What is silence? Is it the complete absence of sound? Is it a state of sensory deprivation? Or is it something else? There is a lot of talk about silence and yet do we really understand what it is. Poets, philosophers and scientists have tried to describe silence in many ways.
Meditation is the action of silence.
~Krishnamurti
“The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.” ~Rabindranath Tagore
“I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.”
~Albert Einstein
I close my eyes and focus inwards. With each breath, one by one, the senses begin to disappear. I am not in a quiet place, but I am no longer a part of the hustle bustle around me. I am sitting on a hard surface, yet I am floating effortlessly. As the aroma of freshly baked bread sweeps past, I am inhaling the fragrance of purity.
I direct my inner gaze towards silence. The external world is silent, but the internal one is chaotic. I realize that shutting out the outside world is easy, but what do I do about the incessant noise inside? Constant chatter, unnecessary thoughts and hopeless ideation consume me; feeling impatient, frustrated, confused. Is the world inside or outside my mind? Why am I fostering so many impressions and perceptions? Are these really the musings that I hold on to so dearly? Am I living in my mind? And if I am living in my mind, then what is real and what is unreal?
It is silent outside. Is there an outside? Rene Descartes proposed “I think, therefore I am.” Does that mean that if I do not think then I am not? And who is this I that is thinking? How do get to this I? What is the nature of this I?
Silence. I need silence to access this I. Silence from these thoughts; these thoughts that are constantly contemplating, deliberating and ideating. Silence from these emotions; these emotions that are making me restless and disturbed. Stop. Stop these thoughts. Stop these emotions. So that I can feel, sense, be what is beyond; or perhaps what just is.
On a canvas of stillness, void of any thoughts, feelings and sensations, shines the Light. Silence.
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