How about being silent for sometime ?

How about being silent for sometime ?

We are a larger democracy no doubt and often we are at our loudest during election time. No one seems to want to keep quiet, and everyone wants to have the last word. So there is a verbal barrage, with discretion and decency often thrown to the winds. Scandals and secrets galore do the rounds, making you wonder where they were hiding for so long. What starts as a campaign often results in the mean and nasty exchange of words. Every one is hell bent in finding arguments and counter arguments. Everyone is trying to put words in the mouth.

What if we consciously remain simply silent for a few hours every day? The noise within us would recede; our ears would keenly take in the rhythm of the noises naturally offered to us. The rustle of the curtains, the wail of a baby, delightful shrieks of children at play, the whistle of the pressure cooker, a gate opening far away, a car reversing, a mother calling out to her child, a door bell ringing, a door creaking, and so much more.

To remain silent requires will power and it will be a sort of mental exercise. Like walking, this can be practiced daily. The best part of it is that you dont need to step oiut of your house or run on a treadmill inside. As you strengthen your mind you’ll be surprised at how things around you change for the better. The clutter of thoughts waiting to be articulated, stops right in your brain. Edgar Allan Poe, in his writings expressed the two faces of silence. These are 'body and soul' and 'sea and shore'

In silence we streamline your thoughts, filtering out the unwanted and only expressing what is necessary. Every human torso is in a battle with itself. Tonnes of apprehensions and anxieties keeps making it's way. You inhibitions are always loud. While you incessantly try to keep solving the puzzle you always keep missing that one piece. The small piece which can make this looks simple and straight. The result of practicing silence would be obviously sensible, welcome and soothing. Stop for a moment, halt wherever you are and think about the profound voice of infinite urging us to seek solace in silence.