Noise

The modern world is noisy, there are seldom times for quiet. This generation is seldom unplugged and find it uncomfortable to live in the quiet. It reminds me of a story that someone told me once that a tour group of Japanes tourists got off the bus in the Mackenzie Basin and suddenly became very uncomfortable with the eeery space and quiet of the Endless space. They are used to a intense bustling city and struggled to adjust to the lowly populated landscape.

In the same way students when invited to contemplate the silence can be at a loss as to how to function in this unique  landscape. The young listen to music constantly for a reason, often it is to quell the confusion of an adult world. Often we are the ones that require the tranquility and the quiet. 

Can the young meditate amongst noise , they can certainly hold a conversation while gaming intensely and often it is a wiser pathway in discussing personal matters. 

Silence in a modern world is elusive , yet may not be essential for the current generation.