“WE ARE ALL A FOUNTAIN HEAD OF JOY AND WE CAN HAVE A GLIMPSE OF THAT JOY WHEN WE ARE NOT THINKING THIS OR THAT” – DADA BHAGWAN
SILENCE is our real nature. The whole nature such as the trees, plants, flowers, the sky, clouds, sun, all are functioning perfectly in silence. Then why does man make all the noise?
Once a disciple went to his Spiritual Master & there he was given a task to be completed. Now while working on the task, a thought of ego came to his mind- “I am doing such a great job for my Guru…I am so great” and so he started feeling superior. But the next moment the Master made him realize something from within.
The inner voice said, “My Master has done so much for my spiritual evolvement. Taking care of all the needs such as while I was working, He served food to keep my body energetic. He gave His time, energy & guided me in completing the task. All this was done with great love & in silence. He gave me a chance to serve but look at me; ego is all that I have”. Carrying the load of this ego, he felt so much heavy inside.
All sorrow is due to this noise machine called The Mind which we all possess. The more we identify with this noise machine, the more our life becomes unhappy. A man has around 150 – 180 thoughts per minute on an average. Thanks to the pharmaceutical companies for making the sleeping pills or else the world would go mad.
We are the observer of this mind but to our amazement, this mind is controlling us.
Spiritual Master says; to come in Silence (Our Real Nature), practice
- Outer Silence
- Inner Silence
HOW TO ACHIEVE OUTER SILENCE?
In order to practice outer silence, ask yourself the following questions before conversing,
- Is it the truth?
- What will be its consequences?
- Repeat the words in your mind. Is it necessary for me to speak out these words? If not, then do not speak.
- Watch your words. {“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence”}
The words should not be blaming or hurting.- Be clean rather than clever.
- We often speak out unnecessarily to show our intelligence.
HOW TO ACHIEVE INNER SILENCE?
The awakened one is the observer of his mind; he uses the mind when needed & when not required, he comes in Self. But does this happen with us…? No, the noise machine keeps chattering. So, how to achieve silence?
- LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT-
Mostly the thoughts of past & future haunt our mind which creates chaos in life. So, to come in silence, come in the present moment. - EGOLESS & DESIRELESS, YOU ARE THOUGHTLESS-
When the ego & desires are heightened the mind runs faster. When things do not happen our way, the mind becomes restless. Satguru says, when we do not know our Real Self then we live only at the mental level. Man wants permanent happiness from temporary things such as position, power & money. How can he get it…?? Thus man creates misery for himself. Without the knowledge of our Real Self, man is only a mind. - ALL GREAT WORKS OF ART ARE ACHIEVED WHEN THE MIND IS SILENT-
All great works such as poetry, discoveries, creativity, inventions, & great acts of bravery happen, when the mind is quiet as this is the moment when we are connected to The Supreme. Once a disciple believed that he could never have good writing skills. But to his amazement, when he came under the guidance of his Divine Master, his ability to pen down the thoughts developed & bloomed. The Master says, “When the mind is silent, we are connected to The Supreme (Satguru), which reinforces our creativity from within. Thus the genius of which we are unaware of blossoms”. - ACCEPTANCE-
The more we accept life & its situations, the more smiling & silent we become from inside. Resentment brings bitterness & problems in life.
CONCLUSION-
Thinking is not our Real nature. Silence is our true nature. Silence is bliss. So, to come in silence, start meditating for one minute, then for two minutes & then go on increasing the time span. Meditate by focusing on your breath. While waiting in a queue for the doctor, stuck up in traffic jam or waiting for your bus or metro, just concentrate on your breath or listen to a spiritual discourse (Guru Vani). Don’t get irritated; don’t mix with your mind. Be the observer of your thoughts (Saakshi).
This is one of the most beautiful Article with so much Depth something which we all long for in our all time running around minds
Thanks to Our Mentor our Guru Bhagwaan Ji for teaching us the importance and how to gain both inner and outer Silence ???
Beautiful articles our mentor guru bhagwan ji who has very well explained the power of silence which can also be observed by way of concentrating on our breath. Silence is our real nature.Silence of not only voice but mind.we can only connect to supreme soul when we are internally silent.
Thank you guru bhagwan ji.
Wonderful article. Very nice way to keep our cluttered mind at bay by concentrating at our breadth or listening spiritual discourse when stuck somewhere. Shukrane Gurubhagwanji for guiding ous.
Very beautiful article.Inner & Outer silence is very important in our life.Live in the moment.All the thoughts go around this.We will try to Acceptance , egoless & more over desireless. Many many thanks to our Mentor Guru bhagwan ji who encourage us.
This article beautifully describes the importance of silence in one’s life.It is very rightly said that Thinking is not our Real nature. Silence is our true nature.We should follow this saying in our daily lives and meditate as much as possible.Guru Bhagwan ji ke anant shukrane hai
Thank you Guru Bhagwan Ji for sharing such an illuminating article. Every sentence is a treasure. If we could implement even half of this in our lives, then most of our self created problems would solve. Every sentence has such deep thoughts and knowledge in it. Thank you…
Great great article ? ? anant anant shukarne ?? only need to folliw it??
Very thoughtful article.
The best point that touched is “when we are silent, we are connected to the Supreme power (our satguru)
Only by your grace we can even think of practice to be silent.
Millions of thanks guru bhagwan ji for your selfless love.
बहुत ही अच्छा article हैं गुरुभगवानजी। आप ही हमे silence में रहना सिखाते हैं। आपके अनंत प्रेम ,कृपा मेहनत के अनंत अनंत शुक्राने हैं।
Anant anant shukrane hain Aapke Guru Bhagwan . Bahut hi jgane Wala message hai. Aapke Prem aur mehnat k anant anant shukrane hain???
Very beautiful blog on Silence . So much to learn and practice. A million thanks for Divine love, grace and presence of our Spiritual Master who is always giving, giving and giving…….. in Silence.
Thank you guru bhagwanji for putting us such a wonderful article on SILENCE..
Sari prakrati kitni shaant bhaav se apna sara kam krti hai ek manushy hi hai jo shor machata hai. Bahar se bhi aur andr se bhi lekin bhagwanji aapki kripa aur aapki mehnat hai hum sabke saath jo aap hame shant rehna sikhate hai. Thankyou so much guru bhagwanji for ur never ending grace, for ur unconditional love ,for ur precious time and for each and everything.. Aapke prem ke kripa ke mehnat ke anant anant shukrane hai.. ????
Shukrane Guru Bhagwan ji?
Aapki kripa se samajh aya ki silence is our real nature.
Bhagwan ji Jb hum Soch samajh k bolte h ki jo hum bol rai h kya wo bolna jaruri hai, kya usse kisi ko khushi milegi, Tab humare andar outer silence aa pati hai or past future ko na sochkar sirf present m egoless, desireless hokar bhagwan ji apke shukrane me jeete hai tab inner silence aa pati hai.
Guru Bhagwan ji apke anant shukrane hai jo aap hume itni samajh dete hai?
Bahut hi inspiring article hai
Millions of Thanks to our mentor.
Bhagwanji Aap hi silence mai rehna sikhate hain
Bahar ka or andar mann ka maun aapki kripa se hi aata hai
Anant Anant shukrane bhagwanji
Silence and Observation explained very well. Guru bhagwan ke shurane
Silence of not only voice but mind is really a blessing which our Guru Bhagwan ji advises us to practice.
A thoughtless moment provides peace of mind
Beautiful article. सारी प्रकृति शांत भाव से अपना काम
करती हैं। एक मनुष्य ही है जो शोर मचाता रहता है। बाहर से भी और अंदर से भी। शांत रह कर भी सब कुछ कर सकते है। मन शांत रहेगा तो concentration भी ज़्यादा होगा।
Thank you so much ??
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Thank you so much for putting up such a wonderful article on ‘SILENCE ‘.
We want and can silent anybody and everybody but not out minds .
By the grace and guidance of our Devine Mentor we can achieve it .
Inner silence aur outer silence ko kaise achieve kiya ja sakta hai; is article se bahut achey se jaanne ko mila.
Article ko read karke aik shanti ki feeling aayi.
Jub read karte hi muh.shant ho gaya to practicle apply karne se kitna sunder anubhav hoga.
Parnaam karti hu Gurubhagwanji.
Itne sunder article ke liye
This article has left me spell bound,
Truly showing the importance of silence, our true self
It’s amazing how our Guru calmly and smoothly gives us insight.
Thank you very much for being the guiding and driving force of our lives.
Anant anant shukrane Guru Bhagwan Ji .bahut hi jgane wala artiical hai. Hmare Mann ki machine chalti hi rhti hai. Isliye ham life me Kuchh nhi kar pate, apne thoughts k prati Aap hme aware krte hai. Sach me Guru Bhagwan sab Kuchh Aap hi krane wale hain.kisi bhi kaam k liye silent mind ka hona bahut jaruri hai.Aapke bahut shukrane hain Aapne hme bahut sare bekar k thoughts se bacha liya. Ab Aapse prarthna h ki Ab Aap yaad aayein. He Nath! Is mann k chakkar me aa aayein. Mai Aapki sharan me huin. itne helpful artical k liye, Aapki mehnat ko naman hain, banda hain?♀?♀?♀?♀?♀Guru Bhagwan Ji
Very good ….
Learnt a lot.
This article is absolutely so knowledgeable
The best point is that when the whole nature such as the trees, plants, flowers, the sky, clouds, sun, all are functioning perfectly in silence, then why does man make all the noise? And if we are the observer of this mind then why is this mind is controlling us?
This article truly provokes us to think about silent introspection.?
Thank you very much to our Mentor for this article.