Inner silence

“Just imagine how far I could go if I could get all that money/love/respect/health…” is just one of the sentences you say or think on a daily basis, consciously or otherwise.
We say to you: “Just imagine how far you could go if you could hear silence”. You’d be exactly where you are now. And then we ask: “But why don’t you hear the silence?” The answer is: “Because of the noise within you, the noise around you, because of everything surrounding you”. And then you could think that it’s impossible to hear the silence because you live in the here and now, and you can’t isolate yourself from what surrounds you, least of all from yourself, the one making the most noise, the noise which shatters your inner silence.
The point is that you don’t need to isolate yourself, you don’t even need to consciously stop talking, be it an internal or an external dialogue. You just need to begin listening.
And when you begin to do that, the chatter and the noise will cease on their own because nothing can survive beside something as beautiful as silence. The silence you’re made of, the one you come from and return to, the silence you never actually leave, you just stop noticing it. You’ll know for sure that you’ve managed to notice it again when you feel a wave of joy and exuberance come over you—that inner bliss which brings tears to one’s eyes. Then you can be sure that you’ve rediscovered it, and that it’s difficult to abandon it entirely—perhaps leave it and forget it at times, but never entirely abandon it. The silence will stay with you as a memory of something which reminds you of home, of your being—which you’ve been looking for—and of everything which embodies you and makes you what you are.
The prayers which you direct towards everyone, even towards yourself, never work and never give you the satisfaction you expect. That’s because you pray and then you listen for something, expecting your prayers to be answered through things, events, and people. But if you were to go into silence and stay there for a while, you’d reach a blissful state that would be beyond comparison to anything you could possibly feel.
You’d briefly, once again, be you, with the understanding that you already have everything, and that nothing which surrounds you in this material world can give you what you’re looking for—the sense of yourself and of that which you are. That’s what you long for. And that’s why you should not beg anyone for anything; it’s enough to reach that silence and just stay there for a moment, and then move. After that, things will resolve themselves on their own, both simply and efficiently.
All you need to do now is to reach that silence, discover the door that leads to it and surrender to it. The easiest way to do that is through your own heart, that part of your energy body, to the front, which can lead you to your own center—to silence.
Relax, close your eyes, and pay attention to your breathing. Stay like that for a while and allow everything to flow naturally—your breathing and the thoughts that cross your mind. After a few minutes, first place your right hand on the middle of your chest and then your left hand on top of it. Stay in that position for a few moments, allowing everything to flow naturally. Then focus your attention on that place, concentrate on the middle part of your chest and think about it, give it your full attention. If you can, visualize it, look at yourself through it. And breathe. Whenever a thought crosses your mind, reject it by focusing more intently on that point. That’s you, that’s the center of your being and the only thing that you want at this moment is to enter your silence.
The exercise might seem difficult to you at first, but if you remain persistent and do it for a few minutes at least twice a day, you’ll see a big difference in just a few days. You’ll see that focusing just a little on your center can bring you closer to your silence. And when you reach it, when you “hear” that silence, when you become it, nobody will ever again need to explain anything to you.
After that, it can become the place you go to “recharge your batteries” and rest from this hurried life you live. Once you reach that silence, it will be enough to pay just a moment of attention to the core of your being for the silence to start to wash over you, and for you to understand that all the challenges around you are here for you to accept and resolve, not to worry about.
The life you’re leading is something you chose yourself, no matter how difficult and unacceptable that might sound to you now. You’re the creator of your own destiny. You have two choices now: to cry for yourself and your life, waiting for someone to come along and fix all your problems, or to take matters into your own hands. We honestly hope that there will be more and more of you who will decide to take matters into their own hands and understand that it’s you who is in control of your life. Nobody ever said you needed to be a perfect driver. What matters is that you’re a driver who is aware of herself, aware of her path and her life, someone who is aware of the silence, which is what shows you that this vehicle you’re driving is not you, that it’s just your projection in this time and in this place. When you become silent, you’ll hear things better, more clearly; you’ll be what you are—someone who is full of strength and has the energy required for everything that surrounds you, someone who wants to be what he is, the best version of himself.