Does silence make you uncomfortable?

“Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.” ~ Wayne Dyer

I live with my husband and teenage daughter in the hustling and bustling city of Mumbai. Both my loves are vocal and noisy. I do enjoy the life they bring to my home, but that also means there’s not a lot of quiet in our house. On the rare occasion I’m in the house on my own, the washing machine is usually running in the background.

I welcome silence.

Some people reject silence, and some people embrace it…I am the latter. Silence recharges me.

However, I have observed some people seem really uncomfortable at the mere prospect of a period of silence. This is why today we see people surrounding themselves with noise: phones, texts, podcasts, tv etc.

Why is this so?

Please keep mobile phones switched off or silent

As I’m writing this post, I’m at a doctors office with my daughter, waiting for our turn and the view around me is just calm and beautiful except…. everyone in this waiting room is glued to their phones with their headsets on and watching reels/shorts. Well, some don’t even have their headsets on so the noise of whatever it is they are watching is seeping through the calm. And the irony of it all is, there is a blaring sign right as we enter on the wall to “PLEASE KEEP MOBILE PHONES SWITCHED OFF OR SILENT”

Having to sit in periods of silence is daunting to many because we as a society thrive on noise. In fact we encourage the hustle culture which perpetuates chaos and noise.

Silence is where the real work happens

It’s in those quiet moments, when no one’s watching, that I either push forward or give up.

Silence doesn’t lie — it’s the most honest place I can be.

Silence gives me space to think, to feel, to heal.

Over the years, on different occasions, I have gone to silent retreats too. At these retreats, there are so many different kinds of folks. Most have come to reap the benefit of the healing power of silence there. Meditations and breath-work happen all throughout the days we stay there.

Within the many folks who do come there, there is always a fraction who are complaining about how the silence is not letting them function at the retreat. You know, the talking to the attendants and facilitators in terms of their needs etc.

And it’s always that same fraction who leave the retreat early, quoting it’s not working and the services are not good etc etc.

I understand that silence can be daunting to the many unhealed parts of ourselves, but then there is that part within us that wants to heal… and that needs inner peace and calm.

Stealing silence from a noisy world

Living in a noisy home(which I love) and ever thriving city, silence is a rare phenomenon. To steal my moments of silence daily, I wake up earlier than everyone in the house and also earlier than the city too. Which is hard when you live in a city that never sleeps!

It’s in that early morning hour that I do all my inner work, my thinking, my Journaling, my conversations with Divine. It’s my time to go within.

On the rare days I don’t get that early silent hour, my day can feel chaotic.

Pro healing tip:

I often tell my clients that they need to have at least a few minutes of silence daily, so that they can hear their innermost thoughts. Without this inner clarity, healing becomes harder and takes longer.

Your turn: Have you found that moments of silence feel calming and healing? Share your thoughts in the comments. ❤

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