Comments on: Guest Post- Living in the Language Silently by Hán Ruì yà http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/ Book Reviews | IAuhor nterviews | EST 2013 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:46:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 By: Tantra Bensko http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3727 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:46:55 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3727 I really like this (reading it again, therefore.) It’s beautifully written and I’m so glad you take the time to diligently seek the possibilities of silence. Communing with someone without words is so powerful, if you keep your attention strong.

One day I was camping with some people and wandered into the woods to a gorgeous stump that had congealed sap glittering in the moonlight, surrounded by moss. I kept exclaiming to myself in words of praise for it, and tried to catch myself from automatically reacting in words. I wanted to experience my excitement without that filter.

I managed it, and afterwards for a long time, whenever I praised something, I said, “That’s stump.” It was a way of reminding me how language can not only expand but limit meaning, can not only express but curtail the extent of our authentic responses. My students in the university never questioned it when, without any explanation, I said their essays were stump. Tee hee.

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By: Guest Bloggers WANTED | CONFESSIONS OF A READAHOLIC http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3726 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:32:56 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3726 […] Hán Ruì yà– Living in the Language Silently […] ]]> By: January- The Monthly Recap | CONFESSIONS OF A READAHOLIC http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3725 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:33:13 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3725 […] Living in the Language Silently by Hán Ruì yà […] ]]> By: Aman(@amanhimself) http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3724 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:03:20 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3724 In reply to milliethom.

I agree!

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By: Aman(@amanhimself) http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3723 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:03:09 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3723 In reply to moosha23.

I feel, sometimes just a 10 minutes silence from everything is the most relaxing thing I ever do in a day.

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By: 韩瑞雅 (Hán Ruì Yǎ) http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3722 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:38:20 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3722 In reply to milliethom.

thank you my friend. : )

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By: 韩瑞雅 (Hán Ruì Yǎ) http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3721 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:37:58 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3721 In reply to moosha23.

thank you. 🙂

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By: 韩瑞雅 (Hán Ruì Yǎ) http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3720 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:37:39 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3720 In reply to kellie@writingmoment.

thanks for liking it. : )

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By: milliethom http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3719 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:35:44 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3719 Such beautiful writing. I think that many of us strive to find that elusive silence – which our minds cry out for at times. ]]> By: moosha23 http://readingbooks.blog/2015/01/20/guest-post-living-in-the-language-silently/#comment-3718 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:28:03 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=2599#comment-3718 This is brilliant – silence is definitely something I strive for, silence of the mind, of the buzzing thoughts – also, being silent helps you listen more to others, which is definitely something with great dividends! ]]>