This feeling came – it’s like staring at the Bindi right smack in the center of this intricate design … in a yantra artwork – sometimes there’s peace and quiet. Thank you Chanti Tacorante-Perez. (Aloha ~ If one is in Hawaii – I wish !, check out her classes:)
Close your eyes and feel the whole universe filled with sound. Feel as if every sound is moving toward you and you are the center. This feeling that you are the center will give you a very deep peace. The whole universe becomes the circumference and you are the center, and everything is moving toward you, falling toward you. The center is without sound, that is why you can hear sounds – a sound cannot hear another sound. The center is absolute silence. That is why you can hear sounds entering you, coming to you, penetrating you, encircling you.
If you can find out where is the center, where is the field in you to where every sound is coming, suddenly sounds will disappear and you will enter into soundlessness. If you can feel a center where every sound is being heard, there is a sudden transference of consciousness. One moment you will be hearing the whole world filled with sounds, and another moment your awareness will suddenly turn in and you will hear the soundlessness, the center of life.
– Osho, The Book of Secrets, Talk #25
For those who wonder why the space is not “quiet” enough for you to focus, it’s because I tend to think that sounds will allow you to find the silence within better. It’s the same in chanting … a prayer with sounds. True silence … not manufactured silence by suppression but true silence that’s delicious and luscious …tranquil. Instead of being so intent on shunning the disturbances, slamming the doors to shut out the sounds, have them just seep in…
