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Before you speak, THINK

Is it necessary?

Is it true?

Is it kind?

Will it hurt anyone?

Will it improve on the silence?

The first step in the Sadhana is the cleansing of the speech. Talk sweet without
anger. Do not boast of your scholarship or attainments. Be humble, eager to serve;
conserve your speech. Practice silence. That will save you from squabbles, frittering
thoughts and faction.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol II p.34-36]

Spend a few minutes every morning and evening in the silence of your own shrine
or home; spend them with the highest of all the powers that you know of. Be in His
elevating and inspiring company; worship Him mentally; offer unto Him all the work
you do; you will come out of the silence nobler and more heroic than when you went
in.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol III p.122]

I insist on silence. Talk less, talk low when you must talk. Do not thrust your
sorrows, your needs, your problems into the ears of those who have come here with
their own bundle of such things. They are not interested in adding to their troubles. I
am here to listen to you, to console you. Do not by loudness of voice disturb those
who are meditating or reading or writing the Name of God.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol III p.9]

The old man had seen people carrying transistor radios, people miss a very valuable
thing if they do not listen in, even while they are moving about or resting in the
parks or beach! They are afraid of being alone; they avoid silence as something
detestable! But, you can discover your own truth, only when you are alone with
yourself and there is silence all around you.

[Ref: Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p.56]

Dakshinamurthy taught His disciples by His silence. Yes, what He did was to make
the disciples rely on their own intelligence. Do not demean your talents, when you
dive deep into yourselves, you can discover the source of all strength.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p.155]

Be silent yourself, that will induce silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of
shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an
atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol V p 245]

Do not pretend or patronize. If you simply say: "Do not talk loud" or give some blank
direction, you are patronizing and treating people with disdain. They deserve to be
told why. Tell them that silence is the very first rung of the ladder of sadhana; that
it is the hallmark of Prasanthi Nilayam; that they must learn to make every place
where they are a Prasanthi Nilayam; that loud talk disturbs those who practice
Namasmarana or Dhyanam or Japam; that noise breeds further noise. This is a
workshop, where damaged minds and hearts come for repair or overhaul.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV, p 257]

Learn the value of silence, of Namasmarana, of Bhajan, of Japa, of Dhyana, of single

minded remembrance of the Lord, of the association with spiritually kin. These will
stand you in good stead, when distress assails you.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p 270]

The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in
your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too.
Consequently, you will give up "individual discrimination". Because of this, you will
begin to consider the good of the world at large rather than your own individual
welfare. You must cultivate such broad feelings from this young age itself.

[Ref:Bhagavan's discourse at Brindavan May 24, 1992]

One of the first principles of straight living is the practice of silence. For the voice of
God can be heard in the region of your heart when the tongue is stilled and the
storm is tilled and the waves are calm. There will be no temptations for others to
shout when you talk to them in whispers. Set the level of the tone yourself; as low
as possible, as high as necessary to reach the outermost boundary of the circle you
are addressing. Conserve sound, since it is the treasure of the element akasa, an
emanation from God Himself. Reason can prevail only when arguments are
advanced without the whipping up of sound. Silence is the speech of the spiritual
seeker. Soft sweet speech is the expression of genuine love. Hate screeches, fear
squeals, conceit trumpets. But love sings lullabies. It soothes. It applies balm.
Practice the vocabulary of love; unlearn the language of hate and contempt.

Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive
talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Baba, 4/10/91]

Be silent yourself; that will induce silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of
shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an
atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. There are some
who live in a perpetual hullabaloo, in a tornado of noise. Whether they are in an
exhibition or a fair or in a hotel, or a temple or the Prasanthi Nilayam, they wag
their tongues and will not stop. These will not proceed on the Godward road.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p 190]

Each one eats to assuage his own hunger; so too, each one must discover the best
way to appease his own spiritual hunger. Do not be led away by the scorn of others,
or by the recommendations of others. Contact your own reality in the silence that
you create by quieting the senses and controlling the mind. There is a voice that
you can hear in that silence. The true witness of your having listened to that voice is
your behavior. The tree is held and fed by the roots that go into the silent earth; so
also, if the roots go deep into the silence of your inner consciousness, your spiritual
blossoming is assured.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p 366]

Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. That will
help you in many ways. It will develop Prema, for most misunderstandings and
factions arise out of carelessly spoken words. When the foot slips, the wound can be
healed; but when the tongue slips, the wound it causes in the heart of another will
fester for life. The tongue is liable to four big errors: uttering falsehood,
scandalizing, finding fault with others, and excessive speech. All these have to be
avoided if there is to be santhi for the individual as well as for society.

[Ref:Sathya Sai Speaks Vol I p 62]

You feel the presence of God when silence reigns. In the excitement and confusion
of the market place, you cannot hear His Footfall. He is Sabdabrahma, resounding
when all is filled with silence. That is why I insist on silence, the practice of low
speech and minimum sound. Talk low, talk little, talk in whispers, sweet and true.
Examine each act of yours and see that you execute it with minimum noise. Do not
shout to a person standing far; go near him or beckon to him to approach you. Loud
noise is sacrilege on the sky, just as there are sacrilegious uses of earth and of
water.

Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. That will
help you in many ways. It will develop Prema, for most misunderstandings and
factions arise out of carelessly spoken words. Silence will charge the battery and
you will win through a longer period of dhyanam. The silence maintained in
Prashanthi Nilayam must be carried over to wherever you go; it is to be taken as an
exercise in the control of senses that are exterior oriented.

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