Om Shantih Shantih Shantih

The Soundless Sound: Peace Peace Peace

Talks given from 26/02/88 am to 18/03/88 pm English Discourse series

1 Sound is our mind -- silence is our being 2 An open future with no reverse gear 3 Love is showering on your boyfriend too!4 Life itself prepares the ground 5 Love gives your legs a dance 6 First find yourself 7 Nothing unnatural, but something unique 8 Forward to supernature 9 Old stones that you used to think were diamonds 10 Only reflecting, but not identifying 11 Just don't be a polack!12 Camels don't like to go to the mountains 13 Be, known thyself, keep the measure 14 Trust life, love life.15 The three rings of love 16 Having a lovely time -- but why?17 Almost drunk with emotion 18 The mind goes out of employment 19 You cannot avoid what you are 20 Without icecream no love is complete 21 Little Ernie is your brother 22 The seeker was the search 23 When you meet me just say good-bye 24 A great waiting... a great longing for the unknown 25 Greed knows no limit 26 Existence does not believe in speed 27 Time for silence and time for laughter

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1 Sound is our mind \-- silence is our being

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Sound is our mind – silence is our being 26 February 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I AM ALWAYS INTRIGUED BY EASTERN SCRIPTURES THAT BEGIN WITH OM, SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH AND END WITH OM, SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH. WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT THIS? Maneesha, the East has approached reality in an almost diametrically opposite way to the West....

10 Only reflecting, but not identifying

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Only reflecting, but not identifying 5 March 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, MORE AND MORE I SEE HOW MY ENERGY IS EITHER GOING VERY HIGH OR VERY LOW, HOW SOMETIMES I GET VERY EXCITED, COME DOWN AGAIN AND THEN FEEL EMBARRASSED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS STATE OF EXCITEMENT. DO YOU HAVE A KNACK TO GIVE ME FOR HOW TO WATCH WHEN THE EXCITEMENT COMES, NOT TO GET CARRIED AWAY AND NOT TO GET IDENTIFIED WITH DEPRESSION, AND HOW TO FIND MY GROUNDING AND BALANCE?...

11 Just don\'t be a polack!

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 Just don’t be a polack! 5 March 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I READ A POEM OF RUMI THE OTHER DAY WHICH WENT: “MOVE WITHIN, BUT DON’T MOVE THE WAY FEAR MAKES YOU MOVE.” AROUND THE SAME TIME I AWOKE FROM A DREAM IN TEARS AND ALL I REMEMBERED WAS LOOKING AT MYSELF IN A MIRROR, FACE TO FACE, AND MY EYES WERE FULL OF FEAR....

12 Camels don\'t like to go to the mountains

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 Camels don’t like to go to the mountains 6 March 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WHY IS IT THAT THROUGH THE AGES, FILTHY CORRUPTERS, RAPISTS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET, PEOPLE WHO BETRAY THEIR OWN MOTHER FOR POWER AND WEALTH, ARE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO REGALE THEMSELVES IN SUCH AN OSTENTATIOUS MANNER SO AS TO LIVE FREELY, SO TO SAY, IN THEIR PRESIDENTIAL PALACES OR PRINCELY RETREATS – NOT ONE BUT MANY – AND A MAN OF YOUR LIGHT, HEIGHT AND FAR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING IN EVERY WAY IS PERMITTED ONLY TO BREATHE THIS STINKING, POLLUTED AIR WHICH DOES NOT AT ALL CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH?...

13 Be, known thyself, keep the measure

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Be, known thyself, keep the measure 6 March 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WE POOR MODERN GREEKS DON’T KNOW WHAT THE TRUE RELIGION OF OUR ANCESTORS WAS. SO-CALLED SCHOLARS HAVE NO ANSWER AS THEY ARE CONFUSED BY THE RICH MYTHOLOGY OF POETS. HOWEVER, AT DELPHI ONLY THREE ADMONITIONS WERE ENGRAVED ON THE ORIGINAL TEMPLE: BE, KNOW YOURSELF, KEEP THE MEASURE....

14 Trust life, love life.

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 Trust life, love life. 7 March 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I AM STANDING BEFORE A DOOR ON WHICH IS WRITTEN: MYSTERIES OF EXISTENCE. I OPEN IT AND FIND MYSELF AT YOUR FEET. LOOKING DEEP INTO YOUR EYES, I SEE THAT SUDDENLY THE DOOR IS THERE AGAIN. I OPEN IT AND ONCE MORE, I AM HERE AT YOUR FEET....

15 The three rings of love

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 The three rings of love 7 March 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING, “DON’T SURRENDER TO A PERSON, SURRENDER TO LOVE.” I’M IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL WOMAN AND WE BOTH DEFINITELY DON’T WANT TO SURRENDER TO EACH OTHER. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SURRENDER TO LOVE WHILE BEING IN RELATIONSHIP?...

16 Having a lovely time \-- but why?

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 Having a lovely time – but why? 8 March 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, IS IT ALWAYS GOOD TO FOLLOW THE HEART OR ONCE IN A WHILE SHOULD A CLEAR MIND DECIDE WHAT IS TO BE DONE? AND WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY WANT TO GO IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS? Swami Anutosh Pradip, your question is hilarious – to say the least!...

17 Almost drunk with emotion

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 Almost drunk with emotion 8 March 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, SO OFTEN A FEELING THAT I CAN’T DESCRIBE FILLS MY HEART AND MY WHOLE BEING. DURING THE OTHER MORNING’S DISCOURSE IT FELT LIKE OVERWHELMING LOVE FOR YOU AND THE WHOLE. BUT NOW I REALIZE THAT THE SAME FEELING OR A VERY, VERY SIMILAR FEELING ALSO COMES UP IN FEAR, ANGUISH, THROBBING PAIN, HELPLESSNESS AND FRUSTRATION....

18 The mind goes out of employment

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 The mind goes out of employment 9 March 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER FROM MY EARLY CHILDHOOD UNTIL I TOOK SANNYAS, I WAS VERY MUCH SUFFERING FROM THE STRONG FEELING THAT EVERYTHING WAS TOO COMPLICATED. SINCE I MET YOU EIGHT YEARS AGO THINGS HAVE STARTED TO BE SLOWLY, SLOWLY MORE AND MORE SIMPLE....