Kesley Cage

Silence is a shared phenomenon; we all know something of what it is. In silence, it is possible to experience the spacious timelessness that weaves itself around sounds and vibrations, and between moments, movements and occurrences. Silence is an ever-present friend during times of stillness and transition - silence is the one who embraces us in the here and now, and walks with the solitary traveller. For some, particularly the Quakers, whose formal practice is to sit together and enter into 'silent worship', silence is a religious experience. For Buddhists also, 'noble' and 'thundering' silence is an essential quality that presents itself through the Dharma. Most of the known universe is understood to be a silent vacuum. A deep and quiet space enfolds our Mother Earth and emerges through her life-breath; silence lingers in the breeze, which we take refuge in with each breath. Silence beholds a wordless profundity, pupil-to-pupil, between friends and lovers, a...