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The Importance of Silence in Your Life (v)

We as a human race are very uncomfortable with silence. Just check it out for your self.
Sit in a quiet room, with a clock or watch that has a second hand. Of course the clock
must be clearly in view, with no distractions.

Don’t say anything for thirty seconds. Just listen and be present with the silence permeating
your presence. Notice how long that small duration of time feels when there is total silence.
How did it make you feel? What did you notice? Where did your mind and thoughts go?
What would happen if you extended it to one minute of silence? People who regularly meditate
often do it for thirty minutes to one hour a day. They claim it clears the fog in their mind and
creates renewed energy. After doing this exercise, I think it will be come increasingly clear to
you it takes discipline to sit still in silence. I think the benefits to people with ADHD can be
significant but learning to sit still with a physically and/or cognitively hyper active mind is quite
challenging. You might want to start with learning to feel comfortable with silence.

As a meditator who loves silence and wishes there were more of it, I found the video way too noisy! Why the loud, clamoring background music? Something gentle, soft, even silent would have made the point much better.

David,
As always, a beautiful, useful video. I meditate and find it very valuable to give my mind time to wander even as I try to bring it back via a mantra.
Have a Perfect Day,
Bob

As a former Montessori Toddler and Preschool director I can assure you that the children who could play The Silence Game were the ones who did much better both acaddddemically and behaviorally.
By introducing it to them when they were two they were able to do very well (better than most adults) by age five and I know it gave them a
head start in their spiritual life as well.

Hi Nancy, I think it is so powerful what you are saying. The question that immediately resonated for me is that do each one of these children have their own way of finding their own sacred silence? When they realize how and where they do access it what happens?
David