Silence is ever-speaking; it's the perennial flow of "language". It is interrupted by speaking; for words obstruct this mute "language". Silence is permanent and benefits the whole of humanity. Oral lectures are not so eloquent as silence. Ramana Maharshi
Vivekananda Swamiji. Says "The ideal man is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the intensest activity, and in the midst of the intensest activity finds the silence and solitude of the desert. He has learnt the secret of restraint, he has controlled himself. He goes through the streets of a big city with all its traffic, and his mind is as calm as if he were in a cave, where not a sound could reach him; and he is intensely working all the time. That is the ideal of Karma-Yoga, and if you have attained to that you have really learnt the secret of work".
Vedanta silence means silence of the mind. Silence of the mind in this case involves decreasing the activity of generation of thoughts. Usually, such generation of thoughts clutters our minds and prevents us making the right decision when it matters. You can be active while your mind is silent in this respect. In fact, that is what happens, in a way, when you have given complete attention to something. In complete attention only awareness is active, not thought generation. Thinking is a motion in the field of consciousness (JK). Constant thought generation (cluttered mind) requires tremendous energy (ATP), as many neurons have to communicate with many regions of the brain constantly. When such thoughts are not allowed to generate, couple of good things happen: 1) These irrelevant thoughts do not interfere with a truly required thought for a given task at hand (your mind is calm) and 2) it saves a lot of energy in the form of decreased neuron activity from irrelevant thoughts. JK calls it simply being (silent mind). Simply being is the silence that precedes the generation of efficient and best thoughts that eventually lead to the right karma (right action).
Sciences can answer only how the phenomena are happening in this unreal universe. It can never answer 'Why' and 'by Whom' these phenomena are happening? Why does this Universe and we exist? Isn't it? We can never know the answers of these by any argument also. Please respond Mr. Sarvpriyananda ji.
Some Spanish man gave a speech in Spanish. But ; the audiance don't know Spanish. Now; that person asked one of the audience. How was my speech. That audience: Words .... words.... words ..... The Spanish gentleman: so ; you failed to understand. You don't know Spanish ?!? Same goes with you.
What ever he is saying is on the surface level...same parrot talking....what for he is taking... doesn't know...why is he talking doesn't know...is it necessary talking...he doesn't know
he knows what he is talking.. which is evident from his life... his blissful way of being, his purity, his devotion to sri ramakrishna..his eyes shows the glimpse of the divine bliss.. these shows that he is in an advance spiritual state.. sad that the mud of envy and ignorance in your heart is not letting you see that..
Ignorance is bliss my dear....it is the knowledge which is crippling the human race....see other creatures in nature how bless Full they are.....human are the only species who never get satisfied.. want..want and more want...and when all the wants are over what next.. another want
.... question is there... questioner also there... answerer is also there...but where is the answer....... to know what is silence.. you need to know what is one hand clapping..
Silence is keep the mind not to engage in things one does not u derstam, when the mind is not ATTENTIVE, when the mind is not PERCEIING THE REALITY driffrting in its own DREAMS and ILLUSION, when the mind has FAILED TO APPRECIATE THE EXCISTANCE, When the mind is FAILING TO FEEL WELL WITH ITSELF.etc OBSERVE SILENCE. If not you will ENHANCE THE DISTURBANCES in the mind. VALLALAR who is SAIT ARUTPERUB JYOTHI SAID " SUMMA IRUPATHE NALLAM ("IN TAMIL). It is better to keep QUIET not to meddle with the disturbed mind. THAT IS SILENCE.MOUNA.LORD DATATREYA The mouna GURU.Put an effort to feel well in LIFE. LIFE WILL GIVE THE SOLUTION, the answer you are looking for to get a GLIMPS of the mysteries of LIFE.
