you don't get over the fear of hearing something you don't like, you never will.
I triple dog dare you. :)
All right, children, play nice.