The
Sound of Silence
01/22/06
In the silence of the space
that holds my body in physical existence, echoes the inaudible voice of the
master that is my eternal soul.
God does not exist in this
world, more over; God as we know him exists only as an illusion, painted by
creatures of a physical world in their likeness.
That which we call God is
really nothing at all, and just as equally, everything that is. In his/her
likeness I am sitting at my computer creating a senseless article about nothing.
It is only a random thought echoing through the silence of this space, finding
physical expression on a two dimensional screen and finally edged onto a peace
of paper. These three dimensional symbols of my thoughts have some kind of vague
meaning that is not even comprehensible to my physical mind. It is an exercise
of futility with no meaning and no logical conclusion.
My illusive soul bears the
burden of my weighted body and grows impatient for it to catch up. While I
remain grounded with one foot firmly anchored traveling endlessly in incessant
circles demanding to find where I started and where I will end up.
I am the resolute rodent putting one redundant foot forward and then another,
always leaving, and always returning to the same spot, unaware of nothing more
than the turning of the wheel and the next tread.
The silence suffers in silence and becomes deaf to it in time. The movement
of the turning wheel gives silence meaning as it turns, in endless squeaks and
rattles. My laboured breathing matches the heavy foot steps that crash
exultantly through the silence in waves of self expression. I am that silence
reaching out to give expression, I am not all that I claim to be until I
demonstrate what I am not. I am the silence seeking to be the silent, always.
The endless chattering of mind
brings awareness of who I am and what I am and the noise of my own thinking
brings with it the desire to know the splendour of silence, to return once again
from where I came. To calm the impatient creature and silence the infinite
wheel, to stop all motion so that once again I may know myself as nothing.
I am the eternal soul; I am the
silence between your existences, the nothing that brings everything into your
awareness and mine. When you want to know me, be silent!
Your thoughts are not your own,
and you tune into them as a radio tunes into different random frequencies and
reproduces them as sound. You reproduce these thoughts into physical reality.
They are the eternal thoughts of others that came before. Thought is infinite.
In the silence of space it travels in endless chaos until you bring it meaning
and structure. You believe that these thoughts are yours and take ownership. You
add one thought to another creating a new formula or equation that is uniquely
yours and transmit them through the abyss until another tunes in.
All thoughts are joined
together and melded by your unique personality. From the creative silence comes
a new sound that resonates in your world passing from one to another and then
once again lost in the infinite space that holds all things together.
I am the silence and I listen
for your clamour so that I might know myself as all things. You are that which
you call life, unfettered, free “to be, or not to be,” always moving, always
creating, always.
I am the silent observer, the
sound of silence and ever present in and around the resonant notes of a symphony
of sound.
And as the silence becomes too
loud, I will once again seek the clattering of your gilded cage, my precious.
Roy is a resident of British Columbia, Canada. An international published author, a student of NLP, spiritual philosopher, New Age Light Worker, Teacher and Phenomenologist. Roy's books and articles are thought provoking, and designed to empower your imagination.
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