Crashing Sounds of Silence

There is a place somewhere inside of us that is still. If we can learn to find that place then we can heal ourselves. A lot of people go in search of this stillness yet never find it. The New Age has made people restless, made them think there is something special out there to find. They think they have to go on some sort of spiritual journey to find it. Therapist after therapist sets up new ways to lead these people to their spiritual self. But I think they are wrong, it isn’t out there, it’s inside. You only have to look inside to find it.

When I am on my beach I find it, I find the stillness. I sit on the ridge of giant pebbles and as I listen to the waves I find that quiet place and my mind goes still. I find the inner peace I have been looking for.

We all need inner peace. Without it there is confusion. People have breakdowns, and people commit suicide. It is because they can’t find the stillness. They can’t find the inner place that releases their confused mind from its torment. Mental illness is the curse of modern man. We have given it to ourselves by our way of living. Our ancestors lived a quiet life, a spiritual life. They were in touch with the earth, the spirits, and themselves. Modern man is in touch with nothing, he has forgotten how to connect with his world, this is why finding the stillness inside is so important to us all. It teaches us to connect with ourselves, and from there we can go on to connect with the earth and the spirit land.

When I find this stillness on my beach I feel not only mentally stronger, but physically stronger as well. If you free the mind, you free the body. I believe a lot of minor illnesses can be cured by the power of the mind. When I am on my beach I find that power. I find myself feeling well, feeling strong, and feeling ready to go back out there and face the rat race again.

In an ideal world we would be back in our forests, living in our huts, and catching our own food. We would be living as an extended family unit and we would be working as one with our neighbors to create peace and harmony. But this is not an ideal world anymore, the world of our ancestors has long gone. Their way of life might be out of reach for most, if not all of us, but not their practice of living. They had the stillness with them all of the time, where as we have to search for it. By practicing their beliefs we can get nearer to the stillness within, and be a little nearer to finding that inner peace we all crave for.

I practice one of their beliefs when I sit on my beach and listen to the waves. I am connecting with my place. I am aware of it and melting into its atmosphere. It is as if I am invisible, just part of the beach. Time and place have no meaning because I am part of it. As I sit there I learn the secrets of the universe, for I am part of that universe. I have become a part of everything there is, and I am aware of everything there is. I am living in my modern day world yet I have become the ancient world for a fraction of time. There on my beach as the waves come crashing in against the shore I hear the sound of silence, and I find my inner peace.