Towards Brevity

Nowadays I feel I need not talk. For, “talking”, as an activity has become too cheaply available – even when you don’t desire it. 

A few observations on why talking too much can cause strain – 

Too much talking without adequate synthesis of discrete thoughts results in creating of “noise”  - external noise as well as internal mental noise. We end up saying the same things, mix up facts, loosely use some terms that actually mean something else and so on. 

I think the essence of correct speech/ expression (used in technical and “art” sense) is to convey our thoughts correctly. It is also to decode our own confusions, bring a clarity regarding what we are thinking – thus it plays a very important role in tapping the tendencies of the mind. 

Words, used properly, convey a context of place, time, perception, feelings, emotions, and mysterious dimensions of the mind. 

Thinking is not enough. To verbalize accurately what you think, is equally important. That requires understanding of the relationship of language to mind. And the biggest challenge is to verbalize the ‘fear’ that exists deep in our subconscious mind. It takes nerves and certain amount of conviction to ‘catch’ the fear, see it in its face and having seen it, develop a response. 

Part of the reason, I am thinking of restricting talking is because it tends to become disconnected with your inner core and just starts to represent a sophisticated veil to conceal deep troubling issues.

Whom are you fooling by doing this? One may fool the world, but not oneself. And thus, by trying to say things sparingly, deliberately slowly, one may perhaps begin to encourage the people around us to reconsider their own thoughts or observe their own thoughts and thereby say things in a much more nuanced, refined way. In this way, it is hoped that silence helps to bring clarity to thoughts and words.