The Jeopardy Of 'Silence Is Not Golden'

“A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two”-the Talmud. When Danny and Reuven we’re friends they had each other to talk to and then in college they had nobody, In the book “The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, It talks about how silence can bring to sides together and hurt and help you.

Immediately after we are born, we start picking up sounds; the sound of our mother’s voice, the music playing in the elevator on the way to the car, and the happy cheers from a small child seeing their new sibling for the first time. We are always listening–picking up on conversations not meant for our ears, eavesdropping on the gossip of the adult world, and finding the meaning in the portentous silence. From all these auditory stimuli, we piece together the world around us to better understand what is happening to us, around us, and the secret happenings that were not for us to know. Great writers are the ones who listen and say nothing–who take it all in and save their classified information for a day when all the right words flow and form one epic story of the wondrous world we live in.

Silence is an important factor in life and can be encountered in different ways, silence can be seen as peace, harmony and can also be viewed as a negative effect such as depression, sadness or even as evil. Silence also gives time to reflect on life and society and when silence there is time to reflect on faith and religion, this would allow to decide on or question religion. When silence is demonstrated it implicates the importance of peace and the chance for revival.

“Silence is violence” is a common phrase used by people nowadays which references people who lack initiative when it comes to speaking out against oppression. The same phrase could be applied to the ideas within Shusaku Endo’s novel, Silence. Endo was clever to name his novel Silence, because the word is a very prominent symbol within the story. In fact, it plays a crucial role to the development of the main character. Although some readers may argue that the role of silence in the book is neutral, I claim that silence plays a negative role for the characters because it is what causes protagonist Rodrigues to renounce his faith. In the story, it represents the silence of God, which induces Rodrigues to question his religion through the torture of innocent Japanese Christians.

“I am obsessed with silence because of the silence of the world. I do not understand why the world was silent when we needed its outcry. I always come back to that problem. Where were the humanists, the leaders, the liberals, and the spokesmen for mankind? The victims needed them.

Silence is more important today than it has ever been due to the growing issue our society faces known as “the tyranny of noise”, a phrase coined by Benedictine

Quote 1 neutrally helps the oppressor never the victim silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented .silence makes the tormentor feel like he is doing something right but if you talk about it and let the world know .They’ll realize they are doing something wrong. If they was to put me in a death camp and I survived I would let the world know about all the suffering and torture I went through and that Hitler’s way of

For a long period of time, every day that I woke up, I would cry. Weep at the mere fact that I had not died. I did not want to be awake. I did not want to be alive. I hated feeling “numb”, I did not want to feel at all. It is problematic to accurately explain how and why I became depression’s slave. I never openly invited grief into my life. It invited itself and it provoked a large amount of torment. I hate admitting to the fact

Sabrina Benaim’s spoken word piece “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” is emotionally overwhelming. Crammed with many impactful metaphors, the poem captures feelings of darkness and loneliness that accompany mental illness. Her hysterical tone barely allows time for breath, stressing to the audience the panic that comes with being trapped inside your own mind. The piece is performed in front of a live audience in Oakland (CA), as part of the 2014 National Poetry Slam semi-finals. The purpose of this essay is to justify why and how the piece “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” is both creative and communication. It shall also address the various strengths and weaknesses the spoken word piece has.

What does silence mean? In Night, a book wrote by Elie W, answer is shown. Night explains what silence is. Silence is the absence of, therefore silence is the path of death.

Silence, Identity, and Naming! Some may feel that when someone says silence they’re automatically only referring to someone not speaking. But, that isn’t the case. Silence has so many different meanings. Silence can be within community, within religion and even within the relationship of a loved one.

Is silence really an important factor in ife? Silence is described as complete absence of sound, however is there more to it? In The Chosen the theme is taken on with great significance. In the book “The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, silence isn’t ordinary, for it can teach various lessons, and can be looked at in a good way.

Spending spiritual time in silence can be difficult for many individuals because it gives them time to think and be present in the moment. Being silent also requires solitude

Quiet people live their lives observing, and being in the shadows of the people around them. Until observing is exhausting and they speak their minds with power and they shake the world delicately. Stephen Hawking, stated that “quiet people have the loudest minds.” Many individuals like Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, and Gandhi are characterized as gentle, calm, and silent people. But, they still fought for what they believe in even when their minds were telling them not to. For example, Rosa Parks was known by her neighbors and friends as shy and gentle but, when she was tired of surrendering, she decided it was time to fight for what was right and she did it with fear. Rosa parks stated “I had no idea history was being made I was just tired of giving up.” Gandhi was a silent individual but he led india to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He had his mind set on organising farmers and peasants to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. Quiet people are often taken for granted simply because they’re quiet. They have a voice and it shouldn’t be taken for granted when coming to important topics. Therefore I believe that, quiet people are often the most powerful and their voices should be heard.

From the above descriptions, one can infer that Silence is practiced in Buddhism for two main reasons: 1. For conveying certain doctrinal points or experiences, language may not only be inadequate but also misleading. Under such circumstances, silence is the best expression. 2. Silence is used as a tool to facilitate the meditative process rather than as a tool for getting closer to divinity.