When There is Nothing to Hear

Soundtrack by Seabear.

You've seen (and I hope listened to) the soundtracks I've linked for nearly every post. It looks like that thing above, the blue underlined word Soundtrack.

Why must we always have something playing, speaking, thinking? Why do we feel wrong when there's not anything to hear?

My Sunday School teacher asked us this on an off-topic tangent and I didn't get to answer. Luckily, I have a blog. :P Here's my belief.

It's because we're afriad of non-existence.

Music is powerful. It brings out joy, suffering, and worship. We see this through the excellent music of Christian musicians, such as Alanna Story and Audrey Assad.

Expressing ourselves - words - thinking - it all proves we exist. By keeping our minds stocked with sounds, images, and talking, we feel like we won't be lost.

Imagine nothingness. Imagine silence. The majority of people, when asked to react to these states, reply that they would add something, anything, to comfort themselves.

We fear the end of our consciousness, our existence. When faced with infinity, we can't bear it. It makes us nausous. Because we know that we have no power in the void.

But our God lives in infinity.

And our intimacy with Him can begin there. Closing out all else, we find ourselves on a ledge over an extensive depth. We shudder. We fear.

In this moment, God can teach us to have peace by trusting in Him. We can know we are safe because we know He exists and His existence is not erasable in infinity like ours is.

When there is nothing to hear, He will come to speak. This is called meditation. Do not try so desperately to fill your head with noise, thinking it is the only proof you are safe.

Being still and knowing He is God is difficult. Usually, I end up chanting "quiet, quiet, quiet" in my head for five minutes, ineffectively. However, it is a crucial ability to obtain. Practice.

In secret, in the quiet place, in the stillness, You are there.