Where is the Silence?

I am gradually moving closer to the goal that led me to disrobe: working with trauma. Next week, I am starting to volunteer at a foster care and adoption agency. It is not going to be easy, but after my spiritual experience, I realized that there are only two ways to make this Earth a better place: 1) healing myself and 2) being kind to children. Murderers, rapists, molesters, and other criminal offenders are all born out of the pain of an innocent child. If I can share some light and kindness with at least one child, my life will not be in vain. Before beginning the new leg of my journey, I took this free time as an opportunity to have a solitary retreat on a cliff overlooking the Osage River. I had dozens of vultures flying over my red tent, hoping for a good feast. Most of my practice was dedicated to laying down meditation. In my experience, it is the easiest way to lose the body and explore the vast realms of consciousness and space.