In seinem Buch Das All-Sehende Auge empfiehlt David R. Hawkins, auf die lautlose Stille des Schweigens, den Hintergrund von Geräuschen, zu lauschen. Geräusche sind wie Kratzer auf einer weißen Leinwand.
Die Stille ist analog zum samtdunklen Nachthimmel, in den die Sterne eingestreut sind.

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Eine missglückte Stilleübung

Vier Mönche beschlossen, zwei Wochen lang in Stille zu meditieren.
In der Abenddämmerung des ersten Tages fing die Kerze an zu flackern
und schließlich verlöschte sie.

1.	Der erste Mönch sagte:	"Oh nein! Die Kerze ist erloschen."	Faktischer Hinweis
2.	Der zweite Mönch sagte:	"Hatten wir nicht beschlossen, nicht zu sprechen?"	Suggestivfrage
3.	Der dritte Mönch sagte:	"Warum habt ihr beide das Schweigen brechen müssen?"	Warum-Frage
4.	Der vierte Mönch lachte und sagte:	"Ha! Und ich bin der Einzige, der nicht gesprochen hat."	Hochmut stinkt.

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Zitate zum Thema Stille / Silence

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Besser eine Hand voll Ruhe als beide Hände voll Mühe und Streben nach Wind. Kohelet (Prediger Salomo) 4, 6 (AT)

Jesus sprach: Das Reich ist in euch und außerhalb von euch. Wenn ihr euch erkennt, werdet ihr erkannt werden und werdet erkennen. [...] Wenn man euch fragt: Was ist das Zeichen eures Vaters an euch? Sagt ihnen: Bewegung ist es und Ruhe.
Seine Jünger fragten ihn: Wann wird die Ruhe eintreten und wann wird die neue Welt kommen?
Er antwortete: Die neue Welt ist schon gekommen. Doch ihr erkennt sie nicht.
Hebt einen Stein auf, und ich bin da. Spaltet ein Stück Holz, und ihr findet mich. Thomasevangelium, Logion 77

Die Frucht der Stille ist das Gebet.
Die Frucht des Gebetes ist der Glaube.
Die Frucht des Glaubens ist die Liebe.
Die Frucht der Liebe ist das Dienen.
Die Frucht des Dienens ist der Friede.
Mutter Teresa [BW 710] (1910-1997) albanienstämmige indische katholische Missionarin, Heilige, die Basis ihres Glaubens, auf ihren Visitenkarten gedruckt

Stille und Schweigen muss sein, wo das Wort vernommen werden soll.
Man kann zu ihm nicht besser kommen als durch Stillesein und Schweigen;
da kann man es hören, da versteht man es Recht: im Unwissen!
Wenn man nichts mehr weiß, dann zeigt und offenbart es sich. Meister Eckhart Eckhart von Hochheim [BW 705] (1260-1328) deutscher Mystiker, dominikanischer Theologe, Philosoph, Predigten

Unser Leben endet an dem Tag, an dem wir über Dinge schweigen, die wichtig sind. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US-amerikanischer Baptistenpastor, Bürgerrechtler

Nur in der Stille kann die Wahrheit eines jeden Früchte ansetzen und Wurzeln schlagen. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) französischer Pilot, Schriftsteller

Das Schweigen beginnt zu sprechen, wenn sich die Worte, die die Bedeutungen verzerren, endgültig verabschiedet haben. Malidoma Patrice Somé, Burkina Faso, American based psychologist, medicine man

Stille ist das absolute Gleichgewicht von Körper, Geist und Seele. Stille ist der Eckpfeiler des Charakters. Ohiyesa, Santee Sioux

Der einfachste Weg, um unsere wahre Natur zu finden, ist das Eintauchen in die innere Stille. Devaprem

Es ist nicht notwendig, dass du aus dem Haus gehst. Bleib bei deinem Tisch und horche. Horche nicht einmal, warte nur. Warte nicht einmal, sei völlig still und allein. Anbieten wird sich dir die Welt zur Entlarvung, sie kann nicht anders, verzückt wird sie sich vor dir winden. Franz Kafka

Jeder eigene Ausdruck führt zu einem Eindruck bei anderen und der erzeugt in ihnen einen neuen Ausdruck, der wiederum für einen selbst beeindruckend ist. Wer sich ständig ausdrückt, ist auch immer beeindruckt. So entstehen Ehekräche und Weltkriege. Irgendwann legt dieser ständige Druck jeden lahm. In der Stille herrscht kein Druck. Wenn ich nichts denke, nichts ausdrücke, bin ich aber trotzdem immer noch da. Auf dem Weg treffe ich eigentlich immer wieder nur auf eins: Auf mich.
Und was ich in Zukunft ausdrücke, werde ich mir noch genauer überlegen als bisher. Hape Kerkeling, Ich bin dann mal weg, S. 237

Schweigen

Cum tacent clamant. – Indem sie schweigen, stimmen sie zu.

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Schweigen tötet, Reden kann Leben retten.
Ärzte ohne Grenzen, Friedensnobelpreisträger, Ende 1999

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And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass,
because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. Gospel of Luke 1, 20 (NT)

Personal avowals – Breaking the silence of Taboo

I made a vow. I knew I was going to write to bear witness. I felt that I had to because not to bear witness to an event that one lived is a betrayal of that event. I did not know how. I was afraid of not finding the words. And I come from a mystical background. One can purify language through silence. And that's why I was waiting for ten years. And during the tenth year I wrote it [ The Night ]. Elie Wiesel (*1928) German-French Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Holocaust survivor, Peace Nobel Price laureate, One on One, part 2, presented by TV station CNN, host Riz Khan, YouTube film, minute 1:18, 10:59 minutes duration, 4. August 2007

That which is the voice of God is silence. When we sink into the voice of God, we sink into an infinite silence, which is indicative of Divine Presence. Behind the thought, behind the thinkingness is an infinite silence and the infinite silence is the source of our existence. And between the thoughts, under the thinkingness is a profound silence and all we have to do is to become aware of it by realizing that it is there. […]
Behind all sounds of the universe, the silence is forever present. Behind the sound of the woods, the woods are silent. The sound of the bird has nothing to do with the silence, for you see that the silence is maintained even though there is sound above it. The only reason you can hear the sound is because of the background of silence. So the silence is present right in the middle of the sound. […]
In the middle of cacophony and catastrophe when the bullets are flying around […] there is nothing but the infinite silence, hmm. [...] You identify with the silence and just maintain awareness. You can go about your daily life and do everything that you need to do and yet at all times maintain the awareness of silence. So that gives you a centering. A centering kind of prayerfulness is that one is always aware of the presence of silence, which is the infinite context. The Reality of the Presence of God is an infinite silence, and then that which you hold in mind in that silence tends to manifest, not as a result of causation but as potentiality manifesting. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Reason vs. Truth, towards the very end of DVD 3 of 3, transcripted from memory, 19. August 2006

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. […] We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa [LoC 710] (1910-1997) Albanian born Indian Catholic humanitarian, missionary, founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Prize for Peace laureate, 1979

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln [LOC 565] (1809-1865) assassinated 16th US President (1861-1865)

Be silent and count your blessings. Jalal ad-Din Muḥammad Rumi [LoC 550] (1207-1273) Persian Muslim poet, Sufi mystic, jurist, theologian

Your silence gives consent. Plato [LoC 485] (427-347 BC) Ancient Greek pre-Christian philosopher

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldous Huxley [LoC 485] (1894-1963) English US American essayist, writer on parapsychology and philosophical mysticism, visionary poet, humanist, pacifist

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) US American clergyman, activist, leader in the African American civil rights movement

Words divide – silence unites. Brother David Steindl-Rast, M.A., Ph.D. (*1926) Catholic Benedictine monk, experimental psychologist, promoter of the interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism, spirituality and science

As an adult, you can not expect to meet God as a child. You must meet Him in the maturity of your personhood. You speak "Thou" on your lips. You wait patiently. In silence, you listen for the God who is. Out of the silence you hear a whisper, ever so softly: "I am who am." And you respond with the totality of your life. Person to person. God to man and man to God. John Barich, A Few Thoughts on Martin Buber's I and Thou

You do not need to do anything, just remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, just wait. Do not even wait, just be quiet, still and solitary, and the universe will expose itself to you. It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Austrian-Hungarian culturally influential German-language novelist

Every so often you meet a person who is very different. You can't put your finger on what it is that attracts you to this individual, but he or she exudes a mystery and strength, radiating a silent power that is strange and beguiling. Stuart Wilde stuartwilde.com (*1946) British writer on metaphysics and consciousness, essayist, scriptwriter, lyricist, music producer, humorist, lecturer, Silent Power, chapter 1, Hay House, 1. April 1998

Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously. Lance Morrow (*1939) US American professor of journalism, Boston University, writer for Time Magazine, author

Silence for the ordinary people is with their tongues,
silence or the mystics is with their hearts,
and silence for the lovers is with restraining the stray thoughts that come to their most innermost being.
Traditional Saying

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Stillness is what creates love,
Movement is what creates life,
To be still, yet still moving –
That is everything!

Do Hyun Choe, Sugi Master

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In ordinary states of consciousness, sound prevails over a background of silence and replaces it. In contrast, in the Presence, the opposite occurs. Although sound is perceptible, it is in the background. The Silence prevails so that the silence is actually not interrupted or displaced by the sound. Nothing disturbs the stillness or interferes with its peace. David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I, S. ?

The radiance of God is the light of awareness that reveals the divinity of all that exists. In the stillness of the Infinite Presence, the mind is silent as there is nothing that can be said; all speaks of itself with completeness and exactitude. With this realization one transcends the final duality of existence versus nonexistence because only existence is possible. The opposite of Truth does not exist because Reality excludes nonreality. In this realization resides the peace of God. David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I, S. 118

There is the dawning awareness that all which seems to occur really represents what is being held in what was previously considered as 'within'. Thus proclivity to project is undone [...]. David R. Hawkins, I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 22

The mind is still because, without a subject or an object and with no actor of a 'this' doing a 'that', there is no necessity for verbs. David R. Hawkins, Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, S. ?

The Infinite Stillness behind whatever sounds we hear in the room is your SELF. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Advaita. The Way to God through Mind, CD ? of 4, minutes 47-48, August 2002

The substrate of existence of all of us at this moment is Silent. The source of our existence is Silent. The rug is silent. This is silent. [...]
Out of that innate Silence then, is where, as you expand context, you begin to own the silence as yourself and that which is interfering with the silence is the not-Self. Sound becomes the content. It’s only because of the Silence that you can hear any sound. You begin to identify with the Silence as that which you are. It comes on profoundly – the Oneness with the Silence is one’s own existence beyond all time.
When you choose it, you’re not at the effect of it, so you choose to experience this existence as you experience it. In so doing, you let go resisting it and as you let go resisting it you can solve it. And you go back into that which you are prior to this existence and that is the meaning of the Silence.
To be that which you are now, you have to be the Whole Universe, because it’s all part of the whole picture. So (unintelligible) dream on the in-breath the creation arises and on the out-breath the creation melts. No, it’s the other way around. On the out-breath creation arises, on the in-breath it disappears. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Advaita. The Way to God Through Mind, DVD 2 of 3, 52-57 minutes, August 2002

So in the middle of catastrophe, the planes are flying around and all hell is breaking loose, there is nothing but the infinite silence. So you just identify with that silence and just maintain awareness. You can go about your daily life and do all the things you need to do and still be aware of the Presence of that silence. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Advaita. The Way to God through Mind, DVD 3 of 3, August 2002

It is the Infinite silent field out of which thoughts are arising. […] The arisings then become occasions for the ego to latch on to in a 1/10,000th of a second and own them as "mine". Therefore the ego is nothing but a collection of an assortments of ownership over eons. Underneath this activity is the Totality of Absolute Silence. The difference between Enlightenment and non-enlightenment [...] this 1/10,000th of a second and catching the ego at its claims. [...] 1/10,000th of a second later that the ego jumps into a stake calm to the phenomena as "mine". In Reality there is no I, me or mine. David R. Hawkins, Seminar Sedona Witnessing and Observing, CD 5 of 6, 16. October 2004

So in the middle of catastrophe, the planes are flying around and all hell is breaking loose, there is nothing but the infinite silence. So you just identify with that silence and just maintain awareness. You can go about your daily life and do all the things you need to do and still be aware of the Presence of that silence. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Reason vs. Truth, 3 DVD set, 19. August 2006

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Study on marriage, [silenced] communication and death 1997-2007

The 10-year study on the effect of marital strain in relationship to the development of heart disease and death was published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, July/August edition 2007.
Source: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, Self-censoring linked to higher death risk, 27. August 2007

Results:

Anger building up can, like stress, damage the heart.

"The study also confirmed that marriage is good for men's health, but that unmarried men were twice as likely to die as married men." Dr. Elaine Eaker, study's author

"We don't really know why women self-silence. It may be some type of protection mechanism. Self-silencing women need to learn how to express themselves more constructively and put themselves in an environment where they feel safe to do so." Dr. Eaker, study's author

Women who don't express themselves during disagreements with their husbands are FOUR times more likely to die [of a heart disease] compared with women who express themselves freely.

"Girls learn more 'relational forms' of aggression. Boys contrary to girls are taught to express their anger openly." Dana Jack, psychologist, expert on self-silencing, Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University

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Skipping one's commitment to silence for pride

Four monks decided to meditate silently without speaking for two weeks.
By nightfall on the first day, the candle began to flicker and then went out.

1.	The first monk said:	"Oh, no! The candle is out."	Fact based statement
2.	The second monk said:	"Aren't we supposed not to talk?"	Suggestive question
3.	The third monk said:	"Why must you two break the silence?"	Why question
4.	The fourth monk laughed and said:	"Ha! I'm the only one who didn't speak."	Pride sucks.