When Love Becomes Silence
- Sukhdev Virdee
- Jun 5
- 3 min read
In the beginning, I thought love was a feeling.
Warmth. Sweetness.
A glowing heart. A deep connection with another.
Later, I thought it was devotion.
Kirtan. Prayer. Falling to my knees.
Tears rolling down as the name of God left my lips.
But now, I’ve seen something even deeper:
Love is Silence.
Not a silence that’s empty or passive.
Not the absence of sound.
But the fullness that holds everything.
The Source behind every breath, every form, every thought.
Love is what remains
when there’s no one left to love.
Love Is Not a Relationship — It Is Reality
We are conditioned to see love in relation.
“I love you.” “You love me.” “We fell in love.”
But those are just shadows of something deeper.
Real Love is not between two.
Real Love is what Is
before the mind divides the One into many.
When the sense of separation drops away,
you don’t feel love for the world.
You are the world.
You are the love.
There is no distance left for love to travel.
You walk through the market,
and every face shines with the same light.
You sit in silence,
and the stillness hums with intimacy.
Not as a feeling — but as the ground of being.
This is Love beyond emotion.
Love beyond condition.
Love beyond self.
Silence Is the Highest Devotion
In my journey, there was a time when chanting the name of Krishna
was everything.
Every mantra was a heartbeat.
Every breath carried His name.
But one day,
the name dissolved.
The mantra disappeared.
There was no need for repetition anymore.
No effort to call Him.
He was here —
as Silence.
Not dead, not distant.
But alive.
Unmoving.
Vast.
And I saw:
even the name was a bridge.
And now, I had reached the shore.
In that moment, I didn’t love Krishna.
I was Krishna.
The lover had merged with the Beloved.
Nothing remained to speak His name.
Love That Doesn’t Move Is the Purest
Most seekers are still chasing a love that moves.
An experience. A high. A romance with God.
But that movement is still part of the mind.
True Love is stillness.
It doesn’t reach. It doesn’t grab.
It simply is.
It sits at the edge of all longing,
and whispers:
"I am here. I’ve always been here. I am You."
There’s no drama in it.
No excitement.
No fireworks.
Only peace so deep it frightens the ego.
Only stillness so complete it undoes you.
This Love won’t entertain your identity.
It will burn it.
Until only the flame remains.
The End of the Seeker Is the Birth of Silence
The final turning is not toward more bliss, more knowing, more light.
It’s into nothing.
Not a blank nothing.
But a pregnant emptiness.
An emptiness full of Love.
This is where all your questions end.
This is where prayer falls silent.
Not because you stopped believing,
but because there's no one left to ask.
You don’t need to ask for God
when you know you are God.
You don’t need to feel love
when you are the source of it.
This is the paradox of the path:
You begin by calling out to the Divine —
but you end by realizing
you are the silence you were calling from.
Live as That Silence
What does this look like in daily life?
It looks like gentleness.
It looks like still presence
while chopping vegetables.
While answering emails.
While sitting with your mother.
No one sees your awakening.
But they feel your silence.
They feel your love.
You are not doing love anymore.
You are love —
without trying.
This is the highest gift you can give the world.
Not teachings. Not books. Not practices.
Just Presence.
Just Silence.
Just Love — unmoving, unshakable, unborn.
An Invitation to Rest
This is the space I invite seekers into.
Not to learn something new.
Not to gather more knowledge.
But to drop into what’s already here.
If you’re ready to rest in the Truth you’ve always known,
download my free guide:
If you want to go deeper — into Silence, into Self, into God —
come join my courses or book a 1:1 session
This path doesn’t require effort.
Just honesty.
And the willingness to stop running.
The Love you seek
is already here.
It has always been here.
It’s just… quiet.
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