Silence

[Salty Booger]

Some say that silence is the canvas on which everything exists. For me this brings to mind the time I have spent sitting in nature and simply..."observed." To find quiet moments in life that allow us to simply appreciate seem more rare as we grow older.


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[Secret Chief]

 

[Vinayaka]

Besides the absence of sound, silence can refer to the absence of thought, a goal in several forms of meditation. I wish that was as easy as finding the absence of sound.

 

[ChristineM]

Besides the absence of sound, silence can refer to the absence of thought, a goal in several forms of meditation. I wish that was as easy as finding the absence of sound.

It is also seen (in our home at least) as the absence of children

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Some say that silence is the canvas on which everything exists. For me this brings to mind the time I have spent sitting in nature and simply..."observed." To find quiet moments in life that allow us to simply appreciate seem more rare as we grow older.

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I actively seek solitude in nature as part of my routine. There is something invigorating about taking a brief moment to drink in a forest far from the sounds and sights of people.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Some say that silence is the canvas on which everything exists. For me this brings to mind the time I have spent sitting in nature and simply..."observed." To find quiet moments in life that allow us to simply appreciate seem more rare as we grow older.

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If you are interested, the is a Japanese concept termed Shinrin-yoku that literally means forest bathing. It is spending time enjoying the woods. There is research that supports the benefits of doing this.

 

[Salty Booger]

If you are interested, the is a Japanese concept termed Shinrin-yoku that literally means forest bathing. It is spending time enjoying the woods. There is research that supports the benefits of doing this.

My ex-wife and I were avid campers in our youth. I spent many mornings and evenings sitting on the banks of still waters.

 

[Vinayaka]

It is also seen (in our home at least) as the absence of children

Not here. It's a different noise, true. Now we can say all sorts of stuff we couldn't before. I can curse more, we can argue more, I sing, we play OUR music, etc.

 

[TSTS]

There is silence in the absence of noise. There is silence between the notes, There is silence between the thoughts.....so on and so forth...but....

The absence of noise isn't silence, just like the absence of wars isn't peace.

Surely 'any silence' induced by practice, by drugs, by nature etc, is contrived and artificial.

Thus the observer is more concerned with understanding the nature of silence than being busy 'experiencing' a contrived silence.

Otherwise silence then becomes the new drug, the new panacea, the new projection, and before long it becomes part of the old and the known.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

I have loved nature since I was I don't know how old. That's silence.