Beautiful Silence

A woman whose soul is deeply wounded by her step mother asked innocently in meditation session like this: "in the time when I am deeply wounded by my step mum, is it ok if I just  keep quiet and spend time in silence?". It depends on what happen in the moment of silence. If in the moment of silence someone is burnt by anger and revenge, unintentionally they keep sending bad vibrations to both themselves and the others.

It is like throwing wastes into neighbor's house, your hands will be dirty as well. With dirty hands, as a matter of time you would be visited by flies which are also dirty. That's the logic behind why anger and resentment make soul journey become more miserable from time to time.

The story would be different if someone spend time in silence, at the same time they rest in the neutral position which is without blame and praise. Similar to see people in the village of developing nations who are very noisy with their sound system, drinking wine, creating troubles. On the one hand they never leave behind their village, the only place that they know is their village, on the other hand they do not go to the school.

Expecting them to be polite and courteous is similar to expect wolves to eat grass. In the middle of such circumstances, spiritual seekers are suggested to be back to the neutral point which is without blame and praise. In this approach, one does not send the garbage to neighbor's house, at the same time their hands are no longer dirty.

The most beautiful silence is silence which keep sending the vibration of love. This is the path that is followed by the enlightened souls. It is the same as what is done by the trees. In the depth of silence the trees transform the toxic carbon into the needed fresh oxygen.

To make it concrete, whenever your soul is wounded, especially when you are harmed by people who are close to you, at the same time you can not run away, learn to see the complicated network behind their suffering. It can be a messy parents, touching childhood, the desire which is never fulfilled, or social environment with much violence.

Once their complicated network of suffering is transparent, usually anger disappear, it is replaced by the emergence of love energies. And sending the energy of love is a beautiful vibrations that you can send to both others and your wound.

On the path of soul healing, the last approach of silence is strongly suggested. A study showed that the students who watch the movie of Mother Teresa had a much better immune system than students who watch a regular movie. Another study showed that people who have pets at home have less risk of heart attack.

On the path of enlightenment, spiritual seekers even grow deeper. Before we were born as human beings, we have been born countless time. It simply means that there are countless creatures in nature who have become our mother, complete with all the sacrifice, love, kindness, affection.

That is why the enlightened beings regard all creatures as loving mothers. Once they are placed as loving mothers, they are no longer  interested in harming yourself, at the same time the light of compassion emerge deep within your heart. This is exactly what is called as beautiful silence.

Author: Gede Prama
Photo Courtesy: Twitter @andrea_4520.

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