Sri Sathya Sai International Organization - USA - Region 6

Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.

It is only in the depth of that silence that the voice of God can be heard.

One can meditate if one finds time to do so. But in this modern age it is too difficult to do meditation or Japa. One sits for meditation as if sitting for some photograph, but mind goes around the market. One need not bother about such meditation. One needs to shut one’s mouth and open one’s heart; that is true meditation! Today one opens the mouth and shuts the heart. This is no meditation. ‘Shut your mouth, open your heart!’ this is the true meditation. Some chant the Lord's name with the rosary, but the mind wanders to the barber and the washer man! This is not Japa! One should not waste time like this. If one cannot find time to meditate or for Japa, then one must engage oneself in service to others.