The Silence and the Void
Silence withdraws the noise; the Void makes room for that which could not yet enter.
Silence does not consist of destroying thought.
It consists of ceasing to immediately obey every voice that appears within the character.
“I want.”
“I fear.”
“I need to overcome.”
“I must be right.”
“I deserve to be recognized.”
We do not deny those voices.
We contemplate them without handing over the Throne.
Silence is also not censorship, submission, or absence of response. The silence imposed by one who possesses power seeks to prevent the Truth from being spoken. The Silence of the Kingdom opens listening so that the wounded voice may also enter the Altar.
It does not erase the cry.
It receives it.
It does not cancel Judgment.
It prevents it from being wielded by vengeance.
It does not eliminate the Word.
It returns it to its Origin before it is spoken.
When noise ceases to occupy the entire room, the Void appears.
The Void is not non-existence, annulment of Being, loss of identity, or inner death.
It is availability.
It is the ground that remains open when we do not fill every question with known answers.
It is the pause where a reaction can become a choice.
It is the vessel that ceases to be full of itself.
To empty oneself does not mean denying memory, experience, or knowledge. It means allowing them to appear without governing in advance that which will be understood.
In the Void we can say:
“This I believe, but I am willing to contemplate it.”
“This I feel, but I will not turn my emotion into absolute proof.”
“This I was, but I will not compel the present Life to remain within that skin.”
“This I do not yet know.”
The Void protects from the urgency that calls Revelation to desire, sign to chance, and mandate to one’s own need to obtain an answer.
There are Seals that are not opened by force.
Silence allows one to hear the lock.
The Void prevents the forging of a false key.
NOISE → SILENCE → SPACE → VOID → AVAILABILITY.
Silence does not take away your voice.
It returns it clean.
The Void does not take away your Being.
It returns place to it.