THE VIRTUES OF SILENCE
Dear Friends
Firstly I wish you all a very peacefull New Year…
Winter is often a time to meditate, pray, think, dream, rest,relax,etc..
renew your energy !
To fly higher like the eagle in the spring!
You may have noticed that I am often in and out of social media.
I am not always active.
Certainly...like for yourselves...it is partly because I am tied up with
other projects…
But mainly because I have come to learn to appreciate the virtues of
silence and this is what I wish to share with you today.
Some of my friends are not present on social media because they say its only
virtual and it portrays an artificial reality which has nothing to do
with our real daily lives….where we must remain committed and where we are
expected to make a real difference…
It is true that for some...the social media can create an illusion…
where egoes boast out of place, conterfiet and out of proportion with
their real inner level and identity…
But to others, and we hope to be amongst them it is also a place to humbly
share spiritual positive teachings and discoveries for our common benefit,
as we do right now, make a difference for humanitarian causes by winning
more to contribute to them, influence and impact a better world today etc etc
Anything, as you know, dear friends, can be used in a negative or positive
manner…
However over communicating is as bad as under communicating.
In our mediatic world, one is continually bombarded with so much information
that it becomes disinformation…
Advertising, reality shows etc it seems we need to know everything about
everyone all the time !
Having to say hello without purpose, a thousand times a day can be as much
distressing as improductive...and leading us nowhere...except than more stressed
then unable to meet our daily challenges with positive energy.
We truly need to learn not to take offence when some of us choose to reduce
their communication to more constructive messages which are aiming at building
up the community rather than sinking us in the muddy waters of confusion.
But further, the virtues of silence are as essential to human relationships as
communication….
Benjamin Franklin called silence a virtue…
http://robertpaulweston.com/blog/silence-is-a-virtue/
Silence has a deep golden quality in itself…
I copied following some links praising some of the many benefits of silence
so you might choose the
topic important to you and read it…
However I wish to explain what are the virtues of silence...in my own
experience...
As we need to renew our deeper self to reach out to our higher self…
we need solitude and silence.
Silence has its own music and own still voice talking to us at a deeper
level…
We cant hear silence if we are involved in continual communication with others.
We dont always have to communicate the lessons of silence to others.
Some must remain silent.
As silence will purify our souls from confusion….
Silence contributes to our inner cleansing and inner order…
It is for some and more and more nowadays very painful to remain silent…
Why ?
On one hand, the habit of noise and over communication linked to our modern
civilization can become an addiction difficult to break like any addiction.
On another hand, we dont like to be confronted by real deep truth inside
about who we are ...what we are doing...and sometimes we tend to flee…
the truth… or because it hurts too much or because we dont want to grow
or change….
If you feel uncomfortable with silence...it shows it is time for you to
take this seriously and discipline yourself to take small times of silence
to start with before you get completely burnt out or before you fall in
dangerous traps…
Silence and wisdom are sisters….
Silence brings you the distance you need to assess deep experiences in life
so to find the gold in it to bring about positive key solutions…
We all need space/distance...to assess...situations...and find solutions…
to the many challenges confronting us…
We also need this distance/space in relationships…
When conflict arises it is often adviced to keep silent…
for a short or longer period of time to gain the space we need to grow
or to allow the other party to grow…
Also when you realise you dont have anything kind or positive to say
its better to keep silent...than to fuel an argument…
This does not mean you should avoid all confrontation. But no one has a right
to impose their own version of facts by force to others.
We need to live and let live. Agree to disagree…
Sometimes disagreements are so deep that only silence can guarantee
mutual peace…
Instead of rushing to wars to coerce the opposite side...its best
to keep the distance of silence with a positive attitude…to reach out to
a win win situation...as time and silence have their efficient toil…
to undoing deep knots...
A few days before Christmas my husband and I met in the train
a man who was praying intensely holding his rosary.
He was continually walking in the compartment and many were watching him.
After a while, I approached him asking him if everything was allright…
I could see in his expression a grave determination and serenity…
He told me his house had just burnt and he was now going to stay
with family…
He also told me that faith is to believe what we dont see...that few
understand the ways of God...that apparent evil tests can hide a deeper
blessing we can only understand later….
Then he went back in his deep prayer…
I wish to share this with you because such distance brought
by the virtues of silence can help us realise the true meaning of any
challenge occuring in our
lives rather than criple us with discouragment if we take everything only
at face value on the spur of the moment…
I believe this man retiring in his prayer and silence...even amongst people…
developped a healthy habit allowing him to only focus on the true meaning
of things and events in his life…
avoiding him to lose energy and time in negative outbursts...or wrong
interpretations…
I was really struck at how calm and positive he was in spite of the obvious
immediate pain at the discovery that his only house had burnt down…
and he had nothing left just before christmas….
Instead of wasting time and energy in complaining...he was hiding within
the distance of the virtues of silence ….purifying him from first degree human
weakness...strengthening him with inner spiritual wisdom !
So dear friends, please dont be upset if I keep at times silent on twitter
its not because I dont care...but it is because I care to only share the
best which can edify us...and make a good difference in our lives…
Hoping this will help you like it helped me…
I copied following a series of articles you might like to read…
Much love,
sister lucy
Spiritual benefits
http://www.beliefnet.com/Wellness/Galleries/6-Soul-Benefits-of-Silence-and-Solitude.aspx
Health benefits of silence
http://omtimes.com/2012/10/the-health-benefits-of-silence-simple-yet-profound/
Business benefits of silence
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246503
http://www.ucb.co.uk/word-for-today.html
Learn to say enough !
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