Silence

Going into silence to retreat into oneself is counter productive and makes your growth retreat instead of expand. So many people go into silence to be with themselves and to find themselves.   

How can one find oneself when one is retreating, surely one truly finds oneself when one is growing and being one with oneself but also one with the world around oneself. Growth comes from accepting all around and all within then true permanent growth can occur. We are all Divine in nature and running inwards to run away means you will not grow and learn to be one with the world accepting the good and the bad and rising above both. Once you rise above both then you will find true silence, silence in the mind, silence in the heart and silence in the soul that will explode from you, go into silence and remain one with all around you untouched serving God and humanity.