It is the same with every one of these things. There are a number of rivers, some flow straight, some wind and twist zig-zag, but all of them ultimately become merged in the ocean. In the same way, all paths become merged in the path of Self-enquiry, just as all languages become merged in Silence (mouna). Mouna means continuous speech; it does not mean that it is a vacuum. It is the speech of self, identifying with the Self. It is Self-luminous. Everything is in the Self. In Tamil Nad a great person composed and sang a song the purport of which is, “We are like a screen,
and the whole world appears like pictures on it. Silence is full and all-pervading’. Like the saying, (om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnam udachyate),* everything appears to be the same for the Realized Soul. Even though he sees something it is as good as his not seeing it.”
So saying, Bhagavan was once more silent.
- “From the Fullness when the Full is taken the Full remains.”