Silence: The Hidden Language of Spiritual Awakening

Something that I really felt, that struck accord with me was when silence was spoken about—especially about silence being a language and that we need to focus on that as well. Because there are so many times when people express themselves to you, or we express to others, but behind what we’re saying, there’s something else that’s happening—or there is something that we don’t share because we’re not accustomed or we don’t think about silence. So, I think that was something I will be taking back with me from this retreat.

These past few days have been a life-changing experience. I actually never came to the retreat before, and this was my first time and I had a blissful experience. We went through so many speakers, and each speaker had so much to teach us. From Bala Bhai to Usha Didi to Asha Didi, every single experience was different because every speaker decided to share a part of their life with us and I feel so blessed and lucky to have that opportunity to go through that in the last few days.

Shivani Didi’s talks were the most incredible talks. Even though I have had the opportunity of listening to her before, every time listening to her is a new experience. It just recharges you, and you walk out with something that you’ve learnt.

Speaking more about silence, another thing that is very important and its funny that even though we listen to music and think about music and music is sound, but actually if you think about it, there is a lot of peace in music. As a musician and a singer myself, I find myself gravitating towards music because, it is a form of meditation for me because it connects me to the higher power, to the Supreme power. And it is very much similar to silence in that way as well.

Because if we are looking at silence, if you just take a moment, you pause and you dont listen to anything, you feel connected to God. And therefore music is also very similar to that. Even though there is sound but that sound brings focus and attention and that guides you and that connects you because, in that moment, you are just one with God. You are just one. Your focus is there, your attention is there—you are not thinking about anything else. You are just only feeling those emotions and those positive vibrations.

For me, I think music is the strongest point of connecting oneself to God. I honestly don’t see anything that’s stronger than that.

Shivangi Bhayana
Playback Singer
Mumbai