The Lost Voice

Pythia, the High Priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Oracle of Delphi. Image: Alamy Stock Photos.

Thomas Merton spoke of “Beingness” as a mystic’s profession.

The yin, the realm of yin, is a place of BEing. In the ancient ying/yang symbol, both opposites are equally important and complementary. Both are within us all, representing energies rather than gender. While masculine yang energy is acting and doing, feminine yin energy is being and receiving. The mantra of the feminine yin could be ‘ I amplify in stillness”.