The Words of Satsang Are So You Can Hear the Silence - 16th November 2017

Once there was a very learned seeker who went to the sage. I'll help with the spelling later; she is very famous, Dakshinamurthy or perhaps another. There is a beautiful story about this. This very learned seeker, he went to the sage and said, 'Will you share the ultimate truth with me?' And the sage sat quietly. And you know, in the olden days, the sages had to be courted before they would speak. So this seeker, he kept asking, 'Will you share? I'm here. These are my credentials. I went to this Satguru before. I have learned all this. These are my spiritual experiences. Please share the ultimate truth with me.'

The sage was just sitting quietly, just looking. So, as it always happens—and very often happens with me also—after a while, the seeker gets upset. 'I have been asking sincerely. I've been asking with full devotion and I've asked you over and over again. I feel like you are very egoistic, that you're not answering my question.'

So the sage looked at him and spoke. He said, 'You have been asking, and every time you have asked, I have answered. But you don't hear the answer. If all that you say about your credentials is true, all that you say about your experiences is true, then you must be able to hear this answer by now. What I'm sharing with you is in the silence.'

The words of Satsang are just so that you can hear this silence. What can be more intimate than this? I am that which witnesses the space between your two thoughts. Who is there?