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== Resting in Silence ==

~~~~There is nothing wrong in having intervals of passive peace without anything happening—they come naturally in the sadhana as a basis for fresh action when the nature is ready for it. It is only the vital attitude that turns it into a disharmony, because somewhere in its being there is not the assent to or participation in the peace and passivity. ~~~~To be able often to rest, repose in all the being outspread in the silent Brahman is an indispensable thing for the Yogi~~~~. But the vital wants always fuss, action, to feel that it is somebody doing something, getting on, having progress, on the move. The counterpart to this rajasic fuss is inertia. If the whole being can widen itself out, rest satisfied in the silence, then progressively inertia fades out and gives place to śama.~~~~<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/variations-in-the-intensity-of-experience#p32</ref~~></span~~>

~~~~The fact is that like all the other parts of the human being, the mind too needs rest and it will not have this rest unless we know how to provide it. The art of resting one's mind is something to be acquired. Changing one's mental activity is certainly one way of resting; but the greatest possible rest is silence. And as far as the mental faculties are concerned a few minutes passed in the calm of silence are a more effective rest than hours of sleep.~~~~<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/mental-education#p21</ref>

~~~~The rest must not be one which goes down into the inconscience and tamas. The rest must be an ascent into the Light, into perfect Peace, total Silence, a rest which rises up out of the darkness. Then it is true rest, a rest which is an ascent. (The Mother, 31 August 1955)~~~~<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/31-august-1955#p21</ref~~></span~~>

~~~~To relieve tension, ten minutes of real calm, inner and outer, are more effective than all the remedies in the world. In silence lies the most effective help. (The Mother, 30 January 1939)~~~~<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/17/30-january-1939#p8</ref~~></span~~>

~~<div style="color:#000000;">~~It is very difficult to put one's mind into repose. The majority of men get up very tired, more tired than when they went to sleep. One must learn how to quieten one's mind, make it completely blank, and then when one wakes up, one feels refreshed. One must relax the whole mind in the pure white silence, then one has the least number of dreams. (The Mother, 22 April 1953) <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/22-april-1953#p5</~~div~~ref>

(The Mother, 22 April 1953)<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/22-april-1953#p5</ref> ~~~~In any case one thing you can do in all security is, before going to sleep, to concentrate, relax all tension in the physical being, try... that is, in the body try so that the body lies like a soft rag on the bed, that it is no longer something with twitchings and cramps; to relax it completely as though it were a kind of thing like a rag. And then, the vital: to calm it, calm it as much as you can, make it as quiet, as peaceful as possible. And then the mind also—the mind, try to keep it like that, without any activity. You must put upon the brain the force of great peace, great quietude, of silence if possible, and not follow ideas actively, not make any effort, nothing, nothing; you must relax all movement there too, but relax it in a kind of silence and quietude as great as possible. (The Mother, 2 March 1955)~~~~<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/2-march-1955#p10</ref~~></span~~>

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