Hello again “Quietude” seekers.
Welcome back!
In this post you will find;
- Outtakes from and article in the HuffPost
- Results of an interesting study
- Some practical application – Do you think they are right?
- Links/credits at the end
The article from HuffPost states that a World Health Organization report called noise pollution a “modern plague“. The article says that;
- Silence relieves stress and tension.
- Silence replenishes our mental resources
- In silence, we can tap into our imagination
- Getting quiet can regenerate brain cells
This, put another way, is the same thing as transforming, or renewing your mind, and stated in Romans 12:2 where it says; Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
“Unnecessary noise is the most cruel absence of care that can be inflicted on sick or well.”
Florence Nightingale – Founder of modern nursing.
“Silence first began to appear in scientific research as a control or baseline, against which scientists compare the effects of noise or music. Researchers have mainly studied it by accident, as physician Luciano Bernardi did in a 2006 study of the physiological effects of music. “We didn’t think about the effect of silence,” he says. “That was not meant to be studied specifically.” (See link below to continue reading the study.)
This research began by playing quiet music, then “Bernardi and his colleagues discovered that randomly inserted stretches of silence also had a drastic effect, but in the opposite direction. In fact, two-minute silent pauses proved far more relaxing than either “relaxing” music or a longer silence played before the experiment started.”
” The blank pauses that Bernardi considered irrelevant, in other words, became the most interesting object of study. Silence seemed to be heightened by contrasts, maybe because it gave test subjects a release from careful attention. “Perhaps the arousal is something that concentrates the mind in one direction, so that when there is nothing more arousing, then you have deeper relaxation,” he says. “
I found this fascinating – I hope you did too!
“All unhappiness of men, arises from one simple fact; they cannot sit quietly in their chamber.”
Blaise Pascal – French mathematician,physicist, inventor, write, theologian.
For the final part of this post, I’ve linked a six minute video without music, just nature sights and sounds.
Won’t you take some time, two minutes, four minutes, six?
See if it has an effect on you.
Can you share what you experienced?
Here are the links and credits for what I have used here;
Next time; Toxic Thoughts
Hope to see you then!
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