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Sankalpa only is Samsara. Its destruction is Moksha. It is only Sankalpa destroyed beyond
resurrection that constitutes the immaculate Brahmic seat. As the cause of bondage is Sankalpa you
should root it away from you as completely as possible. This destruction of Sankalpa should be
intelligently practiced. Do not become of the form of objects or the knower enjoying the same.
Where there exists conception of the objects and the enjoyer of the same, you should gradually and
at all times destroy this Sankalpa. After destroying all Sankalpas become That which remains.
Thoughts gain strength by repetition. If you entertain an evil thought or a good thought
once, this evil thought or good thought has a tendency to recur again. Thoughts crowd again. Just as
the birds of the same feather flock together, so also if you entertain one evil thought all sorts of evil
thoughts join together and attack you. If you entertain any good thought all good thoughts join
together.
Like attracts like. If you entertain an evil thought that thought attracts all sorts of evil
thoughts from others. You pass on the thoughts to others also. Thought moves. Thought is a living
dynamic force. Thought is a thing. If you allow your mind to dwell on a sublime thought this
thought will attract good thoughts from others. You pass on that good thought to others. You pollute
the world with your bad thoughts. You help the world with your good thoughts. When you reach the
spiritual summit of thoughtlessness you will reach the abode of Immortality and eternal peace and
supreme bliss.
Therefore this I should be identified with that which remains after eliminating all the
above five illusory sheaths. It is by nature Sat-chit-ananda. This is the Immortal Soul, Atman or
Brahman. Through ignorance, through superimposition you have mistaken these five illusory
sheaths for the pure immortal Atman. Transcend the five sheaths by attaining knowledge of the Self
and be free. Rest in your own Sat-chit-ananda Svarupa by knowing Who am I?
4. Silence
1. Once the disciple Bhaskali approached his Guru, Bhava, and asked him where that
eternal, the Supreme Infinite, the Brahman of the Upanishads is. The master spoke not. The disciple
asked him again and again but the master did not open his mouth. He kept perfect silence. At last the
teacher said: I have been telling you again and again but you do not understand me. What am I to
do? That Brahman, the Infinite, the Eternal cannot be explained but by deep silence know it. There
is no other place for Him to dwell in, but the one eternal deep silence! Ayam Atma Santah This
Atman is silence.
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2. Silence is Atman. Silence is Brahman. Silence is Truth. Silence is immortal Soul. Silence
is God. Silence is the substratum for this body, mind, Prana and senses. Silence is the bliss or
background for this sense-universe. Silence is Power. Silence is a living Force. Silence is the only
Reality. The peace that passeth all understanding is Silence. The goal of your life is Silence. The
aim of life is Silence. The purpose of your existence is Silence. Silence is within. It can be felt or
realised by silencing the boisterous mind. If you can feel it within, you can surely express it without.
3. The message of the desert Sahara is Silence. The message of Himalayas is Silence. The
message of the Avadhoot who lives stark naked at the icy Gangotri or Kailas is Silence. The
message of Lord Dakshinamurthy to his four disciples Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and
Sanatkumara was Silence. When the heart is full, when you get overjoy, there is silence. Who can
describe the glory of this silence?
4. There is no healing balm better than silence for those persons who have a wounded heart
from failures, disappointments and losses. There is no soothing panacea better than silence for those
who have wounded nerves from the turmoil of life from friction, rupture and frequent domestic
quarrels.
5. In deep sleep you are in close touch with this stupendous silence, but there is the veil of
Avidya. The silence that you enjoy during deep sleep and the silence that you experience at dead of
night give the clue to the existence of that ocean of Silence or Brahman.
6. Silence is golden. Silence is more eloquent than words. Seers and sages do not talk.
Silence is the means of communication. This is strange but powerful mode of conversation. Real
aspirants who are pure and who live with sages only know this unique language of Silence. In that
stupendous silence you will find the proof of the existence of God. Learn to enter into the silence
daily in the morning at 4 a.m. for one hour, by withdrawing the senses and mind from the external
objects. The language of God is silence. Try to learn this language of silence. Listen to its soundless
voice by stilling the mind. Hear the voice of the silence with rapt attention. It will guide you. It will
remove your doubts. It will inspire you. Learn all about Silence from the new-born babe and
become wise.
7. In the beginning when darkness was rolling over darkness there was Silence only. This
Silence is Sat. This Silence is Chit. This Silence is Ananda. This Silence is pure, all-pervading,
invisible Consciousness. Maya lies hidden in a corner of this Silence in a seed-state during cosmic
Pralaya. In the beginning of Maha Kalpa, Brahman wills and a vibration (Spandana) arises. The
equilibrium of three Gunas is thereby disturbed. Sattva, Rajas and Tamas manifest. Then the
Samsaric wheel is set in motion. It is the Rajas that generates much activities and much noise in the
world.
8. In common parlance to sit quite without talking to anybody is silence. If your friend does
not write to you for a long time you will say: My friend is keeping icy silence. I do not know why?
If anybody does not talk in a big lecture hall for some time when there is a thrilling lecture, you say:
There was pin drop silence last evening when the philosopher delivered a lecture. When the boys
make much noise in the class, the teacher says to the boys: Silence please. When you come across
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two Sadhus, one Sadhu tells: The other Sadhu is a Mouni. He is my friend. He is observing the vow
of silence for the last six years. This is all physical silence.
9. If you do not allow the eyes to see objects and if you withdraw them from objects through
the practice of Pratyahara or Dama, this is silence of that particular sense, eye. If you do not allow
the ears to hear any sound it is silence of that particular Indriya. If you observe complete fast on
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