Swami Sivananda Vani - 12 - I felt like posting this also today. Love.

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SIT IN SILENCE

 

I am neither male nor female; I am neither dvaita (dualism) nor

advaita (non­dualism); I am neither saguna (with qualities) nor

nirguna (without qualities); I am neither seer nor hearer; I am

neither body nor mind; I am neither far nor near; I am neither black

nor red; I am neither thin nor stout; I live neither by food nor by

air; I neither move nor stop; I shall neither go to hell nor to

heaven; I neither laugh nor weep; I work and yet I do not work; I

hear without ears and see without eyes; I smell without nose and

taste without tongue; Few understand Me. He who understands Me, sits

in silence. Sivananda says: " Mysterious is that silence. Drown

yourself in that silence And be happy. "

 

COME OUT OF YOUR MEDITATION

 

O Fool! What are you doing in the room? Why have you shut the doors?

Are you meditating or building sand castles? Are you planning or

sleeping? What do you see with closed eyes? Darkness? Or some white

spots? Is this your vision of God? Do not waste this precious human

life. See God everywhere ­ in the sun In the trees, the child, the

cow, In the breeze, in the old man, In the running brooks, in the

landscapes. He is not within your trikuti (eyebrow centre) alone. Can

you meditate for twenty-four hours? Do not become tamasic or lazy. Do

not mistake tamas (inertia) for satva (divinity). Enough, enough of

your meditation. Thy cells are charged with heavy tamas. Come out and

serve God in all forms. Here is a dynamic path of cosmic vision.

 

---So says Sivananda