When GOD speaks and you listen that's meditation.
Since childhood when i used to study in school, almost in every subject one lesson will start with this line or will contain this line- man is a social animal....
How much we depend on what has been taught to us since childhood, as we are shaped to take our place in this world. But how much of this is actually true? Social animal? we are shaped to think such way and results in our being scared of being left alone. All our life we strive hard to never be left alone. we need some one or another or some thing to keep us being left alone. How much energy we spend for not being alone only to realise at some point that actually we are alone. we were thru out life running away from one truth--- we all are alone. The sooner we realise this and become friendly with our own self the better it is, not only spiritually but as a human life too. Becoming our own friend happy in our own company, is called a loner. Another social stigma we fight hard to keep away. While those who know the value of spiritual path will understand the beauty of this-- aloneness...those who remain involved in this world are always afraid of this particular gift from GOD...
SILENCE---
Sannata[ silence] how many poets has written such heart rendering poems on this particular phenomena. some term it spooky, some term it lonely. And almost all try hard never to be in silence. "Sannate ke saay-saay". Even if for this they have to switch on television or i-pods or mp3. And yet how we fail to understand it's the constant chattering of our own thoughts that we try to escape. Our own mind keep going round and round, spinning constant flow of thoughts, constant chattering , never giving up.
How many people now are doing jobs, including females. New area like call centers etc. where there is never a moment of silence. Traffic jams or flowing of traffic ,constant humming of sounds keep flowing. If that is not enuf there are chat rooms available. all sorts of chattering can be done. Just to keep away the silence....
And yet we all keep looking for peace. A moment of peace. Which is always in our hands to claim whenever we want. Coz the journey of peace starts from silence. A much needed beautiful silence. An oasis of peace. which is within us. Within every single one of us. Why are we afraid of silence. Coz we don't know how to stop our own mind from chattering too much. But as the disciple of MASTER, we have been given the instrument which can take us there....to that oasis of peace where silence can be achieved and with this automatically comes --- peace.
With constant outward clammering of sounds and with constant chattering of mind how many times we all have felt stressed out. How many of us have rushed towards stress busting tips and clinics. Evidly following any stress beating article. And yet all of this was always within us, we only had to reach out our hands. With all the stressed out feeling why is it that we still don't understand the value of silence? Coz we haven't yet learned to live in that oasis of peace that silence can bring. With what MASTER has given to us we can beat any clammering on our mind and soul and live in peace, even amidst most humming areas...go on try it for yourself. And built that revered silence around u.
The biggest gift that GOD gives us is the gift of silence. Since from here the journey of peace starts. When a soul starts to value silence more n more... she is becoming ready to listen to her name being called from the lips of GOD. Coz it's in silence GOD speaks to HIS child-- soul.
THE FIRST VIRTUE IS TO RESTRAIN THE TONGUE; HE APPROACHES NEAREST TO THE GODS WHO KNOWS HOW TO BE SILENT, EVEN THOUGH HE IS IN THE RIGHT.
- CATO.
How many times it's becoz of lack of silence that we feel burdened or weight down. Silence not only consistes the surroundings becoming peace ful and silent. With no traffic noices, no babies or kids or wives or spouse yelling, no tv, no music. It also consists inner silence. silencing the thoughts and feelings that arise as results of those thoughts. And there by silencing the tongue which can spew out soo much which may later haunt us. If only we have kept silent. If we analyse ourself we always feel heavey when we needlessly speak. And needlessly hurt some one. But when we remain silent and pass by the moment which cud have turn nasty, we always feel so light. Negative feelings always drain out precious energy and resultant emotions or feelings are never healthy or light. They burden the soul unnecessarily. But being silent never hurts. If we treat silence positively.
There is a quote ---
TRY NOT TO SAY IT. U MAY WANT TO SAY IT, U MITE ACHE TO SAY IT, IT MAY B FUNNY. IT MAY B THE TRUTH. IT MAY B JUSTICE, IT MAY B VENGEANCE. BUT IT WUD STILL BE BETTER TO JUST SHUT UP…
SOLITUDE-
One who values silence then step more closer to one's own company. Which is solitude. When we are not afraid of our own company and prefer to live with our own self. When we are comfortable in our own skin and respect ourselves and our privacy. When words become superfluose not needed. Then we step more closer to GOD. When even with GOD words are not needed. Only sweet contemplation and rememberence, wordless yearning to be with HIM, is enuf, and nothing else is needed...GOD answers to such wordless love. And this can be achieved only thru practising silence and learning to embrace solitude.
This is one poem which i love most. Is my mantra.... sharing here....
Solitude and HIM
S tillness, wherein I rest in Your will
O nly breath and Spirit are my fill.
L onging for You without tongue or word
I n private, where sweet silence is heard.
T ransformed , as You want me to be
U nited for all eternity.
D arkness -I no longer fear
E mbraced by Love's heavenly sphere.
S tillness, wherein I rest in Your will
O nly breath and Spirit are my fill.
L onging for You without tongue or word
I n private, where sweet silence is heard.
T ransformed , as You want me to be
U nited for all eternity.
D arkness -I no longer fear
E mbraced by Love's heavenly sphere.
It's so beautiful to cherish silence of mind , thoughts. Ofcourse silence in outer surroundings helps so much more, but for those who learns to value this silence. There are those who loves the hum-bum of big cities and are afraid to survive even couple of days in a very small place - a village etc. They call these places god forsaken places. Where as in truth GOD dwells so much closer here. So we have to learn to love silence of surroundings instead of being afraid of that. And if we have good fortune to be rewarded with such place so much the better. But what good will it do if our thoughts are not silent? If our mind keeps chattering? if instead of our own solitude we still crave for some one's company. It's when we are alone that we learn to feel HIM with us beside us always. When we are looking for some tangible company to keep ourself occupied, and keep our self from feeling lonely...how can we learn to feel HIM beside us, with us, within us. All our energy is being drained in trying not to feel lonely. But even this is not so simple. Try picturing many years of solitude. With none else but u in ur own company. If we still feel unafraid coz we knoe HE is with us...now that is another step in the biggest gift of GOD...from silence to solitude....
STILLNESS-
HOW RARE TO FIND A SOUL STILL ENUF TO HEAR THE GOD SPEAK.
- FRANCOISE DE FENELON
- FRANCOISE DE FENELON
It all leads to stillness. Stillness of thoughts of mind...which in reality is the only thing that keep us away from peace. we our self keep us away from peace. when we will learn this truth, we will stop being our own enemy.
Stillness of constant flow of thoughts and emotions, leads to stillness of desires. And the blissful spark of peace is lit within us. We are now on our way to shed everything and become nothing. We are on our way to finally be receptive enuf to listen to HIM speaking to us.
In a movie a beautiful scene comes, which i m sure many of us loves. Amidst silent scenery a heroine is moving forward and in that spellbounding silence suddenly a loving and spellbounding sound of flute starts breaking, waves upon waves it turns into loving cresendo of music..it's beauty intact in surrounding silence. Coz nothing else, none another sound mars it's beauty.....Making that music complete. To learn to recognise the beauty of any music... we need to silent the surroundings so that nothing else save that music is heard. only then it's beauty envelop us....
And the music within each one of us ..the celestial music is tooo valuable to mar it by our own chattering. To completely immerse the soul in it's beauty..so that it may lead us back home...we need complete silence...complete stillness. only then we can understand our own beauty and GOD's love towards us.. HIS beloved royal blood princess...soul. it's in this stillness we can here HIM calling out to us..whispering our name. First the tiny bit of whisper which will held us spellbound and then full blown orchestra of HIS love.....
We are since ages soooo tired of being with our own never ending round and round thoughts that we don't know how to get rid of this chattering. To keep this chattering away we try hard to be a social animal. Keeping our own stupid mind at bay by drowning our self in various kind of sounds. Sounds of our loved one's or friends or fellow humans..if they are not available then tv, i-pods or any other music. We just keep our thoughts to stop bothering us. And we have forgotten to experience that peace which we crave and yearn for. In fact that peace is the result of stilling our own mind. And fortunately for those who have been lucky one's to have a guiding and loving hand and grace of MASTER, the instrument to find that peace has been handed over to us. And yet since ages we are so much involved in keeping our thoughts at bay that we still keep on going round and round. we still are afraid of that first step of sitting in silence and listening to our own thoughts our own mind chattering away happily as we strive for a glimpse of that elluding peace. That we forget that first step has to be taken. since ages this mind of ours has been left free to spurn thoughts ...now for once we have to sit down and confront finally this stupid mind and with help of our very own GUIDE and MASTER ...we will win this battle...
winning is guarented by none else the GOD HIMSELF..... :)
Journey of peace starts from silence , first step is to gather up courage and sit down with our own mind finally confront it. Instead of keeping on running away from it. And that needs solitude.
Which will one day with HIS help lead us to stillness and the peace with in..... :)
Peace to all...
GOD BLESS
