Often, silence is approached via activity –
the seeking of something in tandem with the resistance of other thing(s).
Yet, silence is not the pursuit of a state but indeed
a cessation of activity that reveals the innate ground of being.
Later, our mind attempts to describe That with words such as
stillness, peace, truth, love, beauty
or indeed silence.
Silence isn’t audio-centric here.
It is a word chosen to poetically articulate
That within which all of It’s modulations arise.
When the soul ceases the reification of itself
and surrenders into That which it borrows its presence from; Silence Is.
When we die to ourselves
and let the weather patterns of creation come and go,
there is only Itself.
When we are reborn as/in experience,
we describe That whence we came from as Silence.
Yet, unlike experience, Silence never truly comes or goes –
it is the ever-present canvas upon which all experiences arise.
Thus, we needn’t turn away from experience
but simply recognise its substance;
revealing that there is only,
has only,
can only,
will only (Be)
Silence and its modulations.
Surrender is to Silence as fire is to wood.
©Jamie Robson https://jamierobson.com