Silence

silence

There are two types of silence: one of the mind, in which the mind is silent, and another silence
when the mind is no more. The silence when the mind is no more, is altogether different from
mental peace. In mental peace the mind is there, only not very mad. The madness is slowed down
– that is all.
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In silence there is no mind – that is why there is so much insistence on silence. Silence is a no-mind
state.
Ordinarily we say, ”My mind is silent.” This is absurd, meaningless, because mind means absence
of silence. So you cannot say that the mind is silent. If mind is, there cannot be any silence, and
when silence is, there is no mind. So there is no such thing as a silent mind; there cannot be. It is
just like saying that someone is alive-dead. It makes no sense. If he is dead, then he is not alive. If
he is alive, then he is not dead. You cannot be alive-dead.
So there is nothing like a silent mind. When silence comes, mind is not there. Really, mind goes out
and silence comes in; silence comes in and mind goes out. Both cannot be there. Mind is sound. If
the sound is systematic you are sane, if the sound has gone chaotic you are insane; but in both the
cases sound is there, and we exist at the point of the mind.

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Vol 1 410 Osho
CHAPTER 29. SOUND METHODS FOR THE DROPPING OF MIND