Silence isn't empty it is full of answers

Some people firmly believe silence is cowardice or a sign of immaturity. If you forget to respond often, or are unsure of how you feel, say that. You can say, “hey, I'm sorry, I'm not up for this conversation right now. Can we talk another time?” or you can say, “hey, I'm super forgetful, if I don't/didn't respond, sorry!” Or you can say, “Hey, I'm not really interested in this.”And that's fine. It's important to have boundaries. But people don't know what they don't know, and it's to exhausting to try to fill other's silences with thoughts. And most people are wrong about what others think anyway.

It depends on the subject of your discussion. At times, it is necessary to hold your silence in order to prevent a more heated argument for example. But I also believe in the truth; if you have the opportunity to say what’s in your heart and mind, do so, just to set yourself free from that burden. And if you have the answer to someone’s question, whether they like it or not, do so to set them free from that burden.

Silence is the source of life, and is the cure for diseases. There is an old Sanskrit proverb that says, "Distortion is the root of speech." The moment you start speaking, you have distorted. Words cannot capture existence, but silence can. You might have noticed when people are angry, they keep silent. Either they shout a lot, and after shouting they become silent. Or when you are sad you say, "Leave me alone." You keep a long face and keep silent.

You can easily make out whether someone is in the right mind or not. If they are very silent, then you know something wrong. If you are sad, you go and become silent. People put their head down and they keep silent. And if you are ashamed, you become silent. And if you are wise, you become silent. And when you are confronted with ignorance and useless questions, you become silent. What can you do? When Jesus was asked to prove, "Are you the son of God?" he kept silent. That was the wisest thing to do. When you are demanded for proof of something which is beyond proof, the remedy is silence. You are telling someone you have a pain in your leg, and they ask you, "Come on, prove it to me, how do I believe you?" How can you prove your pain?

When you cannot prove something as gross as pain, how can you prove something so intimate as enlightenment, as Divinity? Wise become silent and keep your mouth silent, When people you know or loved ones, scold you in anger even you are the victim. Even your ex or enemy is scolding you, just keep silent. Keep your words limited. When you are frustrated or in anger or while crying. Words once spoken cannot be taken back. Keep your mind and it’s thoughts in silence. When you are worried or hurt. The negative thoughts might create more impact than positive hope. Walk away silently. When people tease about your-looks or education or skills or unemployed or job or salary or being unmarried or failure or marriage life.

I mean people will tease you on every aspects of your life, just ignore and walkaway. Stand silently, when you achieve beyond hurdles before the people who did lame talks about you earlier. Stand with pride & smile in your eyes. Smile silently. When people thank you for being reason for their smile. When you deeply hurt and unable to speak but you know that your smile will make others to smile. Just smile. Overall, silence is much needed when you are anger, hurt, broken, frustrated, depressed because people can handle happiness but not the sadness or insults. Cheers!