Silence is within you

Disclaimer:
The following blog is very philosophical and probably might make little sense. I am trying to practise the art of meditating in a real world setting, in my short breaks at work, when commuting etc. So few thoughts...............

Quiet walk in a park or the steady sound of flowing water, listening to birds chirping in high trees or a pleasant evening sea breeze greeting your face.....These can just work wonder in stimulating your mind, washing us away from mundane life.

Though it is an endearing thought to enjoy this soothing silence on a daily basis, one hardly gets the opportunity, time and place to cherish and enjoy a tranquil setting. Caught in the clutches of cell phones, TV, all time companion laptop, blaring city traffic one hardly gets the time for oneself sans any noise.

The world of reality is quite different - you wake with the ring of your alarm (snoozing it half dozen times), soon accompanied by loud morning news in the TV, and then very soon welcomed with the annoying traffic horns and signals, maybe some respite if your office setting is a quiet one, and soon the reverse of the above happens to complete the day.

So, given our urban lifestyle, a quite setting has become an expensive commodity to look forward. I was once pointed out by a friend of mine when I complained on the above that "Silence is within you" and ever since it has turned on my thought wheels. Since then I started experimenting in tuning out from the external factor when I desire to have the time for myself. Its about getting acclimated to these noises which are part and parcel of our lives and just forgetting their mere existence if you exercises the right technique. Like a resident living beside a railway soon forget the sounds of train chugging along the railway track, soon you realize that one can get into meditative trance even in a big crowded railway station, bus, restaurant, coffee shop. The steady stream of people moving on with their chores soon move into an oblivion.

Silence is just a state of mind. Its about practising our mind not to react sensitively to surrounding things and enjoy and continue to do what you want, where ever and when ever.