The
Gnani will neither talk too volubly like shallow persons nor keep complete
silence. He will talk as much as is
necessary but no more.
Silence
really means keep quiet in controversial
discussions because one does not know
what anyone has in his mind and without semantic analysis it is all useless, so
silence is better.
In
pursuit of truth silence means thinking constantly of the formless as against universe.
Word and thought always imply duality, the object, whereas the subject, formless
witness or consciousness is beyond both word and thought.
The
physical silence practiced by yogis, is a sign of their ignorance, because they
are thinking of the tongue and lips, i.e. body and not of the formless witness,
which consciousness. However it is useful to those who are not seeking truth as
a discipline. Yogic silence was intended only for the ignorant, who are unfit for
path of wisdom.
Consciousness is wrapped in the meaning
of words. Semantics aim at clarifying meanings but AUM ultimately shows you
that all words are futile because they cannot express the ultimate nature of
anything: Silence alone does this.
