Noise has become our default setting, silence an ever more alien concept. Noise is an integral component of modern civilisation.It is an evil with deep roots, it all goes with the spiritual disorientation of our time.

NOISE

Noise is welcome because it drowns the inner instinctive warning. Fear seeks noisy company and pandemonium to scare away the demons. Noise, like crowds gives a feeling of security, therefore people love it, noise protects us frompainful reflections, it scatters our anxious dream. It assures that we are all in the same boat.

Why we love noise?

<ul><li>Silence means that everything is still and safe. </li><li>Silence is really a higher form of speaking, speaking without actually using words.</li><li>SIlence is wonderfully humble, it never interferes, never interrupts, never makes promises.</li><li>Silence is an ocean of untapped potential in which all of us can discover a new calm and creativity.</li><li>Silence is supposed to be a realm where we can hear god and get rid of all the stuff which gets in the way.</li><li>Stilling the tongue has a great value in itself. </li><li>One lives, One die, so have a good time in between.</li></ul>

Silence

Don't believe anything I tell you, don't believe in religion or spiritual teachers, don't believe just because it's been written down somewhere but if after investigating, you find something beneficial in this, do your best to live upto it.Man is created with two natures- the nature of flesh, with all its passion for eating, drinking, sleeping and all the rest - and then the nature of spirit. Here, in this lonely place, there is time to feed that spirit.Those who claim to know, know nothing but those who say they don't know, know everything.

Buddha Sayings

Explores the often underappreciated creative, therapeutic, and spiritual value of silence, drawing on the examples of the desert fathers, artists, Catholic centers of contemplation, musicians, and Zen practitioners.

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Books

Many people find the very notion of silence uncomfortable, even alarming or embarrassing. They are gripped by a kind of agoraphobia of the spirit. Many try to obliterate silence by turning up the volume control of music or television, or the volume of their days.The Power of Silence explores the world of silence--a mysterious and unfathomable realm, perhaps the most underused of all resources--and those who recognize its value. It is based on extensive interviews with those whose business is silence and who understand its creative and therapeutic uses.Graham Turner explores how the desert fathers sought silence and solitude. Psychotherapists talk of the creative value of silence in their practice as do--perhaps surprisingly--musical composers. The great Catholic centers of contemplation are investigated, as are the practitioners of Zen and those who try to heal the sickness of the mind.A silent moment is time for tranquility and reflection--something beyond ourselves. The value of welcoming quiet has become a great gap in modern human awareness, and this book seeks to restore our belief in the power of silence.