44. SILENCE
My bodyIs the sleeping silence in me.
      My vital
Is the dreaming silence in me.
      My mind
Is the ignoring silence in me.
      My heart
Is the awakening silence in me.
      My soul
Is the perfecting,
         illumining
            and
         fulfilling silence in me,
And the ignorance-transforming silence
   In God.
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, Part 18, Vishma Press, New York, 1974
