Alone in Silence

 

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Alone in Silence

In silence there is nobody else, we are simply alone. The deeper our silence will be, thoughts will be gone, emotions will be gone, sentiments will be gone - just pure being, a flame of light, burning alone. One can get scared because we are so much accustomed to living with people - in the crowd, in the marketplace, in all kinds of relationships.

Human beings are fundamentally social beings, hence we may not be aware that in all our relationships – with friends, with family, with colleagues, we are just trying avoid experiencing aloneness. We adopt such strategies so that we are always with people.

Just stand by the side of the road and watch people going from the office to the house, and we will be surprised. They are alone - although there is a crowd all around - but they are talking to themselves. They are making gestures; they are telling somebody something… because the crowd around them is not related to them. They are alone in the crowd, so they are trying to create their own illusion. Maybe they are talking to their wife, to their boss - there are many things which cannot be said but right now they can say them. In front of the wife, they cannot say it, but in this crowd, where everybody is engaged in their own thing, everybody is doing their own thing, they can say things to the wife. Nobody is listening, and at least one thing is certain - the wife is not there! But they need the wife, they need someone to talk to.

Only pure aloneness gives you a clean sanity. You don’t need the other; the dependence on the other is no more there, you are enough unto yourself. Language is meaningless because language is a medium to relate with the other. The moment you are no longer dependent on the other, language is meaningless, words are meaningless.

In silence - when there are no words, no language, nobody else is present - we are getting in tune with existence. This serenity, this silence, this aloneness will bring immense rewards. It will allow us to grow to our full potential. For the first time we will be individuals, for the first time we will have the touch and the taste of freedom, and for the first time the immensity, the unboundedness of existence will be ours with all its blissfulness.

Whatever happens in silence - either sadness or aloneness - remember, in silence nothing wrong can ever happen. Whatever happens is going to enhance its beauty, deepen its charm; anything that happens will bring more and more flowers, more and more fragrance to it. Whatever happens in silence is our friend, it is going to take us to the ultimate peak of ecstasy.