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Have you ever felt over whelmed by all the noise in the world around you? Whether you work in an office or in a mall, or even in your home, all kinds of noises grace your waking and sleeping moments. WE are so accustomed to noise from our furnaces, air conditioners, children, vehicles, dogs, cats, pets, houses, and so on, that we really do not know what the sound of silence is like.
During this time, as our lives begin to change, and we must deal with our “stuff”, silence will be required. When we hear noises, we allow our egos to distract us because we really do not want to do this work – it is hard and painful and rakes up stuff we would like to leave in the closet. Yet, in the silence, we can pull out the images of our past and look at them objectively, without hearing that running commentary in our heads. Yes, you can tell your Ego to go and sit on your left shoulder for the next one half hour as you quietly reconstruct sad or angry images into images that are positive, and present a level of growth that you have not remembered up to this time.
In the silence, you will hear the voice of the Angels, coaxing you along the discovery of the depths of wisdom and compassion that you were unaware of – compassion that comes from the heart and the mind. You will have the realization that the person who seemed to cause you pain was totally unaware of their effect. Even more surprising, in silence, you get a look at the person’s background, and you see that they are so uninformed and so uneducated that they simply had no other way of knowing how to act.
In the silence, however, you realize that you can always choose your response to a situation. You can choose to be angry or, as my young friend says, “conflictful”. Or, you can choose a moment of silence to compose yourself, and to respond with silence, recognizing that all is well.
Choose to experience silence today.
Many blessings,
Judy
