What would happen if the earth paused for a fraction of a second in its rotation?
There would be chaos and it would be a catastrophe of planetary proportions.
There is a continuity, a rhythm in all things, that is imprinted within us down to our cellular structure.
Our cells move with us as we move with the earth, as the earth moves with the sun, as the sun moves with the solar system, as the solar system moves with the universe.
In all things, there is a pattern, a rhythm.
But there would be a state of chaos and insanity prevalent around us if we moved against the flow of the universe.
Silence brings us back to the rhythm that is as old as the universe and with the universal source of strength that throbs through every living being.
A new born baby starts bawling because it is cocooned in complete silence until the moment it is born.
From the time we were born, there is a continuous din that hits and assails our senses. It never ceases even when we are asleep. It is a din that cocoons us so much so that we stop hearing. And even as we stop, we can still hear the din but not the silence.
Mankind has been adept at creating pleasure and satisfaction for the senses because they are superficially created, they are neither permanent or real. We feast our senses on a continuous array of new toys, new scenes, and new pleasures but there is rarely a true, peaceful moment.
Hence, one of the most valuable things we seek to find is tranquility and ultimately, silence.
Therefore, the ideal man is he, who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the most intense activity and in the midst of the most intense activity, finds the silence and solitude of a desert.
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