Just some days ago I was in Mumbai for some college reasons. There, I visited a church in Mahim. It was near about 5.30 in morning when I went inside. It was a big church. First time in life I visited a church! It was really a pleasant experience.
The main hall was completely filled with crowd. Even after so much of the people there was an unexpected 'silence'- my most 'favorite' state. Everyone was sitting quietly in very simple, normal manner. There were no folded hands, bowing heads. Everyone was 'within himself'. Everyone was searching something inside. Many people were coming and departing but no one was caring because everyone was within!
That silence made me to think. Never before I had witnessed that level of silence. I think, that's the real way to follow. Silence is unreasonably needed for meditation. But it is not that one cannot be silent in the noise. Afterall silence comes from within! But to reach that stage, one has to meditate a lot which generally demands physical and outside silence! What impressed me about the church, is the simplicity followed by the people there. And I think simplicity is initial stage of silence! Silence is the fruit of simplicity. Simplicity should be properly nurtured so that it will lead to silence.
Every person is born in silence but he decides his death- to be or not to be in silence. So life is journey from silence to silence! The ultimatum of life is nothing but the silence. Thus to reach it, we have to just maintain silence throughout our journey so that we hardly deviate from the ultimatum!
Yes, this path of silence is very hard to follow. But a will, real spark will make it!!!
The main hall was completely filled with crowd. Even after so much of the people there was an unexpected 'silence'- my most 'favorite' state. Everyone was sitting quietly in very simple, normal manner. There were no folded hands, bowing heads. Everyone was 'within himself'. Everyone was searching something inside. Many people were coming and departing but no one was caring because everyone was within!
That silence made me to think. Never before I had witnessed that level of silence. I think, that's the real way to follow. Silence is unreasonably needed for meditation. But it is not that one cannot be silent in the noise. Afterall silence comes from within! But to reach that stage, one has to meditate a lot which generally demands physical and outside silence! What impressed me about the church, is the simplicity followed by the people there. And I think simplicity is initial stage of silence! Silence is the fruit of simplicity. Simplicity should be properly nurtured so that it will lead to silence.
Every person is born in silence but he decides his death- to be or not to be in silence. So life is journey from silence to silence! The ultimatum of life is nothing but the silence. Thus to reach it, we have to just maintain silence throughout our journey so that we hardly deviate from the ultimatum!
Yes, this path of silence is very hard to follow. But a will, real spark will make it!!!
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