Silence of the Sign Language

There is silence in mediation (in general; we can meditate on sound too). Then there is this practice of going to silence without mediation. Here the person carries out his/her work, but keeps silence. It is the Mouna Vratha. These kinds of stuffs are practiced by both religious and spiritual people; some knows what they are upto and some just follow it.

I have never seen my father doing a Mouna Vratha. Among my relatives, it was only an uncle of mine who used to practice it. Once, I too went into silence for three days, some 4 years ago. Is silence just silence irrespective of when and where it occurs? Nope. It has different flavors and purpose.

Silence at its best is the one we enjoy during meditation. That is where we have a possibility to be in touch (modern psychologists use the word ‘tap’) with our Higher Self or God or whatever. When we are in Mouna Vrutha, we are just with us. We spend the time with us. We just talk to ourselves. And we just listen to us. But the funniest thing I have seen/observed is, when the silence is performed for a longer time, as a group, most of the members becomes expert in ‘sign language’ !!!

Silence is not voice rest…