City Silence

Posted: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Kratik in
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Dreamer! Yes, I still am to an extent. But have you ever wondered, how cool would that be if everyone in Pune observes silence for a day?

I know it does sound crazy and out of the world but the idea in itself is probably a very transforming one and one that needs to be implemented.

Maharashtra is home to days such as “Maharahstra Band”. Now, Maharashtra Band is a day when everything in the state of Maharashtra -right from the educational institutions, to banks, to offices - is shut down. Well, when people think that it is decent enough to have a day when the no one in the state works, would it not be a good idea to combine one of these days with silence. Let’s consider a city instead a city in Pune instead of the state Maharashtra.

What is silence?

The term “silence” is often used by most people in order to moan after someone’s death. But that’s not the silence that I’m talking about. That silence is a minute silence. In contradiction, I wish we’d have a day of silence - silence not to moan but to celebrate.

A day of silence would mean a day of absolutely no communication. No communication means definitely no talking; also no communicating with actions. People ideally, should refrain themselves from even looking at others.

It would mark a day when each one of us rises above our current spiritual level and start to experience the “real us”.

As Guruji (Sri Sri Ravishankarji) once famously said,” We were born with silence, and as we grew up, we lost the silence and were filled with words. We lived in our hearts, and as time passed, we moved into our heads.”

Silence helps us to empty our head with no thoughts and enables us smile relentlessly. With silence, what also comes is “seva” (service).

When silence combined with seva, it makes you feel “wow!” Believe me; for once you actually feel good doing something for the country and the society, keeping “the you” aside.

Wouldn’t it be absolutely brilliant, if every one of us shut our bamboozles and work for a day in order to form a better society. Feeding someone who is desperately in need of food, planting a tree or even helping someone to clean a utensil can be seva. Seva can be anything which you do for others without involving a selfish motive behind it.

(People leading my example - doing seva by cleaning roads)

Doing seva and maintaining silence even for a day, would help bring about a better society, thereby, a better city. Just imagine, for a day, no pollution. In fact, on the contrary, people working towards making Pune better city to live in.

“When you make service the sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind, and gives you meaning. Be grateful for any opportunity to do seva”., says Sri Sri.

When a few thousand people work to clean (in every aspect) the city, we do get a relatively clean city. If the number of people working - even for a day - goes up by one thousand times, Pune could revamp its reputation in being the most celebrated city in the country.

Concern:

Although a day of silence would bring inner centeredness to a person and make him experience an unparalleled pleasure, but it may cause the crime figures to go sky-rocketing. With the theft rising each day, how many dacoits would not steal on such days? How many murderers will not look at this day as one ideal to rip someone apart? How many criminals will not commit crime on such days?

They all will.

But the sole reason for that is that these people are still on level 0 of spirituality. They need to realize their “self” state. As Guruji says, “Our nature is to love. Spirituality nourishes the human values of compassion, love, caring, sharing, and acceptance.”

So, in short, everyone needs to undergo the spiritual practices, thereby, undergo the Art of Living ans Yes!+ workshops. Wouldn’t it be absolutely cool to smile endlessly, experience silence and more importantly make our city a better place to live in.

(Art of Living volunteers having undergone spiritual practices, smiling endlessly)

12 comments:

  1. Unknown says:

    A brilliant idea!...and silence combined with seva is an experiance by itself:-)...the aftermath and ur concerns are right, but...when we set to do something good(amazing actually!)..HE will take care of the rest.

    Jgd
    Tanuja

  1. Kratik says:

    @Tanuja I know
    But just image a city silence, wouldn't it e absolutely fantastic to have the entire city in silence.

  1. Unknown says:

    It would certainly bring a lot more awareness about how silence can be golden and i would imagine that everyone in the city would be more relaxed after such a day also! Perhaps there could be a couple meditations during the day after doing some seva around the town square and in a few other parts of the city. Such a day would transform and uplift the energy of the city!

  1. Unknown says:

    Yes! absolutely fantastic! count on my support.

  1. Good thoughts, Kratik. It's amazing how many people babble senselessly because they seem to deal with silence.

  1. Kratik says:

    @Trevor Yes, meditations would really help.

  1. Unknown says:

    a mindblowing concept... I especially liked the "concern" thing of ur post whr u've said tht the criminals n dacoits won't stop & that spirituality is the only solution to improve such people... whtever u have said in this post is entirely correct & I think somewher every one of us dreams of an ideal city & country free from all troubles..silence & seva are truly the 2 things needed today... good one again... JGD

  1. Unknown says:

    Hey thats an excellent thought!!!:) One more nice article on your blog :)
    Certainly our city should atleast once experience the bliss of silence...

  1. interesting post. hahas i dont think that will ever be successful in new york though. following you now =D

  1. Unknown says:

    heyy nice thought Kratik :) it will surely make a lot of difference but for that we will have to make people realise the importance of the word "Silence", then the rest will follow soon and the magic wand is Sudarshan Kriya :)

  1. Anonymous says:

    Just found your blog randomly, absolutely love your work on "silence". one can never find greater peace without it :)


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