|| Om Om Om ||
WISDOM FOR DAILY DOINGS ...
OBSERVE SILENCE
Use measured words in talking. Do not talk much. Try to finish a
conversation within a few minutes. Understand the nature of the man
rightly. When he enters your office or house for an interview, speak
politely and with great respect for the man. Then send him away
immediately and conserve your energy.
Do not indulge in long unnecessary talks and discussions. Man is a
social animal. He is prone to much talking. He is very garrulous.
This talkative habit is ingrained in him and he is much troubled when
he cannot get any company. He does not want to go in for seclusion.
The observance of mauna (silence) is death and capital punishment for
him. Ladies are still more garrulous. They always create some kind of
unnecessary quarrels in the house.
I always prescribe the practice of mauna for one and all, as this
helps in the preservation of energy, development of will and
enjoyment of peace. All sorts of quarrels, misunderstandings, anger,
etc., can be easily avoided by mauna for two hours daily and for six
hours on Sundays, and for a full week on long holidays.
Even during other periods talk very few words. When you speak, speak
gently and sweetly. During mauna you must live alone. Do not mix with
other people. Do not even express your ideas with gestures.
The other channel by which energy is wasted, is the mind. This
wastage is due to loose thinking, worrying, anger and fear. Just as
energy is wasted in too much talk, so also energy is wasted in loose
thinking.
If this mental energy is conserved, you will have at your disposal a
tremendous store of energy. This you can utilise for various other
purposes and sadhana (spiritual practice). If this energy is
conserved you will feel that you are very powerful. You will feel no
exhaustion even if you turn out tremendous work.
To do this you have to watch your thoughts very carefully, by
introspection and meditation. You will have to divert the mental
energy to useful thinking. There will be some struggle in the
beginning. But after some time the mind will naturally think of
auspicious and useful items.
-- Swami Sivananda Saraswathy
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