Notes: This meditation was originally used at the start of an act of worship. Music was playing as people entered the worship area, with distorted noise playing quietly behind it. As the start of the worship approached the noise increased in volume to an unbearable level – then cut out completely. In the silence the first of these three meditations was read.

The noise began to build again behind each meditation, eventually drowning out the speaker and then cutting out so the next meditation could be read.

I want to be still, find some quiet

but it’s so hard

so noisy

so difficult to find any kind of peace

even to collect my thoughts

I find it so hard to slow down

to make space

for God,

for myself,

for other people

things moving so fast

things spinning round me

distractions

noise

…………………..

If only I could make decisions

what to choose

how to spend my time

my money

how best to be of worth

to myself

to my family, my friends

my community

But there’s so many options

all that choice

so many paths to take

so much contrasting advice

so many signs claiming to be the right route

so little help in making the decisions

……………………

I find it hard to listen

hard to make out one thing from another

take it in

make sense of it

understand

I wonder if I’m hearing anything at all

just static

just cocophony

wondering if there is anything to listen to

anything of value

are there voices I don’t hear?

lost in the noise

do I need to listen harder?

I begin to doubt that there is anything to listen for

Am I just wasting my time?

Just let it wash over me?

White noise to be ignored.

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