Life needs and wants victory, but the victory that we achieve in the world of sound does not last for long. The victory that we achieve in the world of silence is everlasting.

Silence is preparation, our preparation for God’s examination. We come to know God’s Hour only wheel we observe silence, only when we dive deep within. An uninspiring person does know and cannot know God’s Hour. If God’s Hour dawns in his life, he fails to notice it. But a seeker who practices silence every day for half an hour or an hour knows when God’s Hour is going to strike. God not only tells him when the Hour will strike but also, like a private tutor, helps the seeker to pass his inner examination.

 

I give birth to thunder-noise

When I challenge the pride

Of ignorance-night.

I give birth to silence-voice

When I sleep in the heart

Of my aspiration-light.