The Voice of Silence
A Rabbi’s Journey into a Trappist Monastery and Other Contemplations
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Silence is charged with messages that are yet to be discovered, the hidden presence of the occult manifesting through a potent awareness of the endless possibilities. Silence is not the absence of sounds; it’s the absence of noise.
There is plentiful presence of sounds in the flow of silence that claims from the depths its existence.
Silence is pregnant with messages that are yet to be discovered, the hidden presence of the occult manifesting through a potent awareness of the endless possibilities.
Silence may disguise loneness, solitude or can open the endless possibilities of the encounter with God, self, a fellow human, the world. Silence is an invitation to contemplate.
Silence allows out to dive in the deep ocean of vast presence. Silence is not absence, it’s presence. The stillness of time and space is enveloped in the pause from noises and sounds. The magic of contemplation is invited through silence and that feeling is manifested with an aura of muteness.
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Do you feel as if you are drowning in an ocean of difficulties and successes? This unique book invites you to resurface by recognizing your own inner space and inner peace.
About the Author
Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz was the first Latin American female rabbi to complete her Rabbinical ordination in Jerusalem as a student of the Seminario Rabinico Latino Americano Marshall T. Meyer. She has over 25 years of experience as a pulpit rabbi and serves with heartfelt dedication and compassion the community of Congregation Or Hadash in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a Rabbinic Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel, and is the founder of BaKen: A Mental Health Initiative to reduce the stigma of mental health illness in our society.
Rabbi Dr. Bortz holds a medical degree with a specialty in Radiology and completed her postgraduate studies in bioethics. She is the founder of Hope for Seeds, a support group for couples struggling with infertility and sterility. She is the recipient of the YWCA Women of Achievement Award and was nominated as a Jewish Hero of 2011.
Happily married to Rabbi Mario Karpuj, she is the proud mother of two daughters.