Power of Silence

“QUIET TIME” has become the mantra of choice for the truly busy in a wide range of workplace types – from a corporate environment to the confines of the household, and everything in between. “Alone time” doesn’t seem to cut it anymore.

“One can be alone and yet weighed down by heavy feelings or negative thoughts,” says BK Jayanti Kirplani, a meditation teacher for about 40 years now. On the other hand, she says, “One can be in the thick of a crowd and yet perfectly peaceful, appreciative of, and yet unaffected by, the goings-on.”

In essence, she notes, “Silence is a state of mind quite removed from the mere absence of noise.” She adds that while this state is natural – and naturally beneficial – for every person, most people have forgotten how to go back to that zone once they’re caught up in moment-to-moment concerns.

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