Sound of Silence

On my way to home from office, I usually call my wife to let her know about my arrival. The timings are quite consistent every day. However, one day, since I was not feeling well, I started a bit early for home post lunch and as usual, called her. She immediately said you are on the way home. I was not surprised that she recognised, but it was not usual. It was silence in my car and no background noise, I could have even been in my office cubicle, pantry or in my car like yesterday. All these were possibilities of noise-free zones. But among all these, she picked exactly that I was in my car. So, I was curious to ask her though there was no noise (may consider a silence), how she could recognise that I was in the car. Her answer was a statement triggered me to think deep. She said, "Every silence has got a sound !". The silence in the office is different from silence in the restaurant, is different from silence in the pantry (when I go for late lunch of course when no one in cafeteria :) ).

I experienced our sense of listening to the silence at that moment, other than regular meditation sessions. That's amazing power of awareness which is beautiful.

This very thought made me be more aware of the noise-free zones and able to listen to those subtle differences. Also, it actually means in day to day noisy world any noise free zone becomes or considered silence for us, but it could be still noisy for many.

I would love to hear from others on your experiences of sounds of silence.

Coincidentally my past few week's status message was "Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence." -- Buddha