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What silence does before it becomes wisdom
SourceReflectionPractice
A story of silence as first refuge, then discipline, then a doorway into wisdom.
Mindfulness
On Practicing Something You Are Not Sure You Believe
A case for continuing a practice through genuine uncertainty about its underlying claims.
OriginTeachingPracticeIntegration
A common assumption holds that belief must come first, and practice follows only once belief is secure.
Many traditions reverse this order in practice, if not always in their stated theology: the practice is maintained through seasons of genuine doubt, on the understanding that belief and practice have a more complicated, mutually shaping relationship than the simple sequence suggests.
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