The Necessity of Silence

There comes a time when the only honest response to life is silence.

Not avoidance.

Not denial.

But a deliberate shutting off of the taps of noise that constantly pour into our minds and bodies.

Silence is where the body finally gets the chance to rest - not just sleep, but digest.

To process all that has been and all that still is. When we stop forcing ourselves to keep up, emotions can finally settle like dust, and in that stillness, truth rises to the surface.

When Life Demands Stillness

A lot has happened in the world these last few weeks.

Not good things.

Layered on top of the collective suffering, my household has been battling what feels like a particularly brutal strain of the flu. Illness has a way of stripping life down to its essentials. There is no capacity for performance, no tolerance for excess, no energy for distraction.

During this time, my mind simply could not engage with social media. Or media of any kind. Electronic communication felt intrusive.

Anything outside my immediate control had to fall away.

What remained was simple and necessary:

• Rest.

• Care for my family.

• Care for myself.

And a return to the only question that matters - what do I actually want in my life, and what is within my control to create it?

Silence as a Spiritual Practice

As a visionary, an intuitive, a dreamer of sorts, silence is not a luxury for me - it is essential.

These quiet seasons deepen my connection to Creator, to Great Spirit, to the Universe. They allow me to tune out the dissonance of the world and hear the harmonies that are always present beneath it.

In silence, the constant pull of external opinion loses its grip.

The nervous system settles. The soul speaks more clearly.

And as I have allowed myself the space to simply be - to step away from the growing barrage of hatred, anger, and rage that seems to saturate our world - my vision has sharpened.

Letting Go of the Past Requires Courage

One truth keeps rising above the rest:

"We have to let go of the past."

It can no longer be allowed to dictate our choices or reactions moving forward.

So many people know this intellectually.

They talk about it.

They dream about it.

They quote it.

But too few actually do it.

Because letting go of what was demands extreme courage. It requires deep self-exploration, radical accountability, and a willingness to face one’s own shadow. It calls for forgiveness that feels impossible, selflessness that feels risky, and a trust in something beyond ourselves - beyond human form.

The Past Cannot Build the Future

Here is the hard truth many avoid:

The thinking, beliefs, and behaviors that created the problems of today cannot be the same ones that create something new.

If we keep searching the past for solutions, we will keep recreating the same divisions, the same conflicts, the same pain - just translated in different languages.

Real change begins much closer to home.

Not in governments.

Not in movements.

Not in arguments.

Not in ideologies.

But in how we live our own lives.

How we speak.

How we listen.

How we take responsibility for our reactions.

How we embody the values we claim to believe in.

Practicing What We Preach

Turn off the news.

Stop believing everything you hear.

We will never fully know or understand the truth of this world while we are still in it.

But we can practice integrity, compassion, and discernment in our daily lives.

We can choose not to amplify fear.

We can choose not to feed division.

We can choose to slow down instead of react.

The medicines are all around us - in nature, in stillness, in honesty, in rest.

What stops us from healing is not a lack of answers;

It is our resistance to doing what healing actually requires.

Returning to the Quiet

So this is your invitation - and mine - to return to the quiet.

To shut down the noise.

To actually turn inward.

The answers have always been there, waiting patiently for the time, space, and grace to fully surface.

Silence is not empty.

It is full of truth.