Silence

Have you ever been lying in bed and heard your heartbeat?  Ever heard your lungs fill with air and then release it?  Why is it that we don't hear these sounds all the time?  Everywhere around us is sound, we surround ourselves with it.  Many of us can't be without it, not even while we sleep.  Why do we need to immerse ourselves in outside noises?  Why do we seek and find comfort is them?  Ever heard anyone say "it's to quite" ?  What's wrong with being quite?  With feeling the stillness?  If we can't hear the sounds that are inside us, that comfort us, that make us, how are we to ever hear what's outside?  Ever been so close to someone that you could hear their heartbeat? You just shared life with them, stillness with them, oneness with them.  You just became them, even if it were for only a moment.  How did that feel?  Comfortable silence is being able to hear your heartbeat in the middle of a crowded room.  When you can hear your own, now listen for everyone else's.  When you can hear your own, you ARE hearing everyone else's.