1,727
edits
Changes
→Impediments in Attaining Silence
Man is the first animal on earth to be able to use articulate sounds. Indeed, he is very proud of this capacity and exercises it without moderation or discernment. The world is deafened with the sound of his words and sometimes one almost misses the harmonious silence of the plant kingdom. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/the-four-austerities-and-the-four-liberations#p34</ref>
= Silence in the Supermental boat =
When I wanted to send the groups ashore, those who were to land knew it automatically without my having to say a word, and they came up in turn. Everything went on in silence, there was no need to speak to make oneself understood; but the silence itself on board the ship did not give that impression of artificiality it does here. Here, when one wants silence, one must stop talking; silence is the opposite of sound. There the silence was vibrant, living, active and comprehensive, comprehensible. (The Mother, 19 February 1958) <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/19-february-1958#p32</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style= "background-color: #efefff; width: 100%;"