True Silence vs. Stifled Silence

Stifled silence isn't really silence at all.

It means you're in your head, calculating. 

You have something to say but you self censor and prevent the words from being spoken.

For two main reasons:

1) to prevent rejection from other

2) to prevent connection with other

Of the two, the 2nd is far the more interesting.

Why would you want to prevent connection with other?

Because connecting means showing up in the present moment, it means being seen—the opposite of hiding.

As far as anxieties go, this is Mt. Everest.

It's what we all struggle with.

It's why we develop personalities to cope, it's why we stifle our voice from being spoken and remain silent.

Unfortunately, the only way out is through action. Through speaking. Through facing discomfort.

True silence is a sign of Self mastery.

When there are no more needs, when there are no more questions, when you are a living smile—perfectly at ease and content in the present moment...

What needs to be said?

Your words then, if and when spoken, become a gift for the sole benefit of other and of humankind.

(Maybe we can start practicing a little of that now?)