Doctrine of Silence

Doctrine of Silence

----- By: Saptarshi Dutt

Silence is a valuable constituent of the game of life; silence is the key that has the potential to open doors even when one is filled up with perplexed thoughts and imaginations. it can open up the mind’s doors even at confusion, tension, or anxiety. silence empowers one to think things through and come up with solutions and answers because it is only in silence one can listen the tune of one’s conscious ness and listen well. one can listen to the soul of one self with deepest wisdom only when one dwells in silence.

In the absence of silence one tend to get overridden by worldy thoughts, materialistic pleasures, surrounding ambiance. we perhaps tend to get overtaken by the mind and the body, and of course our emotions, which genuinely drives human creatures nine on ten times. the clutter prevents one from listening to one’s psyche and soul, which are the true umpires of any human creatures. hence, to listen to one’s conscious ness and the inner soul, one needs to keep oneself at a secluded place, which is free from the surrounding emotions, waves of thoughts, and desires. to know one’s best self one needs to analyze what he/she truly desires. Many a times we get flabberstruck considering the invaluable results one produces when they are in silence. To know one’s Divinity, to create a strong bond with silence, we might have to learn many things and have to make innumerable sacrifices. but again, the feedback that one gets is probably far more than that of the sacrifices made by us.

It may be interesting to carry out a small experiment with one’s life. if we see that when we go to some place where there is plenty of silence and quiet. Sit in silence, get acclimatize with the situation, and observe yourself. One will find that in silence one is beginning to know his inner self. People in earlier days too went to Himalayas, and caves to find “this silence”, this silence, which is secluded from noisy surroundings, distractions, and buzz. the ambiance there is truly pleasant and nice to feel. it is a sense of feelings, which one would experience. it is the ambience of quiet engenders the experience of looking within.

The life most of us live, is an outer life. the outside is undoubtedly very beautiful but if we think it from the grass root, we would see that the outer life of human mankind is rather embellished with worldly pleasures and materialistic pleasures. even though it is undisputed truth that the outer edifice of our life, which we have created with our money, class, energy, finance, man power is truly filled with lavish items and things. however the inner world is even better or probably by far the best from every facets of our life. It is more stronger, more greater, and even bigger than that of our outer life. Whatever exists in the inner soul of our self is always true, genuine, and unadulterated. Whatever subsists in the Universe outside also actually exists very much within our self. The whole universe, and may be more, exists inside this inner soul. With our limited capabilities if we are able to trace our qualities and credentials, we would lead a blissful and contended life. Hence, it is our duty to bring alive our inner world with which we can lead a far better life. Again here too, it’s the inner world that has the capacity to open the floodgates for us.

Right now, we are enjoying the pleasure of our traveling. We take decisions on the basis of the possibility of peaceful ness, joyful, harmonious, healthy mind and body, and this clear life without any kind of insecurity, fear, pains, sufferings, tensions, or worries. If we are searching for those possibilities in the outer world it is almost next to impossible for the evaluation is pretty clear to derive. It can give many comforts you ask for, but with comforts there comes ache, and uneasiness too. With any outer happiness, unhappiness would come too. thus, anything that emulates from the outer world come with its opposite in tow.

Take some time off everyday to be silent, even if it ranges from five to fiteen minutes. Feel it, experience it, and observe it, and one would be bewildered considering the results it produces. That is the moment when one is totally with oneself. that is the best moment when you are totally immersed with yourself --- both physically as well as mentally.

Silence does not mean absence of speech. Silence is an inner state of mind. Something will automatically change in one’s state, in one’s nature, and the silence will establish in itself. Even if one is in catastrophe, no one can destroy the silence, none can take away the silence from you. once silence starts helping you, helping your evolution, then one can easily enjoy the beauty, which this life produces.

Silence is a state of conscious ness. Silence is not an effort. Thus, if one is making an effort to be silent; one is making probably more noise and buzz. Silence is an effortless effort. It will take its birth spontaneously along with one’s understanding, simultaneously. Silence is the actual birthplace of our “Soul”.

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Saptarshi Dutt12/07/2009 7:41:29 PM