In a world addicted to being heard, real silence is rare. This is a reflection on attention, projections, social media, and the sacred growth that happens when nobody’s watching. The deeper work unfolds not in noise, but in shared silences and private alignment.
We can even call it silence.
But most people have never really met it.
They confuse it with absence of noise, or the mere act of being alone.
Yet, true silence is something different.
It’s much more than a lack of external sound. It’s a state where projections collapse. Where your system stops absorbing the expectations others cast upon you, like…
— How you should behave
— How you should respond
— Who you’re supposed to be.
Because every projection is an interruption.
And sometimes, to hear your inner voice — not your mind, not your impulses, but the voice — you have to step outside of the frequency where everyone is busy trying to define you.
We are addicted to Projections.
The Screaming Child Inside The Machine
Social media is brilliant… for adults.
For mature nervous systems.
But most of us let our inner child run wild there, throwing tantrums in public; letting the angry go over your projection as it was reality.
Because it feels dangerously easy to confuse proximity with possession.
You see something on your screen, it’s close, you feel touching it, you want it.
And suddenly, Attention becomes another delivery app.
You click. You demand. You wait for your dopamine delivery.
Viral content triggers our ancient need to be seen — to be heard — not because we have something to say, but because we feel something missing.
The faster we consume attention, the hungrier we become for it.
It’s not our fault. It’s how the system is built.
I already draw how we project these internal loops in “There’s an Ouroboros inside my head” → Read here
The Quiet Work Nobody Sees
But there’s another layer here, the one where you stop chasing.
Where you stop expecting others to understand your moves, your absences, your boundaries.
You let people believe what they want about you.
You choose your battles. You work. You build… Silently.
Because there’s something sacred about growing in private.
No spotlights. No audience. No applause.
“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
(Nietzsche)
Always accurate.
The growth that happens alone is often deeper than any communal cheerleading could ever offer.
It’s alignment, and alignment doesn’t scream.
Attention today is pure currency.
Tiny leaks of distraction are enough to drain your entire system.
You may not feel it immediately, but it accumulates.
And the price is high: your focus, your momentum, your creative field.
The state of profitability (mentally, emotionally, spiritually) depends on your capacity to defend your own field. Even from yourself.
The “Decentralisland” is real.
Because when you allow yourself to not be important — when you release the obsession to be in everyone’s radar — a strange type of peace arises:
The timeless ground where everything happens now.
If you want to explore how present-time awareness shapes this unfolding reality, I touch more of it in “Everything changes on Now Power” → Read here
I’ve lived the other side.
The side where I used to chase friends:
“Why didn’t you reply?” or “Why don’t we meet more?”
What I was actually looking for was not them. It was purpose.
And no external reply could ever feed that void.
Today, I prefer to let timing work for me. It’s quit, assertive, and very wise.
Brings what you need in the right time you need it.
You don’t even need to ask. Your intention works just fine in timing company.
Presence is better when it’s earned.
In fact, this ties directly into my reflections in “Decentralisland: The World is holding its Breath” → Read here
Silence Builds Stronger Bonds
I truly believe that deep relationships aren’t built on endless talking.
They’re born inside shared silences.
The kind of silence where presence speaks louder than words.
Where you’re simply there — without needing to fill the space, without needing to extract anything from it.
It’s almost like you let your shadow be comfortable around other people. You let the others know you by not needing to Project any point of view.
Here’s how I talk more about some of this reflection in the letter “Awakening from Organic Portals” → Read here
And in fact, you don’t have to live like this. You don’t have to seek this way or even make this way of living a reality in your life.
But knowing that this path exists — that some people choose to operate inside these fields… is the first step to respect.
And respect is the beginning of empathy.
Because privacy is not isolation.
Privacy is where God whispers His will.
“God talks to the ones that permit themselves to be alone and in Silence.”
(Augusto Schneider)
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