Silence to get something may not really be legitimate silence at all. It is (then) a means to an end. Money and greedy plotting are means to an end. A silent mind, that is not “for something in the future,” is totally different from a mind that is silent “for something.” Silence, without effort or for something in the future, is silence for its own sake. It is a silence beyond the time-bound groping and grasping of obtrusions of thought. Then the mind is not of the stale reactions of past conditioning (i.e., past old memory). Silence without motive is unconditioned and pristine. It is beyond the chicanery of a greedy mind.
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What an interesting perspective on the motive of silence Tom. Very thought-provoking! 🤔
Pretty much everyone, Kym, meditates to “get something.” Selfish motives never really get anything and that is one of the many reasons why so few people are visited by the sacred.
So silence is not always golden as the song says Tom? I knew there was a funny quote about silence so I had to Google it and I thought it was by Mark Twain, who had such a wry sense of humor, but no, it was by Abraham Lincoln: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” — Abraham Lincoln
Well, Linda, true silence is indeed truly golden. But silence with a hidden motive is not true silence; it is then a mere calculated means to an end… which is so childish and what many engage in.
Cool quote by Abraham Lincoln! Lincoln was a president at a time when presidents were not felons, rapists, crooks, and dictator-wanna-bes.
Yes, sadly true silence often has meaning behind as you suggest. I love that quote Tom. Abraham Lincoln had a lot of wise quotes in his day, but truly I thought it was more something Mark Twain would have said. I’m glad you enjoyed it.