Magical Silence

 

By: Jonathan Seidel

Magical Silence

The mystic idea of reality as an illusion does not necessitate that nothing is real but that meaning is devoid until we supply language to it. By naming things we further engage the topic and acknowledge it’s standing. The primordial silence can exhibit an experience but not comprehension. Speech describes, silence observes. Language acts as the interpretation of the phenomena. The illusion is cognition of the unknown. Yet, language is a double-edged sword. It enhances knowledge but steals the mystery. The mystery is the awe infused wonder for the unexplainable. The unknown is experienced as it cannot be conceived. Language is the law that covers the spirit; the experience inhibited by rationalized conceptions. The spirit of ignorance is wild and beautiful. The illusion is the fiction of reality. Reality is genuine but language is the tool that provides the telos of relatability. Without the resonance the unknown is a mystery. The illusion is the true hermeneutics as subjective concentration is devoted to uncovering the hidden, the unknown. The real is the all consuming experience unhindered by cognitive subjectivity, the a priori holistic encounter. Paralleling childish conceptions of unification and singularity. Bifurcation unravels from cognitive disposition. Communication transforms duality by recognizing the other. Language is dualistic/pluralistic, dividing and categorizing. Silence retreats to wondrous appreciation of the other. Infusing intent to language, emotion to speech links the self to the other. Externally separated yet internally united. The soul never forgoes the truth. Inner devotion overpowers the rational difference to spiritual ecstasy. The “real” is a veil for the wordless mystery.