One of the side effects of having an aneurysm burst in my occipital
lobe was I saw double. As the blood
cleared from my brain, however, this passed. The
occipital lobe serves to interpret the data coming through from the eyes. Damage to this portion of the brain means
that the brain will not decode properly or will not receive the images from the eyes. No connection to the brain, damaged sight or
even blindness.
Sometimes we pray like that.
The voice speaks the words, but the words don’t connect to the brain. We
sing; we recite the prayers. However, no
connection is made in the brain, in the soul; we are not listening; we are deaf to the
word.
“Let us consider, then, how we ought to sing psalms in such
a way that are minds are in harmony with our voices.” (RSB 19)
The discipline of the psalmody is not to be faithful to the
routine: to read the right psalm on the right day at the right time. The discipline is to be present in mind and
spirit to each word of the prayer, to be truly “reverent.”
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