Have you ever wondered why it is so necessary that we are always stimulated by sound? I mean that we are usually listening to music while doing other activities; we turn on the TV if we are alone at home; we get tired of talking if we are in a park with friends... It seems that noise is meant to fill our empty spaces, when these should be for internalizing our values.
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Just a few hours ago I published on this wonderful platform Read.cash, some words aimed at raising awareness about the misuse we are making of silence; and is that on this side of the world, being quiet and silent, seems to be a form of loneliness that we have to fight.
We do not realize that we are using noise to fill spaces in which we should be learning and knowing internal situations, about ourselves, that need to be questioned, reviewed, transformed or eliminated.
The premise that "it is more important what we have than what we are", seems to guide us to fill spaces without a coherent reason; thus we are filling ourselves with "things" that we do not need, to have what is current or more modern, to fill counters at home, because advertising tells us so; we also fill ourselves with relationships that we can never attend, because it is "cool" and it is good to "have followers", and we never finish developing those friendships with affection and values.
To complete, if we are talking with others we do not stop talking; "we do not listen to the other", we try to fill the moments of silence with words and hinder the normal flow of the conversation; of course, filling spaces has also distanced us from the need that others have to talk and share, and we all want to drain, get out, unburden ourselves; without measuring that it is also necessary to listen, and for that we have to be silent.
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Already in our homes we turn on the radio, the TV, the news, the internet, and we do not stop making noise, when we could have a moment of communion with ourselves to feel our body: If we are tired or not; think about our fullness: If we are satisfied or not with what we do; or simply to lower stress levels: Do some kind of therapy such as meditation or guided relaxation ...
It is important that we understand that silence is therapeutic; that just as the Orientals have kept silence as part of their culture as a factor of growth, we can also use it to evolve and grow.
It is necessary to understand that through silence we can recognize aspects of ourselves that we do not like or that simply need to be developed; that it is through "listening to ourselves" that we can help ourselves to grow.
That we do not "have to say it all" because many times the language is body language or it is our actions that should speak for us.
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I am recommending to people that: "In language, we must increase the number of words used in our speeches through learning, but decrease the number of words we use per day" And I said this in my previous article: https://read.cash/@Erigo580/el-valor-transformador-del-silencio-4c87c610
That we should breathe, count to 10, when we notice that we are talking too much in front of the other.
That we must enjoy the environment when we walk or exercise outside the house, in parks and natural places; because the world is full of sounds and we must learn to perceive and value it.
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Decrease a little the connection with social networks and make the relationships with ourselves grow; in silence, meditating, breathing...
I hope that many of those who may read these lines will start a path in their writings to defend silence from its detractors, which in reality are ourselves; and let's make of the oriental teachings a guide for peace, the elimination of stress and violence, and for our growth.
Emilio Rios. Venezuela
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Silence is part of listening. I think people are afraid of the feeling of not hearing anything. In fact, in my personal experience lately, I often hear constant hiss when the noise decreases at night. At first, I was overly disturbed, but I've slowly gotten used to it. I've done my research and it looks like auditory hallucinations or tinnitus.
However, listening to your interior is essential to achieve the harmony that prevents the vicissitudes of the world. A path that most of us will face as we are prepared. Silence the world to listen to yourself.