silence

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Language is only a medium for communication of

one's thoughts. It is used after thoughts have arisen,

and they arise after the 'I'-thought. The 'I'-thought is the

root of all conversation. One can understand another

when one remains without thinking, by the universal

language - silence.

Silence is ever-speaking; it is perennial; speech

interrupts it. Words obstruct that mute language.

When there is electricity flowing in a wire, and

resistance occurs in its passage, it glows as a

lamp or turns as a fan. The wire remains full of

electric energy. Similarly, silence is the eternal flow

of language obstructed by words.

What one fails to know by a conversation that extends

to several years, can be known in a flash, in silence

or before silence; look at Dakshinamurti's teaching,

for example. That is the highest and most effective

language.

People insist on asking me questions and so I must

reply, but the truth is beyond words.

 

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Conscious Immortality

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