Comments on: PRECIOUS SILENCE

By: Sid

Sid — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:33:14 +0000

Jen,

The terrifying fear of the ego disappearing blocks silence from occurring.

Sid

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:05:32 +0000

Yes, I often wonder why so many see any type of silence as loneliness. If only they would see it as a door opening and an invitation to step inside through a portal where time and space are non existant. And you are free to link into the intelligence of the universe.

By: Sid

Sid — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:37:28 +0000

Jen,

Silence as I understand it is the ending of inner chatter which interferes with our clear awareness of what is happening both within and outside…sound doesn’t disappear but instead takes on a fascinating freshness often experienced in childhood.

Sid

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:45:18 +0000

Sid, One doesn’t need external silence to meditate. nor do they need it to channel creativity. What one must do is silence their own mind. They must go into themselves. When they do this the world(external stimuli) is blocked out. The outside noises become almost static. You are there in body but you are so far removed in mind, yet if something happens or you need to hear something you are able to snap out of it in the split of a second. You’re subconscious mind is always aware unconsciously. Your brain is on automatic…you WILL hear or your body WILL react if it is necessary.
As an example of what I am talking about; I’m not a very party type social person but my ex husband was. We would go to different parties and I could sit quietly to the side amongst all the loud music or loud talking and stare off into my own world and hear nothing, absolutely nothing. I would tune the whole party out but yet if my baby cried, no matter how deep a trance I would be in, I snapped out immediately.
Once you no how to go into yourself you don’t need external silence. you just need to relax and stare until the outside world fades. You go where your mind takes you…and it’s always wonderful. If you want to create, you have to blend that meditative state with your left brain because your left brain has to keep you connected. When I write poetry I can write it in my mind but then it will be gone. If I want to have it in tangible form, then my left brain has to consciously scribe the dictations of my right brain. It’s only when I write poetry that I can hear my 2 sides talking to one another. I can hear one part of me (left brain) actually say “wait up” when my right brain is spitting out the words to my poetry faster than I can right. It’s in those moments that I can actually feel 2 parts of me as separate from each other. I am always struggling to write as fast as my creative brain is dictating. If I am too slow I may miss poetic phases and not be able to retrieve them. It’s like the words come perfectly and then they are gone. If I got it down on paper I was lucky. I truly feel like I am just a scribe in those moments when poems in their entirety just flow into my mind. I love it!!!

By: Sid

Sid — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:56:23 +0000

Hi Liana,

Your question is an excellent one…unfortunately I am not a professional hypnotist and feel unqualified to offer an authoritative answer.

Meditation as described by various sources including Ekhart Tolle is a form of self hypnosis and considered the most common approach to quiet the mind…the goal as I understand hypnosis is to send a message to the subconscious mind and this depends on the person’s willingness to transfer control of the left brain (ego)to the hypnotist…I suspect this is more of an art form than a learned technique.

Sid

By: Liana Dicus

Liana Dicus — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:18:43 +0000

I am an RN and have acquired a certificate in Clinical Hypnotherapy. My “issue” with hypnotherapy is how we “talk” the person into a trance. I do understand that this can be really effective by overriding the left brain chatter in someone’s head for them, yet there is a power struggle with most people to let go of their logical, past/future oriented, physical based identification of their egos to allow access to their creative, present, internal and universal connection aspects of their egos (Sid). I learned through practicing presence (Ekhart Tolle) that I can quiet my mind anytime, with practice.
The funny part is that when I “thought” more about how to quiet my mind, I was compelled to look into how I could teach this. I wondered if there was a website name of http://www.quietyourmind.com. Well, lo and behold! It is Blank. Brilliant.