Poetry is to Music as Lyric is to Soul: Silence

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Silence

Be with people in silence; don't spend precious time and energy in idle talk. Eat in silence; work in silence. God loves silence. - Paramahansa Yogananda, `Spiritual Diary' Silence Shams can no longer speak; mutes are needed for this day. Silence is the sound of the hollow reed before the flute is played. All the melodies of all the songs live first, in that silent womb. Shams is content to sing a wordless note plucked in Love from silent longing's hand. Rejoice in the wordless symphony that... Sign in to see full entry.

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