Screaming Silence..
What are you hearing right now? I dont know if its the wrong way to start a post by asking you a question.. but whats the fun in doing everything the so called 'Right' way.. That leaves me with another question.. What is the right way? but lets leave this question for my next post and stick to my first question.. Knowingly, unknowingly or compulsionally , What are you hearing right now.. Even if its 12'O clock in the night, I am sure you must be hearing something.. Some music playing somewhere.. Some vehicle on the road.. Some dog barking far away.. Something.. I bet you will say a yes. Now a days , we don’t get a perfect silence anywhere.
There is something about silence that attracts me. Something mysterious. Infact, god, silence, life and spirituality has been the four things which I ponder about the most.. No no.. dont worry.. I am not going to talk about all that here.
Have you ever imagined a place where no one else is there, you have got plenty of food, serene surroundings but no one to talk to? What would you do?? You would talk to yourself.. Aloud.. Because you know nobody is there to give you a "what a freak look".. I always wonder whether I can stay one whole day-- 24 hours without talking to anybody and listening to nobody/nothing.. I am sure of some missed calls and some "pay back the credit card bill" message beeps from citibank..so switching off the phone would be the best bet but that would mean a scared mom thinking her 70 kilo son has entered a naxal area or is stuck in some church being attacked by freaky illogical mob in some remote inaccessible place. Now coming back to being silent, I want to stay one whole day silent without talking and just closing my eyes and thinking of nothing.. Can a person at some point of time not think of anything?? Blank brain (ofcourse there must be a lot of people whom you call blank brain but I am talking here in actual sense)!! This question fascinates me a lot.
Once I went to a place which was remote.. too remote for any sounds of city din.. No trees so that zeroed the chances of any chirping birds.. It was so remote that for a moment I wondered if I can even find the way back!! I felt happy there. I felt like the king of the place.. I agree loneliness can sometimes be depressing but sometimes, it gives you a chance to think about a lot of stuff that you ignore in your daily life. Lying down in the shade of a huge rock beside a small waterbody, I felt happy. I stayed there for about an hour.. No external voices.. But dunno how I could still hear some voices.. Dunno if this was voice produced by my brain or was it that my ear drum was too used to being beaten by sound waves that it continued its "inertia of beating" ??? I remained silent for an hour there and I would accept that it was the hardest one hour to remain silent, make no noises listen to nothing and sit calm.. Dunno if you would do wonders with this information but just try this once.. Remain silent in a silent place and let nobody disturb you. It would be hard but if you do it, you will feel a lot better that the "an-hour-ago-you".
There is something about silence that attracts me. Something mysterious. Infact, god, silence, life and spirituality has been the four things which I ponder about the most.. No no.. dont worry.. I am not going to talk about all that here.
Have you ever imagined a place where no one else is there, you have got plenty of food, serene surroundings but no one to talk to? What would you do?? You would talk to yourself.. Aloud.. Because you know nobody is there to give you a "what a freak look".. I always wonder whether I can stay one whole day-- 24 hours without talking to anybody and listening to nobody/nothing.. I am sure of some missed calls and some "pay back the credit card bill" message beeps from citibank..so switching off the phone would be the best bet but that would mean a scared mom thinking her 70 kilo son has entered a naxal area or is stuck in some church being attacked by freaky illogical mob in some remote inaccessible place. Now coming back to being silent, I want to stay one whole day silent without talking and just closing my eyes and thinking of nothing.. Can a person at some point of time not think of anything?? Blank brain (ofcourse there must be a lot of people whom you call blank brain but I am talking here in actual sense)!! This question fascinates me a lot.
Once I went to a place which was remote.. too remote for any sounds of city din.. No trees so that zeroed the chances of any chirping birds.. It was so remote that for a moment I wondered if I can even find the way back!! I felt happy there. I felt like the king of the place.. I agree loneliness can sometimes be depressing but sometimes, it gives you a chance to think about a lot of stuff that you ignore in your daily life. Lying down in the shade of a huge rock beside a small waterbody, I felt happy. I stayed there for about an hour.. No external voices.. But dunno how I could still hear some voices.. Dunno if this was voice produced by my brain or was it that my ear drum was too used to being beaten by sound waves that it continued its "inertia of beating" ??? I remained silent for an hour there and I would accept that it was the hardest one hour to remain silent, make no noises listen to nothing and sit calm.. Dunno if you would do wonders with this information but just try this once.. Remain silent in a silent place and let nobody disturb you. It would be hard but if you do it, you will feel a lot better that the "an-hour-ago-you".
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5:23 AM
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