Could you turn it down please...
Prior to the advent of headphones, I heard this a lot as a child. Then as headphones became more popular, the sound got quieter, but the noise got louder.
I live in a world today with a lot of noise. Some comes from my soul, some comes from the drama of other people, and some from what a teacher of mine refers to as ‘human problems’, by which I think he means that inescapable fact of being a person, alive in this universe.
But recently I have noticed that I use the noise of others to drown out the noise of my own soul. That comes from my wants, my needs, my beliefs and my fears.
Over the last 10 years I have allowed other people to become my distraction. What looked like dedicated service, or great kindness, was often a way for me to avoid the sound of my own soul.
Too many of us now live in a world of distraction, noise, entertainment and the ever present soundtrack of headphones, devices and clicks.
When do we take time to be silent, and allow the whispering of our soul to become pre-eminent in our lives. How often do we sit in silence and solitude, allowing the universe to unfold before us.
No, we use the noise to avoid the silence that introspection requires.
And that noise stops us from living out our lives authentically, honestly and vibrantly.
Life requires balance, and noise is oscillation.
To find peace, seek silence.
And listen.
Dr. Alan Barnes
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