Hey Everyone,
I wanted to share a writing I did for a class today. Upaya Hidden Lamp Group
Many people don’t realize that when they give someone silence as a response others may be treating them the exact same way.
What message are we sending when we don’t respond?
If someone is stuck in a negative cycle and everyone around them gives them the silent treatment and don’t tell them they are creating the situation, then why should we be surprised when they commit suicide?
Please remember Silence can equate Violence.
So, if you see something say something.
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“Sound of Silence” – Disturbed
or Simon and Garfunkel pops into my head.
Everywhere you turn, Silence like a cancer grows.
Walking alone on this path of life you may encounter many who have “Nothing to Say”.
Don’t let this dismay or discourage you for in the Silence people are talking without speaking and being teachers to those around them.
“Nothing to Say” much like when studying Buddhism, you come across the saying “Piece of Wood”.
Here it is again, the Silence.
Where did it start?
“Children are to be seen not heard.”
If you spoke out of turn you would get Silence.
School teachers teach Silence so you can “Pay Attention”.
When someone has “Nothing to Say” take that time to look within.
Could you already contain the answers you seek within?
With “Nothing to Say” as a response from others or if they give you Silence you turn and examine within what could be the purpose behind this reaction?
Could they not understand your perception?
So, you try again to make conversation again you are returned with Silence.
At this point you decide what is best for you.
For three times a fool, not third times a charm.
Recognize the patterns.
Is your question triggering something unhealed from you, so they withdraw?
One must examine when Silence is returned.
If in person you can get a better understanding of someone’s Silence by their body language that is if there is any, and they are not practiced in being a “Piece of Wood”.
Email or Messaging Silence is finickier because you have no reference for the reason you are receiving Silence.
The more that they tell me they have “Nothing to Say” has forced me into isolation.
The message it sends Loud and Clear is they don’t want to hear what you have to say.
Thus; You should go forth and live a life of Silence and Solitude, for it matters not the things you’ve seen and ways you can help if no one wants to listen to you.
“Nothing to Say” is what will be an eventuality if I’m continuously faced with no response, and it says Loud and Clear you are not wanted or needed. The Silence because others are ashamed and don’t want to be associated with you and don’t want to teach you.
Silence will be my teacher as it has been my entire life. I kept my mouth shut for years with “Nothing to Say”.
Why? Choice, Medication, and Health.
All reason I had “Nothing to Say” all these years, so I could observe and learn.
If others don’t want to learn that’s their choice.
I find comfort in Solitude and Silence.
“Nothing to Say”,
Go within,
Creep into the darkness,
And fill it with the “Light of Day.”
Keep searching for answers when they have “Nothing to Say”.
~Peggy Louise Jones~