Key to the truth

The beauty that exists in silence.

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Unlike any other thing, silence holds the key to the truth. 

Why? You may ask. That is the only time we permit ourselves to be true to ourselves. How do I know this?

In the last few months, I’ve spent more time sitting in the silence of my room than outside. It was here I could unravel the mysteries that life threw at me. I could be frank with myself without fear or filters. I could spend hours sitting in my tears and accepting that life isn’t paradise. 

Silence would shape you, they say. 

What silence did to me was to accept the truth of my reality. It is easy to fall into a lie of delusion, hope and yearning. However, what does your heart speak to you when the world goes silent? 

I spend nights standing on my balcony, watching the empty sky. Other nights, the stars would twinkle and I’d assume my lost loved ones were smiling down at me. 

In all, the common thing that existed on those nights was the silence that accompanied it. 

Life will force you to move from being filled with noise and people to learning how to be satisfied in the silence of your existence. To do, to sit, to think, to act. And you’ll learn it like it’s another new skill. 

The noise you once hated would become a luxury you long for. 

You’re okay but you’re not.

Perhaps, a sigh?

In the end, you’ve got you.

On this train, we have destinations.

Till death do us part?

I read a book that taught me how to sit with my mind. But books don’t always tell us that silence gives the answers you spend years searching for in the distractions of life. 

You have to experience silence to arrive at your truth.

 

Often times, we lie to ourselves. We feed ourselves from the platter of delusion. But when the night is silent and all we can hear is the soft breeze and the rustling of the leaves, the truth sits with us. 

What is your truth?