If I listen from duality, every moment of silence is different and temporary, terminated by some sound or different silence, and it's only up to me if I avoid (and suffer), or embrace and enjoy them. In a larger view, the infinite silence which contains and allows everything to take place within it is not disturbed by any of those, just as infinite space is not disturbed by the transient stars, planets, or clouds of matter appearing within it. Our bodies and egos may be afraid of being lost in that space, but in reality we cannot be anywhere else, and the fear is only the illusion of being something other, or separate. And so it is with silence...
On May 12, 2023 Ted wrote :