Feeling mystical today so I am thinking of

A still small voice

In Hebrew transliteration it is “Kol d’mamah dakah”

Found in 1 Kings 19, verse 12 in the King James Bible, it is said during an interaction between G-d and Elijah. Here is more of the quote:

And after the earthquake a fire; but G-d was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

There was a Deaf Israeli dance troupe who called themselves Kol de Mamah.

Oh and I found out when reading about Ghibli Park in Japan (a Myazaki theme park) that the Japanese have a word “ma” which means a pause or an emptiness – the space between two hands clapping.

Then there is the “koan” (a paradoxical parable or query used to elicit enlightenment) in Zen Buddhism attributed to Hakuin, an 18th century monk: What is the sound of one hand clapping?

And aleph the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, maybe you guessed? It is silent.

Then of course there is Simon and Garfunkel’s “Sounds of Silence”, one of my favorites of their songs.

Food for thought…

Maybe I’ll have mystical dreams tonight…