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Silence is the real power

Inspiring speech

By Jariatu KallonPublished about a year ago 6 min read
Silence is the real power
Photo by Garrhet Sampson on Unsplash

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Buddha often told his disciples that the
sharpest knife in the world is our
tongue
and the most dangerous weapon in the
world is our world
which can kill people internally without
any blood set our words are our strength
but it can also be our greatest weakness
if we don't know what when where and how
to open our mouth and speak
if we use the right words with the right
intention at the right time
then it will make us a successful person
but if we don't use the right words at
the right time with the right intention
then it will make our life worse than
hell
so today I will tell you a story on
silence and it's going to change your
life
and it will show you the power of
Silence
so there was a very famous Buddhist monk
in Japan and his name was renjai Ranger
used to live alone near Forest
far away from the noise of the world
Ranger was a very meditative and
enlightened man and that's why he was
very prominent in Japan
but one day a prince comes to enjoy and
said dear monk I always feel exhausted
frustrated and perplexed my mind is in a
chaotic State although I have everything
money Fame amenities something that
everyone wishes for or aspires to happen
then why there is so much disturbance
and anxiety in me the monk replied you
just already know the answers to this
question just you never looked for it
the monk said I want to do an experiment
what do you like to do with following
that there will be no disturbance and
anxiety in your life the prince gets so
surprised by hearing this an ax to the
monk tell me what I need to do the monk
said for the next 10 days you will be
staying at my ass room and it will live
your life like an ordinary person and in
this 10 days you will be sitting alone
in silence you will speak as little as
possible the prince agreed with the Monk
on the first day the prince felt that
his mind was more Disturbed and more
chaotic than usual there were a lot of
questions that started rising in his
mind and he was feeling uncomfortable to
live like an ordinary people but he was
silent anyway nothing comes out of his
mouth not even a word he just sat alone
in silence but by night he began to
experience a sense of satisfaction
inside he felt that was odd and asking
himself why he was feeling joyful deep
inside and why his inner restlessness
and anxiety began to subside the next
day the king sat quietly in solitude
staring at nature at the plants flowers
the birds were flying in the sky for the
first time in his life he was feeling
that the nature around him was just
amazing he was watching and feeling the
salinity of nature throughout the day
one week has passed in this way by now
all the anxiety depression and all the
restlessness all bustle so turmoil in
his mind just went down on the morning
of the Eighth Day the prince sat in
solitude again and in a few minutes his
eyes get closed automatically and he
went into deep meditation he sat down
there with his eyes closed for the whole
day and fall into the deep meditation no
worries no words the King was filled
with infinite peace and joy from within
after spending the rest of his day in
meditation the prince appeared in front
of the mouth and moved down to the Monk
and said dear monk I have got the
answers that why there was so much
turmoil and anxiety in my mind I have
got every answers that why my mind was
so restless and this start the monk said
tell me what answers did you get the
prince said I was to talk more than it
was necessary I used to waste my words
and energy on anyone all day long I used
to talk on nonsense things with my
people
and then I used to think about those
same things alone this way I just wasted
my time and keep thinking in a negative
way and because of that my mind get
Disturbed and restless and that's why I
was not able to work on anything
properly and then I started failing in
almost everything I did and because of
my failure I became even more depressed
and irritated and that just destroyed my
life but now these 10 days are
completely different now I'm feeling
like I'm living my life in a fulfilled
way but before this I was living my life
in a wrong way and I also learned that
you just don't need to meditate
meditation happens automatically when
you are still calm and silent during the
last few days of meditation one of the
first thing I have learned is
that the most important event in human
beings Life Is Knowing oneself during
this range I said not just to you but
most of the people in the world speak
more than necessary even today people
only speak to him late each other some
people talk even without wanting and
waste their lives
once Buddha asked by his disciples dear
Buddha why are you silent most of the
time Buddha said because in silence I
can hear the divine within me silence is
the first step to dissent within
yourself without silence it is
impossible to know yourself the first
rule of knowing and understanding
yourself is that becomes silent
talking too much platters the Mind by
which we lose our control over our mind
and we lose our Focus people who talk
much can never have focused power they
can never be focused on their goals and
if you're not focused you will not be
able to understand the truth of life
after that the monk finished his talk
and the prince get back to his Palace
my friend you must have noticed that
people who talk more
often become the object of laughter
among people and those who speak less
and stick to their words they get
respect from people and people listen to
the awards and trust them too those who
talk much are not sure of their thoughts
their mind is unstable and busy it's
full of noise and a person with an
unstable mind can be successful on
anything in life a person with an
unstable mind can tap laser focus if a
person knows when where and what he has
to talk about those people are very
intelligent and their personality
becomes very attractive everywhere and
he is successful in whatever he does
friends if we look deep deeper into the
personality of a great and successful
person then we will find that they speak
less and they end their talk in as a few
words as possible and before they talk
they think deeply about things and the
people who speak a lot often they lie
and to put garbage on other people hate
and might the criticized people and that
is why even their own people hate them
and try to avoid them in our Indian
opening studs it's been said that our
words are real brahmacity from Silence
comes patience and from patience comes
meditation and from meditation we become
aware of our life and that is why if we
talk much we lose the silence which is
the first pillar of our Calm Mind
so my friend from now from today let's
become silence
today we will only speak what is needed
and we will try to end our talk in a
very few words and if possible we will
try to sit quietly alone at least two
hours every day and believe me that this
will definitely bring a positive change
in our lives and maybe just maybe some
of you will find yourself like that
Prince thank you so much for watching

happiness

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Jariatu Kallon

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