Non-Utterance is Symbolic Maun

Dr Gautam Chatterjee

During Sadhana Satsang in Shree Ram Sharanam a bell rings and all Sadhaks get into non-utterance mode. None speaks in the Maun session. The outer sound of the bell allows sudden drop of silence till again the bell rings to allow all to speak.

But is the Maun limited to non-utterance only? Perhaps not! It only gives realization of experiencing outer or verbal silence. But in the Maun when one moves physically that also create sound pattern. The thinking becomes quite aloud inside. People watch each other that also have a visual sound. Swa-Adhyay is preferred during the Maun so that mind should be creatively weaved to a context because when we don’t utter then the mind roars like an ocean and splashes at different shores of our mind and thought contours. Thoughts within thoughts, their analysis and interpretative perspective of realization crowd our mind. The heart or Mann runs like wild horse and fragmentation of mind do happen. All these sounds are also to be tackled even when we practice Maun Sadhana. The physical sphere of sound; the visual sound; the sound of thought; attitude and behavior; the sound of the light around and finally handling the ambiance sound are also part of exploring silence which we will touch upon with psycho-physical perspective now onward.