Here I sit.
It is night-time.
A far off train sounds its horn.
Clocks are ticking.
Those noises are what is actually happening in the world.
Then there is what is inside my head, the thoughts that stream by, some of them charged with an emotion or some form of resistance, wanting to be something else or do something else. Some thoughts are just commentary or idle dreams of the future. There is that noise, too.
All of this happens within silence. A silence that has no limits, no borders. A silence that is infinitely deep.
Is it possible to withdraw the attention from all of these noises entirely and just be aware of the silence?
The noises will happen of their own accord, trains will rush by in a clatter of steel, thoughts will pass through the mind like clouds across the sun, but is it possible to not focus one's attention upon them, not invigorate them with the energy of awareness and allow them to pass?
I wonder what would happen?
Would all suffering cease?
