An Experiment of Silence

A simple experiment:

Sit comfortably.

Keep mum. Do not utter a word. Just observe ‘inside’ you.

Did you notice you were talking to yourself? I mean, thoughts were arising inside you, and you only were answering/attending them! Its a sort of conversation with yourself.
You already observed silence by not uttering a word. Can you observe silence by not [...]

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Buddha Purnima

Yesterday was Buddha Purnima.
A reflection on this auspicious occasion.
Siddhartha saw four scenes only once:

An Old Man
A Sick Man
A Dead Man
A Monk

And Siddhartha was on the way to the enlightenment, to be THE BUDDHA. I have also seen these scenes in my life, quite a few times.
The question arises: Where am I?

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