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"Or silence may open listeners up to the unknown reality of themselves: to a universe within as infinite as the stars. With good reason, that is what humankind may be afraid of. It has taken mystics to brave it: St John of the Cross venturing into the noche oscura in which the soul meets the Lover, or the writer of the Chandogya Upanishad, 'meditating on this visible world as beginning, ending and breathing in the brahman'. Like a deep dive, engaging with silence is an act of faith."

Beautiful.

There are some amazing western teachers who teach how to experience this, such as:

Eckhart Tolle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtuiEDBKgBU




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