49. The Energy of Silence

Sitting on a warm summer’s day on a fallen tree-trunk, under the shade of a large oak tree, gave me a unique perspective of silence in a forest bath. Even within this idyllic surrounding, my thoughts were engrossed with what had transpired earlier that morning or even the previous week! Like a butterfly, the thoughts flitted from a space of harmonious wonderment and then slipped into disturbed disquiet … and so went the cycle.

With deteriorating sight, I am more aware of the differing sounds around me. In quietude, the house I live in speaks with its creaks and soft rumbles. Nature comes to the fore with the sounds of the bird’s chirps and trills. However, underneath it all, the thoughts in my head make the most noise! I realise that the sound of silence is reflected by the energy of the dominant brain-waves of my mind.

I wonder how many of us occupy this space of silence every day and become aware of its quality. It is this subconscious space that creates our well-being or disease in our physical bodies. Therefore, does it not make sense to choose to bring awareness to the energy of the silence we reside in? Then, this awareness brings coherence to own the life we create.