Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Most of our fears are rooted in the truth that we are born alone and we die alone. Our aloneness is real. There are certain moments when we become aware that we are beings with ego that separates us from other ego beings. We are not certain where we come from and where we are going. How do we confront this fearful emotion? We face it by confronting it in silence so that we may rise above our separate ego self and get closer to our true self—the infinite collective consciousness of our being.  

By now with the help of meditation and journaling, you may realize that perhaps as an individual person you may feel alone, but at the level of your essence you are one with all. In solitude, when you are close to or one with your Authentic Self you rise your separate ego self. You are elevated to a level that is deeper and feels connected with all others. This feeling strengthens your relationships and fellowships.  

It is only in silence and in this very moment that you find divine collective presence within you. It is also only now that you sense cobwebs of words and thoughts, that you have yourself laid down between your personality self and infinite awareness within. Silence is the mother of your true essence. Mere words and passing thoughts do not contain truth. Truth rises from the inner stillness and silence where thought process cannot survive, where it collapses.

Spend some time in solitude each day and start living peacefully for the rest of your life. Do what is meaningful to you. Stop getting lost in past and future. Thrive in this moment. Only now is real. Ignore the continuous narrative running in your head. Come to the present to go deeper into yourself to experience consciousness, awareness. When you become aware of the peace within, you discover the same peace in the people you know. In doing so, your own serenity comes alive.

A point to keep in mind is that speaking does not necessarily break your meditative silence. Once you practice sitting silently in solitude, it becomes part of your mindful nature. It is broken only when your ego that separates you from others is involved, when in a conversation, you want people to only listen to you, when you want them to pay attention to what you have to say. 

When you genuinely listen to what people have to say you are using the inner power that silence produces. Speak only when they are ready to listen, when it is necessary for you to speak.

When you speak with an attitude of vanity you impose silence on others. But as a mindful person you speak gently and from your heart. And in turn, when people speak you listen attentively. 

Letting silence and solitude envelope you for some time each day is similar to a daily prayer.