Stillness & Silence: Have you ever listened to silence?!

Have you ever tried to be still, physically and mentally?! 

Have you ever tried to listen to silence?

Not the silence that goes between two words, two sounds, or two thoughts.

What I mean is the silence where all words, sounds, emotions, thoughts, and all that is arise from.

Here is an experiment, listen to the sounds that are in your surroundings. Where do you hear them? Outside of you or inside?

Are the sounds vibrating your ears and translated instantly into thoughts in your mind (or the other way around)? Are you focusing on one specific sound and one specific thought at this moment?

Can you let go of the one sound (or multiple) that you are holding to? Can you not give preference to one sound over the other, be it near or far, including the sound of your thoughts reading this text? Can you not give preference to one thought over the other, including the I-thought?

Can you not give preference to one sensation or emotion over the other?

No preference

No tension

No near

No far

No I

No other than I

All one field

What can be found in this silence?!