O Beloved, Can you clap and create a sound?
And can you clap louder and create another sound?
Congratulations! You can graduate and multiply sounds, and make it many and mightier than the previous rounds.
Now, can you un-clap and create Silence?
And can you un-clap harder and create stronger Silence? Sadho! Sadho!
Now, you know the science of Silence.
Truly, sounds occur, and Silence “is.”
But, sadly, we assume the opposite.
Consequently, in this world of sounds,
chasing after Silence looks so profound.
And, we search for it in the mountains or in caves,
follow gurus, seek knowledge, or sit near the mute graves. Still, we miss its fountainhead,
flowing just beneath our being’s bed.
Thus, for a sound-addicted mind,
let us begin with its opposite,
and anyhow, as one must start where he is.
Who knows by the end he loses all, he assumed was “his?”
So, let us begin within,
with the means of sounds,
we confer, and seek what lies beneath them.
Which makes the Silence to occur?
O Beloved, in its purest form,
Silence occurs…
when the mute gap eats
the borders of mind,
to subsist itself continuously,
where thinking is born of it, and not designed.
Silence occurs…
When the being walks on a sign-less path,
unguarded by the past and future.
It remains deeply relaxed and receptive,
and senses a serene silence behind all of its fore features.
Silence occurs…
When the stillness sings
without the burden of sound.
Where primal rhythm remains,
without any cause of “two,” to pound.
Silence occurs…
When the drop falls
through the layers of air,
and merges in the ocean,
and cares no more to find itself anywhere.
Silence occurs…
When the being stands before the existence
as one mirror before another.
The law of exchange is baffled
when one offers the “void” to others.
Silence occurs…
When the death
is transcended by life
and self knows both are born of each other,
and this knowledge makes your inner-self wise
Silence occurs…
Where the center of the body
meets the center of heart,
meets the center of the mind.
Thereupon, you lose this center in a nameless bind.
Silence occurs…
When the sensors open out,
but its sense opens in,
and the self knows this body is merely a medium
to experience the livingness of the being.
Silence occurs…
When mechanics of life
transform into the magic of life,
and the freshness prevails.
Your being wonders! And it remains no more stale.
O Beloved, may thee enter the silence like a humming wind through the window of spirit and conceive a song to sing forever.