The Power of Silence
Silence is not empty. Silence is full of you. Most people misunderstand silence. They think silence means “not talking,” like someone pressing the mute button on life. This is a very poor understanding. A person can sit without speaking and still be boiling, still be full of argument, fear, panic. That is not silence. That is suppressed noise. Real silence is not the absence of sound. Real silence is the absence of inner conflict. It’s when you are no longer split inside yourself. When you are not pretending to be something on the outside and suffering something else on the inside. When your face and your heart are finally telling the same story. In that moment, you are not two. You are one. That oneness is silence. Why are we so afraid of silence? Because silence reveals. Noise is a distraction. It’s a curtain. It keeps you busy. You scroll, you argue, you offer opinions no one asked for, you rehearse future conversations in your head. You keep the mind occupied like a child, so that ...
