Sabarmati
22/1/37
Hari Om
When one lives life in solitude, silence is of utmost importance. It is especially needed to awaken the spirit of surrender in all aspects of our lives to God. Silence is always there to get the needed practical help, when conditions become intolerable for the lonely devotee. Silence is our active and living friend. The energy and force produced by silence is not comparable to anything else. Every soul feels lonely and helpless at times but no one tries to reject this loneliness. Life gets brighter by constant, deep, close and knowledgeable study of silence. Life also gets to be vast, peaceful and impartial. If silence is cultivated with clear purpose and living awareness then a mystic energy develops from this silence. Purity starts to manifest in all aspects of life. The knowledge of a knowledgeable person, the devotion of a devotee and the meditation of a yogi all spring from this silence. The essential element to experience the divine consciousness is this silence.
Silence of our senses
Silence is not only related to physical speech. That is only its physical meaning. True silence should be of all five senses. When it is possible to stop all five senses from taking interest in its own domain, then only it is called true silence. In other words, all senses should renounce its own interests. Fasting is the silence of sense of taste and staying speechless is the silence of speech. It is also a silence of eyes, ears and skin when they are absorbed in meditation. Being absorbed in One while living amongst many is also a kind of silence. When it is possible to live in any outer condition but completely absorbed in One on the inside, then all the senses gather a tremendous amount of energy and strength and that changes one's outlook of life and the surrounding world. With the development of the silence of all aspects of life, good qualities like humility, peace, seriousness of purpose and patience, expresses in life effortlessly. Mind becomes broad and generous, vision becomes full of love, and intelligence gets purified with the sense of discretion. Thus in this fashion the senses lose their natural characteristics automatically and then the resulting silence can be experienced.
Silence means ocean of peace
Inner aspect of silence is full of strength and energy. The ocean is stormy on the surface yet it is full of peace and calm in its depth. When one develops silence with knowledge and devotion, there is great upheaval in the heart yet there is an established peace and equanimity in the inner sanctum of the being. There develops peace in subtle activities of life. By the practice of silence a person becomes a sea of tranquility.
Good results of silence
The heart begins to be purified with the constant, deep and close pursuit of silence. An appropriate sense of discretion develops in the intelligence. This combination of purity and sense of discretion leads to a tremendous and lively sense of purpose and faith. The strength to constantly surrender is born out of these. In this fashion, the root of the strength to surrender is silence. If silence is practiced with appropriate behavior in all of the life's situations, then true peace and patience is cultivated and that in turn leads to the most appropriate and desired results.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pravesh ( જીવન પ્રવેશ )
Edition 2; pages 257-259.
22/1/37
Hari Om
When one lives life in solitude, silence is of utmost importance. It is especially needed to awaken the spirit of surrender in all aspects of our lives to God. Silence is always there to get the needed practical help, when conditions become intolerable for the lonely devotee. Silence is our active and living friend. The energy and force produced by silence is not comparable to anything else. Every soul feels lonely and helpless at times but no one tries to reject this loneliness. Life gets brighter by constant, deep, close and knowledgeable study of silence. Life also gets to be vast, peaceful and impartial. If silence is cultivated with clear purpose and living awareness then a mystic energy develops from this silence. Purity starts to manifest in all aspects of life. The knowledge of a knowledgeable person, the devotion of a devotee and the meditation of a yogi all spring from this silence. The essential element to experience the divine consciousness is this silence.
Silence of our senses
Silence is not only related to physical speech. That is only its physical meaning. True silence should be of all five senses. When it is possible to stop all five senses from taking interest in its own domain, then only it is called true silence. In other words, all senses should renounce its own interests. Fasting is the silence of sense of taste and staying speechless is the silence of speech. It is also a silence of eyes, ears and skin when they are absorbed in meditation. Being absorbed in One while living amongst many is also a kind of silence. When it is possible to live in any outer condition but completely absorbed in One on the inside, then all the senses gather a tremendous amount of energy and strength and that changes one's outlook of life and the surrounding world. With the development of the silence of all aspects of life, good qualities like humility, peace, seriousness of purpose and patience, expresses in life effortlessly. Mind becomes broad and generous, vision becomes full of love, and intelligence gets purified with the sense of discretion. Thus in this fashion the senses lose their natural characteristics automatically and then the resulting silence can be experienced.
Silence means ocean of peace
Inner aspect of silence is full of strength and energy. The ocean is stormy on the surface yet it is full of peace and calm in its depth. When one develops silence with knowledge and devotion, there is great upheaval in the heart yet there is an established peace and equanimity in the inner sanctum of the being. There develops peace in subtle activities of life. By the practice of silence a person becomes a sea of tranquility.
Good results of silence
The heart begins to be purified with the constant, deep and close pursuit of silence. An appropriate sense of discretion develops in the intelligence. This combination of purity and sense of discretion leads to a tremendous and lively sense of purpose and faith. The strength to constantly surrender is born out of these. In this fashion, the root of the strength to surrender is silence. If silence is practiced with appropriate behavior in all of the life's situations, then true peace and patience is cultivated and that in turn leads to the most appropriate and desired results.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan pravesh ( જીવન પ્રવેશ )
Edition 2; pages 257-259.
