[The demon Screwtape writes:] Music and silence—how I detest them both!
How thankful we should be that ever since our Father entered Hell (though longer ago than humans, reckoning in light years, could express) no square inch of infernal space and no moment of infernal time has been surrendered to either of those abominable forces, but all has been occupied by Noise— Noise, the grand dynamism, the audible expression of all that is exultant, ruthless, and virile—Noise which alone defends us from silly qualms, despairing scruples, and impossible desires.
We will make the whole universe a noise in the end. We have already made great strides in this direction as regards the Earth. The melodies and silences of Heaven will be shouted down in the end. But I admit we are not yet loud enough, or anything like it.
This noise is what the bible describes as “the fleshly existence” and the “carnal self”. It is our sensory perception and the physical existence in which that perception informs our consciousness. The overwhelming sensations of physical existence can drown out the subtle silences and timeless melodies. They were created for the metaphysical self in the superior spiritual realm where the true “us” exists with God. (Imagine trying to hear a soft violin during a rock concert.)
To hear past this noise, we must rise above the physical self to focus on, listen and hear the inner voice and it’s song that transcends this noise. The we can be our true best selves in the communion of silence with God in Eden.
Sounds of Silence, indeed!
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
This observation from a daily gardener. Thank you. Z.
At first, I thought he must be talking about noise in the human mind. Or maybe even the “microwave background static”: It’s always there, everywhere, in the cosmos.
And as all life and consciousness are connected, since EVERYTHING vibrates; there is a universal harmonics going on at all times: This is MUSIC, which once perceived, is worth paying attention to.