Prayer within breath Is silence...
Love within Infinity Is silence...
Wisdom without word Is silence...
Compassion without aim Is silence...
Smiling with all the Existence Is silence...
Words reduce our experiences to a concept. They only solidify things. Can you simply enjoy the autumn leaves and let go? Can you be totally with the experience of their mystery and beauty?
Yet the mind likes to put words to it. When we speak them out, that beautiful deep feeling gets solidified into those words.
If we repeat the words over and over, that silent, deep, mysterious feeling becomes lost in the words. Then we are left only with words.
Be willing to be wordless. Then if words do come up, they become poetry. Or prayer. Or singing. These words move us deeply.
Do you think that maybe, after all these years, you've said everything you need to say, perhaps even several times over?
Can you be wordless ... for just a little while?
-Sri Sri RaviShankar
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