Someone said that silence is not a lack of noise but a Presence. At times some people don’t like silence because it gives their mind space to engender craziness of thoughts. Thus, silence makes them uncomfortable. Sound, noise, commotion, buries thoughts or feelings they want to avoid. But lack of noise does not mean silence either. One can be on internet and it is anything but silence. It is only when silence reveals a Presence, that we begin to feel its comforting dimension, its awe and mystery. Would that institutional religion was not so noisy, or full of sound. What is it avoiding? What are you avoiding?
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