I found this essay very interesting at a time when silence is becoming a very important issue in my life. Our English teacher challenged us today, to spend as long as we can in silence, in order to see what it is about silence that we fear so much.
Personally I agree that we fear silence because we fear ourselves. To be completely stripped of all our barriers that we have created with words, to sit (or stand) in complete silence, complete nakedness, is to allow not only the universe to see us fully exposed as who we really are, but it is also to allow ourselves to see ourselves, possibly for the first time ever.
In the human mind, to be silent is to be truly oneself, and to be tryly oneself is to be truly alone. And it is that which we fear also. If you were to be looked in a soundproof room for any large amount of time, when the door is finally opened, would you leave behind the "people" or "beings" that your mind created? Because the mind will undoubtedley create company.
So I would just like to say that, for an essay wrote by a 16 year old, you have certainly spent alot of time reflecting on silence. And I thankyou because it is an essay that I will definately remember and look back on whenever I feel the need to look at silence.
From a half English/half Irish 17 year old living in New Zealand
I found this essay very interesting at a time when silence is becoming a very important issue in my life. Our English teacher challenged us today, to spend as long as we can in silence, in order to see what it is about silence that we fear so much.
Personally I agree that we fear silence because we fear ourselves. To be completely stripped of all our barriers that we have created with words, to sit (or stand) in complete silence, complete nakedness, is to allow not only the universe to see us fully exposed as who we really are, but it is also to allow ourselves to see ourselves, possibly for the first time ever.
In the human mind, to be silent is to be truly oneself, and to be tryly oneself is to be truly alone. And it is that which we fear also. If you were to be looked in a soundproof room for any large amount of time, when the door is finally opened, would you leave behind the "people" or "beings" that your mind created? Because the mind will undoubtedley create company.
So I would just like to say that, for an essay wrote by a 16 year old, you have certainly spent alot of time reflecting on silence. And I thankyou because it is an essay that I will definately remember and look back on whenever I feel the need to look at silence.
From a half English/half Irish 17 year old living in New Zealand