Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind - Buddha

Buddha wisdom - Silence

Silence is often misunderstood as a void, a lack, an absence of activity. But in the spiritual sense, silence is not a hollow emptiness—it is a spaciousness that holds everything without clinging to anything. It is the field in which clarity, insight, and peace naturally arise.

When the mind is crowded with noise—opinions, fears, memories, expectations—it becomes difficult to see reality as it is. But in silence, the mind loosens its grip. Thoughts settle like dust in still air. What remains is awareness itself: open, luminous, and unburdened.

This spacious awareness is what many traditions call the awakened mind. It is not something we create; it is something we uncover. Silence is the doorway. Space is the home. And awakening is simply remembering what has always been there beneath the noise.

Daily Reflection

Today, I will make room for silence.   Not as an escape, but as a return—to myself, to clarity, to peace.

For a few moments, I will pause the world’s noise and listen inwardly. I will notice the space between thoughts, the breath between moments, the stillness beneath activity.

In that space, I will remember that peace is not something I chase. It is something I allow.

And as I move through the day, I will carry a bit of that spaciousness with me— responding instead of reacting, observing instead of absorbing, resting in the quiet confidence of an awakened mind.

Here are a couple of links that teach about this silence of the heart, now:

~ The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment: (20th Anniversary Edition) By Eckhart Tolle

the softcover https://amzn.to/495gfpi

~ You Are the Happiness You Seek: Uncovering the Awareness of Being by Rupert Spira (Author)

the softcover https://amzn.to/3MTmbcv

the Kindle edition https://amzn.to/4bgBTIx

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