Need of the hour - Silence!!!
It is the time for refreshment; try to be still so we might
not miss this new joy.
How sweet is the sound of silence?!
How tender is its touch?!
How fragrant is its breathing?!
How lovely is its form?!
I feel these have to be experienced to thoroughly enjoy it.
A seed in the womb of the mother earth lies in silence
absorbing nourishment, until its expanded soul bursts forth into blossom. It
means that the spirit of genius waits patiently its appointed hour of
awakening.
Whenever we are listening to fine music if someone speaks or
makes a noise we are distracted, and jarred by it and often we lose the subtle
beauty of the music. The same is applicable for silence too. We can easily see
its technical reason, how it aids us in the act of concentration.
One of the first forms of discipline the neophytes
(beginners) have to undergo is the practice of silence. They must never speak
before their teachers unless they are asked to do so. The necessity of this is
felt in our education. Unless the mind is receptive, any amount of time
expended in study is of very little avail.
Maria Mountessori, in her system of education advocates this
idea of silence.
She came to conclusion that the children’s spontaneous
activity in this environment revealed an internal program of development and provides
opportunities for it to proceed and flourish. This mode of living and thinking,
however, is quite out of fashion with our modern life and habit. There are some
who feel a strong aversion to it and this is because they confuse the idea of
silence with dullness and inaction.
What is the aim of silence?
It is not to free our mind from thought and assume a state
of emptiness and passivity. On the contrary, silence becomes a definite factor
for our efficient and concentrated thought.
We can even connect this parallel with machinery; that which
avoids friction most makes the least noise and endures the longest.
Bringing out the genius within YOU.
If we do not try to keep the minds of children altogether
occupied with the artificial toys and noisy games, they will work and invent
newer ones and their quickening of the inner faculties is the gist of true
education. So, this is one of the most interesting phenomenon that takes place
in connection with the practice of silence is that the mind evolves creative
genius.
Emotional aspect!
There are two categories of people; one who imagines that
they cannot be happy unless they are constantly in the company of others and
other one is who think that they must get away from everything and everybody in
order to have peace of mind. What exactly I mean by silence is not getting away
from the crowd, nor breaking away from the noisy part of life. It requires something
more than running away from people. We may even enter the unrevealed paths and
yet we may not find silence in our mind, when it’s actually noisy.
Problem solving
Another mind and another brain cannot think out our problem,
because it does not know the entire situation. We cannot give a true picture to
any one no matter how close they are to us. There is, however, a way of finding
our own solution and that is by our learning to enter within our own depth.
Eternal Silence..
Silence when I am walking,
When I think,
It fills this hollow world and is the better choice to make.
