I’ve been observing silence in the morning for many months now. It lasts from the time I wake up around 630 to 930 am.
This is what i have observed:
Initially, thoughts used to rush towards my tongue, but got stalled there because I would not speak. These were thoughts that badly wanted to become words…
Nowadays, thoughts still rush into my head, but they don’t travel to my tongue, because they know that they have no escape as words. (Yeah – they do escape as words like the ones I am typing. Most of the monastery stories are a result of the same.)
I hope and pray that one day, thoughts themselves give up on me. They will have figured that rushing into my silly head is futile for them because they will only find entrapment there.
I think silence of the tongue can lead to silence of the mind.
Try maintaining silence for as long or short as you can. You will be stunned by the energy you save and the calmness it helps you build…
