WHAT IS MEANT BY SILENCE?

 

Silence can only be found in silence. If you cannot experience silence within yourself, how will you know the value of silence? Can you ever understand the meaning of silence in the process of life within yourself? Because in that silence, all recognition is gone. Silence remains silent, and there is no recognition of silence. Once you start analysing the meaning of silence, then your silence is destroyed and becomes useless.

You go within yourself in that silence, yet you do not know you are silent. For silence has no answer to itself. Silence is silence. That is a scientific equation; any scientist here will bear me out. When you merge within yourself in silence, my beloveds, no question will remain because you will not analyse silence at all in your very silence. That is silence. So be silent and know, as the scriptures say, “Be still and know that I am God.”

THE GURU LEADS YOU TO FIND THAT DIVINE SILENCE WITHIN YOURSELF

That is what our scriptures tell us. But I can tell you something more about this. I will teach you how to be silent yet conscious of that silence. I will write this out to all of you as my license. To be silent is a step on the path that leads you further on. Leading you further on in your silence, you must learn to find the in‑silence within yourself, and as you progress, you will discover total silence.

Let us define the meaning of silence. What is silence, and what is silent? To be still and in your guru’s heart, or He in your heart. Is that silence? That is superficial. The guru leads you to find that divine silence within yourself. He can only lead you there, but you must see that silence. As I said, I will endorse the license to lead you there. So, what is the process of finding silence within yourself? There is no process. Silence exists within itself. No one in this universe can create it. The process involves following the path of in-silence to merge away in silence.

I am telling you truths perhaps never known before. I do not know. Who cares, in any case? Because once you produce a case, as my lawyer friends here will confirm, you go into mental gymnastics, which is not what I want you guys to do. I want you to merge away within yourself in the silence of Divinity. In finding that, I promise you will find the in-silence within yourself that will translate into peace within all of you.

BE YOURSELF

People try to clean their exteriors, and yet they stink. They put on their powders and puffs and whatever. You would know more than I do. What is the meaning of that, my beloveds? Where is it going to take you? To the cosmetic factory, yes! That is where you will go and spend a damn fortune, which is meaningless. But if you have the purity of heart, you will always remain fragrant within yourself. Smell me, if you like; any of you. Total fragrance without any cosmetics, without any makeup, without any shit. The principle is to be fragrant in purity within yourself. You can still use your cosmetics if you want to, like putting up your eyebrows in blue, purple, and whatever shade. What do I know about it? When I am with my beloved, I tell her to wash her face in the bathroom and to be herself, totally pure, without any cosmetics. That is important. I never want a woman who has cosmetics. But I want my wife, my beloved, clean and pure. These are practical lessons, so listen to them. I want her to be clean and pure, without any cosmetics at all. Why must I fall in love with cosmetics, which are a falsity?

Do you know that the most significant industry in this world is devoted to creating cosmetics? If my beloved kisses me passionately, am I kissing her sweet lips or lipstick? The point is this: do not indulge yourself in a false mask; indulge yourself in your reality. Remove the mask, for that mask is a falsity. Get to the next point: to become yourself. Be you. Be your reality and feel the beauty that exists within you. Why do you guys not see the beauty that is within you? You fail to see the beauty within yourself because of the false masks that you have put upon yourself. You only see yourself through this mask, which is not you. You observe yourself through the facade, the mask, that you have created around yourself, so you lose the sense of your reality. It is all so simple.

“THAT” IS WHO YOU ARE

To a spiritual master, a realised being in communion with Divinity, it is simple. But others might need a little more understanding, a little more spiritual practice, meditation and more and more diving deeper. The deeper you go within yourself, the more you will discover yourself. Where is your authentic self? Tell me. Answer me this question, my beloveds. We have known each other for so many years; you know that. Who are you? This beautiful, handsome face? Is that what you are? Is that what you regard yourself to be? That is wrong.

That is who you are. God bless you, beloved.

Let sunshine forever flow in your life.
Sunshine will ever flow in your life.
Rain might come, but that will pass away soon.
For the sunshine will forever be there with you.
Clouds might float by, but remember this:
Above the clouds, there is that beautiful sky.
So why must I be concerned with the clouds
When do I know the vastness of that beautiful sky?
Sunshine would never be there.
And thanks to the shining of the sun,
That has produced the clouds and the rain,
That has given you food for yourself to sustain,
Come blessings, my beloved.
Everything in life,
Everything has its counterpart.

… Gururaj Ananda Yogi: Satsang US 1987 – 33