Old Age Day by Day November 25, 2012

My Buddhist teacher spoke today about silence.  How turning inward can cause one to "know oneself".  I feel that, even before I was a practicing Buddhist, I spent time in silence, especially as my kids got older and we had a cabin where I could go to get away from the hustle and bustle of my life.  I sat on the deck, watched the kids swim, wrote in journals, and if I was up by myself, spoke to no one for days on end, and that solitude gave me a knowledge about myself and my experience in the world that I treasure.  Now I deliberately nurture silence, and I've never been afraid of it, because of the "in the woods" experience, not unlike the Buddha in the forest.