Now there's a radical concept. No TV, no radio, no internet, no newspaper, no chatty neighbors. Just silence and a softly snoring dog. I'm going to try it--substituting my cat.
I feel fortunate that I avoided the Facebook trap. One of the reasons I did was because I didn't want to have to ignore friend requests from people I either don't know--or do know and wish I didn't.
One is only afraid of silence if they either need constant stimulation, or they care that others will think they don’t have enough going on in their life if they can afford the time to just sit.
I love music and DVDs and books, but silence is a luxury, and it is very energizing. Just turn out the light, and sit and don’t try to force thoughts to go this way and that, just kind of let ‘em happen. You’ll be surprised what comes along.
A variation involves music. I am a music lover, but I am like everyone else in that music is in the background while something else is going on, talking, reading, writing. Just sitting and listening—again, it is a real treat.
But the silence is like a tonic for the mind and spirit.