Exercise Your Right to SILENCE
Times have certainly changed...
We have information coming at us with intense speed, high pressure deadlines to satisfy, multiple kids' events to keep up with and an internet that connects us to everything and everyone ALL DAY LONG! While it can be pretty amazing how much we can share with each other so quickly, have any of you noticed how tough it has become to NOT THINK? I personally marvel in the advancements in our communication systems.
I am sitting here right now sharing my thoughts with all of you, knowing that this may be ready for publishing by the end of the day (only because I have to be approved first) rather than wait for a printed version in the paper which of course would take much longer.
We share our photos within seconds of taking them, form a virtual "playground" in our chosen social networking sites and watch videos of people flipping the bird in court just mere seconds after it happened.
What's not to love about technology? I have, however, noticed a drawback to all of this.
It's our lack of beautiful and creative SILENCE.
With everything that must be done during the day, the decisions to be made and the many places some of us need to be all at once, when do we really take a few moments to just be alone? Do we really know ourselves or do we simply do what we're told by society because we haven't learned to hear our own truths about what is best for us? Let me give an example.
Always being a work in progress, I recently asked the Universe to show me what I needed to see in order to inspire creativity because I sometimes suffer from writer's block and this can be EXTREMELY frustrating! What I got back was eye opening to say the least.
I was informed that I have too many useless "filler thoughts" taking up valuable space in my head and it disconnects me from who I am and what I feel.
Filler thoughts are thoughts that serve no purpose, yet keep us focused on things that either don't feel good or hold no value.
They were taking up too much space and it separated me from actual wisdom.
How can I share what I don't acknowledge? Much like everyone else, I tend to spin everything and anything I think, observe and absorb around in my head CONSTANTLY! Now, while exercise is great for mental discipline, I don't work-out 24/7, so something had to give.
My intuition then told me that I didn't absolutely have to tune into the world first thing in the morning.
I could take some time (whether 5 minutes or an hour) and just be.
I can promise it wasn't easy at first.
Going from needing to see what was up in the world first thing to stepping back and letting go of my thoughts was weird to say the least.
So I reminded myself that much like fitness, perseverance pays huge dividends.
I am happy to tell you that learning this has brought a whole new flavor to my day.
I feel calmer, I am able to see what needs to be improved upon without being offended by the criticism and I am attaining a better understanding of my role in this life.
It allows me to remember valuable bits of information I had learned int the past yet never seem to remember due to the background noise in my consciousness.
It actually makes the aging process more graceful.
Silence offers the gift of quieting everything down enough to almost force ourselves to reconnect with who we are, what we want and to remind ourselves that it really isn't about what other people want for us.
We exist on this planet to be true to who we are and then to find our own unique and creative outlets to share them.
Is this possible with noise in the background of our minds? I think not.
When feeling stressed, get silent.
When confused or indecisive, get silent.
When angry, frazzled, jealous, even happy, get silent.
Everything we have/feel/do and live are simply extensions of what we think about, so...
if inner-peace is the goal (and I think deep down it is since it inspires the best in us), get silent.
It is only with silence that we hear our intuition, receive credible answers to our questions and otherwise block out the B.
S.
that fills our minds up with useless nonsense about what everyone else wants and thinks.
I believe that in the end, it will never be about how much time we put in at the office, how much our bosses liked us or which celebrity is behaving with stupidity (most of them).
It'll be about how we lived, how we felt and how we made others feel.
But don't just take my word for it.
Give it a shot.
Then let me know how it has worked.
Peace
We have information coming at us with intense speed, high pressure deadlines to satisfy, multiple kids' events to keep up with and an internet that connects us to everything and everyone ALL DAY LONG! While it can be pretty amazing how much we can share with each other so quickly, have any of you noticed how tough it has become to NOT THINK? I personally marvel in the advancements in our communication systems.
I am sitting here right now sharing my thoughts with all of you, knowing that this may be ready for publishing by the end of the day (only because I have to be approved first) rather than wait for a printed version in the paper which of course would take much longer.
We share our photos within seconds of taking them, form a virtual "playground" in our chosen social networking sites and watch videos of people flipping the bird in court just mere seconds after it happened.
What's not to love about technology? I have, however, noticed a drawback to all of this.
It's our lack of beautiful and creative SILENCE.
With everything that must be done during the day, the decisions to be made and the many places some of us need to be all at once, when do we really take a few moments to just be alone? Do we really know ourselves or do we simply do what we're told by society because we haven't learned to hear our own truths about what is best for us? Let me give an example.
Always being a work in progress, I recently asked the Universe to show me what I needed to see in order to inspire creativity because I sometimes suffer from writer's block and this can be EXTREMELY frustrating! What I got back was eye opening to say the least.
I was informed that I have too many useless "filler thoughts" taking up valuable space in my head and it disconnects me from who I am and what I feel.
Filler thoughts are thoughts that serve no purpose, yet keep us focused on things that either don't feel good or hold no value.
They were taking up too much space and it separated me from actual wisdom.
How can I share what I don't acknowledge? Much like everyone else, I tend to spin everything and anything I think, observe and absorb around in my head CONSTANTLY! Now, while exercise is great for mental discipline, I don't work-out 24/7, so something had to give.
My intuition then told me that I didn't absolutely have to tune into the world first thing in the morning.
I could take some time (whether 5 minutes or an hour) and just be.
I can promise it wasn't easy at first.
Going from needing to see what was up in the world first thing to stepping back and letting go of my thoughts was weird to say the least.
So I reminded myself that much like fitness, perseverance pays huge dividends.
I am happy to tell you that learning this has brought a whole new flavor to my day.
I feel calmer, I am able to see what needs to be improved upon without being offended by the criticism and I am attaining a better understanding of my role in this life.
It allows me to remember valuable bits of information I had learned int the past yet never seem to remember due to the background noise in my consciousness.
It actually makes the aging process more graceful.
Silence offers the gift of quieting everything down enough to almost force ourselves to reconnect with who we are, what we want and to remind ourselves that it really isn't about what other people want for us.
We exist on this planet to be true to who we are and then to find our own unique and creative outlets to share them.
Is this possible with noise in the background of our minds? I think not.
When feeling stressed, get silent.
When confused or indecisive, get silent.
When angry, frazzled, jealous, even happy, get silent.
Everything we have/feel/do and live are simply extensions of what we think about, so...
if inner-peace is the goal (and I think deep down it is since it inspires the best in us), get silent.
It is only with silence that we hear our intuition, receive credible answers to our questions and otherwise block out the B.
S.
that fills our minds up with useless nonsense about what everyone else wants and thinks.
I believe that in the end, it will never be about how much time we put in at the office, how much our bosses liked us or which celebrity is behaving with stupidity (most of them).
It'll be about how we lived, how we felt and how we made others feel.
But don't just take my word for it.
Give it a shot.
Then let me know how it has worked.
Peace
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