A person approached me today and told me that she no longer likes to study. She feels that by hearing the opinions of others you are missing the "truth".
I thought to myself, Is this really wise?. She felt that silence was the best teacher, that through silence you could learn to hear the "one true voice" So I spoke and said "yes silence is a good teacher but it is your inner voice that you hear." She disagreed, and unfortunately the conversation stopped there. Though now I am thinking about it.
If we sit in silence, and practice silence (as this woman thought we should) are we really accomplishing any sort of transcendence? I'll be the first to tell you that there are many different views and opinions on things in the spiritual realm. No tow are ever the same, but should they be ignored? Should we disregard the experiences of others in order to follow our inner voice completely?
I do think that following the inner voice is important, though I don't feel that it is the only thing that should be done. Knowing who you are and why you are here is certainly a feat unto itself. Many of us spiritual or not have no clue what our purpose is. We are clouded by the day to day activities that we must endure being "spiritual beings living a human experience". So can we really rely fully on our inner voice? Can we learn to practice silence?
If the world was silent, what would we have? All forms of communication that we work with at the moment would be gone. There would have to be new way to convey thoughts, emotions and ideas. But we are talking about silence here. The absence of all that. Ideas, thoughts and emotions would not be conveyed, they would fester in the minds of those that thought them and never come into being.
The world as we know it today would cease to exist, and a new one would take it's place.
What are your thoughts? Should we practice silence fully, or use it as a tool to better ourselves?
I thought to myself, Is this really wise?. She felt that silence was the best teacher, that through silence you could learn to hear the "one true voice" So I spoke and said "yes silence is a good teacher but it is your inner voice that you hear." She disagreed, and unfortunately the conversation stopped there. Though now I am thinking about it.
If we sit in silence, and practice silence (as this woman thought we should) are we really accomplishing any sort of transcendence? I'll be the first to tell you that there are many different views and opinions on things in the spiritual realm. No tow are ever the same, but should they be ignored? Should we disregard the experiences of others in order to follow our inner voice completely?
I do think that following the inner voice is important, though I don't feel that it is the only thing that should be done. Knowing who you are and why you are here is certainly a feat unto itself. Many of us spiritual or not have no clue what our purpose is. We are clouded by the day to day activities that we must endure being "spiritual beings living a human experience". So can we really rely fully on our inner voice? Can we learn to practice silence?
If the world was silent, what would we have? All forms of communication that we work with at the moment would be gone. There would have to be new way to convey thoughts, emotions and ideas. But we are talking about silence here. The absence of all that. Ideas, thoughts and emotions would not be conveyed, they would fester in the minds of those that thought them and never come into being.
The world as we know it today would cease to exist, and a new one would take it's place.
What are your thoughts? Should we practice silence fully, or use it as a tool to better ourselves?
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