The mind eagerly listens and anticipates for the next word or whatever it expects to be coming. How does it react to an event? It downplays the last one, asks about and begins to plan the next one. What does mind do with silence? It grows restless, voices anxiety or shifts attention to mental noise. As mind hangs on a state of no mind, it is faced with its greatest fear, the threat of having no identity. Mind responds to silence by doing things to change your focus of attention. Why does silence inevitably emerge?
The deepest being is only ever silent. To know one is awake and enlightened means one is bound to be silent. The heart feels this as ordinary, allowing silence to be as it is. Unconditional love accepts and appreciates each moment and all it embodies.