By Sam

I am a client of Bev’s. When she first met me she said, “You live totally in your head.” True. My mind drives me crazy. For a homework assignment she asked me to listen to silence. She was very stubborn about this, and she gave me her timer and sent me off with ideas of how to listen to silence. I couldn’t believe it! It never occurred to me to listen to silence. When I did this exercise, I would hear my mind. But I kept endeavoring to focus on silence. There was very little of it at first. Actually, there was no silence at the beginning. But it started growing. I had my girlfriend do it with me. She was a natural, which was frustrating. But you know what? I got better at it. Once a day I would close my office door and concentrate on listening to silence. I was amazed at how refreshed I would feel afterwards. It worked better for me then doing a sitting meditation.

By the way if you ever want to give Bev a present – give her a timer. She loves them!