When you are willing to stop looking for something in thought, you find everything in silence.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the importance of silence and stillness in discovering deeper truths and insights.
Gangaji suggests that when we cease our constant mental chatter and searching, we open ourselves up to profound understanding and clarity that can only be found in moments of silence. It emphasizes the idea that sometimes, less thinking and more being can lead to greater wisdom and awareness.
In practice
In a meditation class to encourage participants to embrace silence.
The most sublime truth of all has never been stated or written or sung. Not because it is far away and can not be reached, but because it is so intimately close, closer than anything that can be spoken. It is alive as the stillness in the core of your being, too close to be described, too close to be objectified, too close to be known in the usual way of knowledge. The truth of who you are is yours already. It is already present.
If you are willing to take an instant to withdraw attention from whatever your internal dialogue is, to withdraw energy from whatever the latest point of view about your suffering is, it is immediately obvious what is here: the fullness, the richness and the love of oneself as conscious life.
Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself.
Self is not liberated. It was never bound. What gets liberated are the demons as well as gods of your mind. Set them free. You are sick of playing with the game. Be willing to not play the game. This takes huge resolve.
All the truth in the world is held in stories.
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.
Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off.
Purity is the fruit of prayer.
Something is aware of even the energy of confusion inside of you. There is no need to get unconfused. Leave it - it will pass.
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