Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?"
The question got me thinking. Noise lets us ignore our most difficult struggle and our most precious possession: our true and profound self. Very often, it is painful to face one's true inner core. It is hard to be absolutely honest with oneself.
Shakespeare writes in Hamlet, "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day," but we often fail in this regard.
We fool ourselves, and the noise and distractions of life help us in this effort. Constant external stimuli and occurrences allow us to avoid dealing with our inner being.
When we're alone in the car, do we immediately reach for the radio? Is it any wonder that talk radio is such a booming international business? We are so afraid of silence, so fearful of the opportunity to be with ourselves and penetrate our inner world.
Genuine spiritual heights can only be managed through introspection, which only comes by impression of the medium of silence.
Silence allows our spiritual dimension to regain control. Since the spiritual mode of man is silence, quiet allows the spiritual to lead the physical, while speaking gives the physical the leading role. The best thing for the body is when it is guided by the soul. Thus, there is nothing better for the body than silence.
Why is speech derived from the physical facet of man? How is silence the mode for the soul? Silence allows us to remove all of the external and physical distractions in our lives and lets us focus upon the essence of our being; the soul! How is silence good for the body? Why not say that silence is good for the soul or for a person in general?
Setting specific times to be alone with our thoughts and ourselves will help us probe our inner world. It is at these times that we pierce our deeper selves and grow in immense ways.
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