What Can You Learn by Being In Silence?

“I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.”― Chaim Potok, The Chosen

Are you afraid of being in silence?

I once was, but I’ve learned to enjoy it. Silence has become my fuel for positive energy and a way to finding my true Self.

See, silence will force you to confront yourself. All the things that you’ve hidden away will start to come to the surface—and it’s not always pretty.

But through this, silence can make you feel fulfilled and significant without any external validation. Silence brings you fulfillment and significance in your own eyes.

It’s something we all need, if at least for just a brief moment once a day. Try to start a daily habit—either in the morning upon awakening or at night just before going to bed—to have a little bit of alone time.

Here is what you can gain by simply being in silence:

Hear Your Inner Voice

The real purpose of being in silence is to tap into your inner voice and connect to your soul.

Silencing your mind and your own self-criticism will help reveal the real You. Your inner voice always tells the truth. It doesn’t judge you. This is not your ego. Your inner voice is your Higher Self.

Ask your inner voice these questions about self-reflection and self-consciousness:

– Who am I without having this feeling and thought?
– What brings joy in my life that’s not a material thing?
– What would my Higher Self do in this situation?
– When do I feel calm in my life?

The answers your inner voice gives you usually come as a feeling, thought or idea.

Find Self-Control and Patience

Being in silence can help you learn patience.

You’ll find that time doesn’t exist—that you only have this very moment. You’ll learn to let go of the thoughts and feelings that don’t serve you.

Realize What Happiness Really Is

Don’t feel guilty if you feel sad while in silence. Many of us are not used to amusing ourselves on our own.

But silence can help you find happiness. It can show that joy is, and always has been, within you. Happiness comes from gratefulness for everything you have now.

 Understand Who You Are

You need to move away from all distractions if you want to get to know yourself.

All your identities will start to melt away. You’re not your life roles—you’re more than that. You’re capable of changing yourself and your life to the way you want it.

Find Out What’s Truly Important to You

In silence you can find what’s truly important to you.

I found that inner peace, love, family, and this moment are most important to me. I also found that I neglected these things far too much, which led me to feel unhappy and unsatisfied with my life.

Find All Your Solutions

Silence brings clarity.

Stop looking for solutions outside of you. It’s not there. There’s a solution for every challenge you may face already within you. Journaling and meditating can also help.

Realize You are Not Your Thoughts

Stop identifying yourself with your thoughts and feelings. You are above what you think and feel.

Follow only thoughts that bring you peace. Peace can only be found when you stop analyzing, criticizing, and trying to control everything in your life.

Learn That Life is Beautiful and Simple

You have everything you truly need within you.

You’ve created the habit of thinking that life is something that needs to be complicated and painful. It doesn’t. Life is beautiful the way it is. Life is simple.

The beauty and simplicity in life are in this moment, already within you.

Jana Tosic is a freelance mental health and personal development web content writer. She helps individuals and companies find change within themselves and the world they live in. She also enjoys spending time with her family and working daily on her own self-development. Find more of her writing at her website and connect with her on Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter.