Find a noisy place to discover silence inside you!
poem and photo copyright Suresh gundappa 2007
I often hear friends say – I feel so peaceful when I go to Beach or a quite place. Invariably I break into smile.
People depend too much on external atmosphere to relate to inner silence. If you cannot capture silence in noisy fish market; then I promise you that the silence you have found near the beach is not going to last long. it’s good, once in a while to go near the nature to feel raw energy. It’s good to hear the sound of silence. But once you capture silence in your heart then carry it back.
You might have thousand and one reasons why you cannot find silence. but the true silence or peace arises from discovering that is never changing inside you.
Your true test of creative silence is when you test it in most ardent conditions. if you can carry peace while you are going thru a thunderstorm, then Silence is yours to keep. Otherwise like morning clouds you silence keeps disappearing as soon as you leave your beach house or hill station.
It doesn’t matter where you are and where you live, find sometime to find silence everyday. slowly silence will find you irrespective of where you are.
I searched for him in noisy hymns
I searched him in loud prayers
I searched him in candle light
I searched him in scriptures
I searched him in Temples, Mosques and Church
But I found him in rest.
I found him in my art
I found him in silence.
Meditation is art of discovering that is never changing. Meditation is music of sound of silence. Meditation is knowing you have something inside you that never changes with external influences.
Love
Suresh
Suresh,
I ve been following your page for a long long time now. But I ve been a silent spectator. Whenever I visit your page I feel so good within myself. Your words of wisdom at times really surprise me. Great work !
This particular post forced me to write. Just today morning when I boarded the bus to office, the scene was totally chaotic. But this question came into my head
” Cant you find silence within yourself at this moment when the whole world around you is just opposite to what you want within you ? ” – The answer was yes. I dont know how but I could feel the silence within me. I felt so happy and elated. I couldnt find words to express the silence I felt. When I reached office I saw your post. What a coincidence.
Yeah thats true if you capture the silence in your heart and make it remain there. You can find silence even in the busiest of the streets.
Thanks for the great post.
With Love …. Aanand
Aanand
December 13, 2007 at 3:46 am
But I found him in rest.
I found him in my art
I found him in silence.
lovely post and yes the above three lines speaks it all. as you said you must search for peace in fish market. then you will achieve what you are looking for. seeing nature visiting places of worship all are for getting some peace and to know and see the world real thing is he is present in yourself serach there golden words are yours
photo simply superb as usual
praneshachar
December 13, 2007 at 6:13 am
Hi Suresh
I’ve just found your blog, and I’m enjoying both your words and your photography.
I totally agree that we need to find silence inside ourselves (I’m reminded of the Wiccan Charge of the Goddess: “And know that if you do not find what you seek within yourself, you will never find it without”), and that once we know how to do this, we should be able to find it no matter what our external surroundings
That being said, I think it’s also true that it’s easier when we’re beginners, to learn how to access that inner stillness and silence in a situation that is itself still and peaceful. Once we’ve learned how to connect with it – learned what it feels like – in peaceful surroundings, then the next challenge is to try to connect again in noisy, chaotic surroundings.
Some may be able to jump right in and learn to access stillness amidst the noise right from the beginning, but I believe that for many others, smaller steps may be needed
Blessings and thank you for sharing your thoughts
Starfire
Starfire
December 13, 2007 at 7:15 am
Thanks Starfire, I agree with your comments that we need to start somewhere and when you start, External surroundings are really helpful. good point.
Suresh Gundappa
December 13, 2007 at 8:20 am
i want to just know that by believing in ourselves will lead us to courage or not if not then why?and one can become courageous by not believing in himself ? please tell me about this .also tell me suresh that if there is any relation between courage and self-trust?
aditya
December 13, 2007 at 4:35 pm
The silence is within us. Many things we search out, when we hardly discover ourselves.
pria
December 16, 2007 at 2:45 pm
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December 17, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Hmm… all your posts are so interconnected.
I was exploring the magnificient Swiss Alps in Interlaken (a place between two lakes). Climbed up to a viewpoint that overlooks the two lakes. And was surprised to see an inscription on the wood there that said
Some other day I wrote down some notes where to go during the year-end holidays?
Found that wherever I go,
I have to take myself with me.
Discovered that better to go
to that one and only place
where I learn to live with myself.
And ever since then,
have been able to appreciate beauty -
in any place -
including the midst of a Hosur Road traffic jam.
And that one and only place was,
not surprisingly,
within myself.
Happy Journey, everyone!!
Sanjay M
December 17, 2007 at 12:47 pm