A nifty expiriment

[killbill]

try saying as little as possible for a whole day, obviously there are times you have to talk(at work for example) but say as little as you possibly can. I swear to you you will learn some amazing things. Don't take my word for it, go do it

[Greg-VT]

I do it everyday. It's nothing new for me, been doing it for years.

[Dark Blade]

Thats not possible for me.

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

Yep, done that for up to eight days. It works. You can learn a lot by listening, when your own gums aren't constantly flapping.

[Saz]

This is something I do when I meet new people, its a great way to suss them out, say as little as possible :D I try not to talk more than is needed anyway, but sometimes I can be a chatterbox.

[khafra]

Pretty laconic already.

[Tosh]

Think they would get kinda annoyed at me! I work in a Contact Centre (Call Centre) for 12 hours a week! :D

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

Originally posted by Tosh
Think they would get kinda annoyed at me! I work in a Contact Centre (Call Centre) for 12 hours a week! :D
That would be difficult! I couldn't go totally silent at work, either, but I've done it on vacation time.

[Guitarboy1212]

What do you call meditation?

[Saz]

I think your thinking of something else there Guitarboy. Killbill isn't taking about mediating, he's talking about just staying silent for the day.

[Greg-VT]

Originally posted by Kgirl
This is something I do when I meet new people, its a great way to suss them out, say as little as possible :D I try not to talk more than is needed anyway, but sometimes I can be a chatterbox.

Simular to myself.

[timmeh!]

Same as above for me, the next stage is shutting up the chattering that goes on in your head when outwardly silent. Like K Girl says, listening and internal quietness help you 'suss' out situations and yourself a lot quicker than the 'loud' people.

...and yep, it's meditation, but meditation on the move with all senses engaged. It's taken me over 10 years to get to a place where I notice the voice starting, then shutting it up. Ten years is a while isn't it?....
Am I crap, or just 'special'? :D

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

timmeh!, don't feel bad about the ten years -- many people never reach this stage at all. :)

You can learn a lot from lengthy periods of silence whether or not any of it is spent in meditation.