Where There Is Atmagnan, There is the Silence of The Sages (Gujarati Dadavani June-2006)

In the worldly states of ignorance, those who do not speak any words are considered silent. Ordinary human beings are unable to refrain from speaking. For the One who is fully Self-realized, ‘I am not the speaker, this tape recorder is playing,’ is the state. Such a One is simply the ‘knower’ and the ‘seer’ of the speech. The real definition of silence is when one listens to one’s own speech. Another is when one speaks exclusively about the Self and related matters only and there are no aims of any worldly interaction in it. Such a state is indeed the silence of the Gnanis and great sages (munipanu).If anyone’s speech is such that it hurts others, agitates others then such a person should take the vow of silence once a week with the Agna of the Gnani Purush. Such an exercise of overt silence will help diminish the gross ego to acceptable levels. Such a person gets benefit of the continence of verbal speech and gradually gets some spiritual energies.