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Meditation on Silence
by Paramhansa Yogananda
from Metaphysical Meditations, 1932 Edition
 

My silence spreads like an expanding sphere, directionless, everywhere.

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My silence spreads like a radio song, above, beneath, left and right, within and without, everywhere.

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My silence spreads the wildfire of bliss; the dark thickets of sorrow and the tall oaks of pride are all burning up.

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My silence, like the ether, passes through everything, carrying the songs of earth, atoms, and stars into the halls of His infinite mansion.

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I will fill my heart with the peace of meditation. I will pour heartfuls of my joy into peace-thirsty souls.

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Behind the throb of my heart, I shall feel the throb of God’s peace.

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Teach me not to dope myself with the opiate of restlessness.

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All spiritually successful people, Jesus, Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Swami Sri Yukteswar, Swami Shankara, and others, are the manifestations of our one Father, God. Because I know that my Father and I are one, I am happy to know also that my own spiritual ambition to realize the oneness has already been attained through all great masters.

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Each day I will meditate more deeply than yesterday. Each tomorrow I will meditate more deeply than today. I will meditate during most of my leisure hours.

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Today, with the soft touch of intuition I will tune my soul radio and rid my mind of static restlessness, that I may hear Thy voice of cosmic vibration, the music of atoms, and the melody of love vibrating in my superconsciousness.

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I will find perpetual celestial happiness within. Peace will reign in silence, or in the midst of activities. Let me hear Thy voice, O God, in the cave of meditation.

 

 

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