The Power of Silence

Against the Dictatorship of Noise

De: Robert Cardinal Sarah, Nicolas Diat, Michael J. Miller - translator

Narrado por: Peter Lawrence

In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Robert Cardinal Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before.

Silence is the indispensable doorway to the divine, explains the cardinal in this profound conversation with Nicolas Diat. Within the hushed and hallowed walls of the La Grande Chartreuse, the famous Carthusian monastery in the French Alps, Cardinal Sarah addresses the following questions: Can those who do not know silence ever attain truth, beauty, or love? Do not wisdom, artistic vision, and devotion spring from silence, where the voice of God is heard in the depths of the human heart?

After the international success of God or Nothing, Cardinal Sarah seeks to restore to silence its place of honor and importance. "Silence is more important than any other human work," he says, "for it expresses God. The true revolution comes from silence; it leads us toward God and others so as to place ourselves humbly and generously at their service."

©2018 Robert Cardinal Sarah and Nicolas Diat (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Fantastic.

This book is absolutely fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I learned a great deal from Cardinal Sarah. This book is a great help on my spiritual journey.

A must read

This is a must read for anyone who wishes to have an intimate relationship with God.

Needed now more than ever

The war for your eyes and ears is waged by the most powerful tech and media companies in human history, and we are living with the consequences. Take back your heart and mind and give it God.

Amazing as always

So many good gems in here. Definitely a book to revisit and keep drawing from.

Seeking silence I found stillness

Reading it made me understand why I watch TV shows when I really would instead like to rather be present to my kids and family.

All videos put us in a small trance by using multiple frames per second. That trance parades as stillness but our brain is still on and in that relaxed state I’m more likely to receive instruction/i.e. advertising. I don’t feel more relaxed and still afterwards.

The stillness I seek in TV is a counterfeit of the real stillness which is God. Every one of us has a soul, that divine spark, that recognizes that Stillness. That Stillness and Silence is what my heart truly longs for; it is true, beautiful, and good😊.

Silence is not the lack of noise although sometimes we need it to find Him. Silence is the stillness we seek in the midst of the storms of life. Needless to say it’s a well written book.

I prefer listening to the narration at 0.9x speed. I just process it better that way.

Silence

Silence, as with darkness and death, is feared by the world. Through the eyes of faith in Christ, the things that we fear become the means of our sanctification.

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

agree that more silence is necessary every where. esp in church. hence why the novus order parishes are failing

Spiritual life

This is the complete spiritual life exactly as HOLY SCRIPTURES dictates! So much holiness this book!

Sacred silence

This book opened my mind to whole new world of prayer and a better understanding of God.

Moved me to a higher level of prayer.

when I finished one session I looked forward to listening to the next session. I found myself limiting how much I listen to at one time because there was so much meaning in every part of the book.