Inside me a hundred beings are putting their fingers to their lips and saying,
“That’s enough for now. Shhhhh.”
Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.
When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk
to the language-river.
Listen to the ocean,
and bring your talky business to an end.
Rumi, Send the Chaperones Away
Rumi always dazzles me.
‘Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.
When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk
to the language-river.’
Silence offers the calm and current beneath the surface.