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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Never miss a chance to shut up!



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.




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