“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.”
Psalm 62:5
“But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him”
Habakkuk 2:20
Noise is around us constantly. It permeates every pore, it seeps into every crevice like a disease. Noise is medication for some. Those who cannot bear the weight of silence must fill every void with chatter or some kind. Silence is called “awkward” for this reason, people cannot handle quiet because it requires them to think. Men can handle silence. Men love and crave silence, even extroverted men. They know that tremendous power rests in silence, for in it every dark query of the mind can be answered.
Sound vibrations accomplish very little, unless you are one of the few whose livelihood depends on speech or music. Most of those individuals have not even properly mastered speech themselves, and the result is that they utter empty sounds that just take up space and the attention of men.
You, however, are a master of silence.
If you master silence then you will have a great power in your back pocket. The beta is uncomfortable in silence, because he knows that through it, others can sense his thoughts. They can smell his weakness and lack of masculinity. All of his insecurities come rushing into his mind the moment he can no longer distract himself from his insufficiency by using noise. You can know a great deal about a person based on how they deal with pure quietness.
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées
Mantra
None. Be silent.
Application
Sit in silence. Just for 120 seconds. Or take a walk outside and say nothing and do not look at your phone. Get comfortable being quiet, it is a great power. Through this quietness you are forced to deal with the darkness in your heart without distraction. You train yourself to be comfortable with it. This will benefit you when you need to negotiate or extract information from other people. If you ask someone a question and you can tell they only gave you a partial answer, just be silent for a moment. Most of the time, other people will crack from the lack of sound and tell you everything you want to know if you just give them a small moment of quiet. Silence is a weapon for better communication.
Conduct yourselves like Men.