SILENCE IS THE LANGUAGE OF GOD
Pic.: Kenrick D'Cunha “Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.” ― Orson Scott Card O ften, I remind myself, that, what man – be it Buddha or Jesus, Rumi or Tagore – discovers ‘had been always there’. Man only wakes up to what he discovers… call it reality or truth, whatever. And, the reason why - of the billions who come and go on this planet - only a handful become a Buddha, Jesus, Rumi or Tagore is, that most of us have never learnt to delve into the realm of silence… Whoever has discovered whatever truth, he has done it only in the stillness of his mind. Rumi himself had said: “Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” M y 23-year-old son has just returned from a week-long trip to Jeeling (Nainital district). Of all the scenic pictures he has posted, I loved this simple one the most: The quote was hung there, prominently, on th...