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The Power of Silence

Posted on Tue, Mar 29, 2011
  
  
  
  
  
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Peaceful lake in the mountains

I once was on an overnight backpacking trip at a beautiful mountain lake with a couple of friends. The mosquitoes were bad—really bad—and we didn’t have any bug spray. We spent some time in our tents but quickly grew restless because it was so beautiful and sunny outside.

 

We hiked up to a pass where a breeze kept the bugs at bay. I ventured up a ridge at the top of the pass to get a lay of the land. I was able to find a boulder to protect me from the wind and looked out.

 

It was beautiful. A gentle breeze swayed the tips of the trees back and forth and made the leaves dance. A blue-green pond was off to my left surrounded by moss- covered rocks. The ridge across from me had a maze of mountain goat trails. I couldn’t hear a sound except the breeze now and then. I enjoyed the wind kissing my face.

 

I sat there for over an hour enjoying being there. I was completely living in the moment, feeling incredibly peaceful being in a place that was so quiet. It was so powerful!! I felt at one with nature, at one with the universe.  I sat leaning against the boulder and appreciated the power of silence.

 

An experience like that naturally produces a quiet mind.  Throughout the years since I have often used that experience to calm my mind when I was busy or stressed. I take a few moments to visualize that place, to remember how peaceful it was, and how it made me feel. I’m amazed how quickly it helps relax me.

 

How about you? What do you do to calm your mind? Have you ever listened to the silence around you to create silence within you? How might you create silence in your life? In what ways do you think it would be helpful?

 

I’d love to hear your comments!!

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I have descoved that silance has huge powers... both good and Bad. 
 
 
 
My favorit time of year is hunting season, not only for the thrill of getting something but just being outside, as far in the back country as you can drive then, hikeing in as quietly as posible, as not to desturb nature, no talking, no rushing, just 3 steps at a time, all you can hear is the crackle of fall leaves under foot and the odd squiral protseing you being there, some times if we were lucky we would stumble in to a deer or two, but if not we would find a good place to sit and wait for something to come our way, some times a coyote, sometimes a deer and sometimes nothing, but there is pure pleaser in just being out there, sitting in apsolut silance. 
 
 
 
Resantly I have come across the bad power of silance, some people use it as a wepon to try punish you, control you in not alowing you to speek, explane, if you do not conform to what they want or expect of you, they choose not to talk to you, well my take on that is nothing can get resolved with out comunication or knowing were you stand with some one.
Posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:04 PM by Nicky Boehnisch
Your description of being outside is beautiful! I love "the crackle of fall leaves" and the squirrels protesting. It sounds very peaceful... 
 
I agree with you that nothing can be resolved without communication. Sometimes silence can be a good way of communicating when we have some clear non-verbal communication to go with it, but it sounds like you didn't feel that way in this situation.
Posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2011 11:12 PM by Renee Meggs
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