Silence

Life is filled with noise from within and without. Sonic booms overhead and racing thoughts in our head. The air is filled with signals and frequencies that, while inaudible, nevertheless have profound effects on everyday life. We exist and interact among a plethora of sights and sounds. Some are amazingly beautiful while others are aesthetically hideous. We hear the call of the mourning dove while leering at a neon jungle. We call it life. And we accept it as indicative of our collective identity. "We are this!"

But what if it all suddenly stopped? Would it mean that life is over and not worth living? Why are we so afraid of silence? Why is life filled with such rapid activity? Are we really that fearful of who we really are? And who are "we" anyway?

We are silence. When we are left with nothing but our whispering thoughts, we tap an inner core of our being, and this is where God works best. When we realize that our ponderances are like the clouds passing in the sky, not here to stay, we may no longer find them as disturbing as we once thought. Perhaps they are just transient, fair-weather friends. Our core of silence allows us to encounter each thought that appears with the understanding that they are not here to stay. They may traverse the cosmos to return, but they are merely travelers through life as we are.

Forget everything you have been taught and just sit with yourself in silence. It is who you are. What are you afraid of?