When Silence Begins to Teach You
- Sukhdev Virdee
- Jun 13
- 3 min read
In the beginning, I sat in silence to find peace.
Now, I sit in silence because it speaks louder than words.
Silence has become the Guru.
The unseen Master that takes your hand
and pulls you inward—without saying a single thing.
This is not the silence of an empty room.
It is the silence of your original nature.
The silence before thought,
before “I,”
before the world.
And when you begin to trust it…
the teaching begins.
Words Will Lead You to the Edge. Silence Will Take You Beyond.
I’ve read scriptures.
I’ve listened to teachers.
I’ve spoken words from stages, books, satsangs, podcasts.
But the deepest realizations never came from concepts.
They came when I stopped trying to know.
When I stopped searching with the mind,
and surrendered to not-knowing.
Because in that quiet—not the forced kind, but the natural kind—
a different intelligence begins to move.
And it doesn’t explain.
It reveals.
Why Seekers Avoid Silence (And Why It Hurts Them)
Most people run from silence
because it exposes everything.
It doesn’t offer distraction.
It doesn’t soothe the ego.
It doesn’t let you hide behind your roles or knowledge.
In silence, all the masks fall.
And that’s terrifying… at first.
But what if this is what you were avoiding all your life—
and it was the very doorway you were praying for?
What if the silence you fear
is actually the God you seek?
Silence Is the True Guru—But Few Stay Long Enough to Be Taught
If you want silence to teach you,
you must do one thing:
Stay.
Stay when it gets uncomfortable.
Stay when the mind panics.
Stay when the restlessness rises.
Stay when the ego says, “You’re wasting time.”
Because what happens if you don’t run…
is that the identity begins to melt.
And what remains
is not you…
but That which was before you.
Call it God.
Call it Presence.
Call it Brahman.
It doesn’t care for names.
It is.
This Isn’t About “Meditation Practice”
Forget technique for a moment.
This is deeper than breath control or posture.
This is about a return to Being.
Not doing.
Not achieving.
Not even “spiritual progress.”
Just Being.
And if you can just Be, without adding anything—
even for a few seconds—
you will taste the nectar of your own Self.
And it will ruin your appetite for everything else.
What Silence Has Taught Me
Silence has taught me that I am not my thoughts.
That I don’t need to fix the moment.
That God is not something to attain.
That Truth does not shout—it whispers.
It has shown me that the most sacred teachings
arrive without form.
That when I stop resisting,
the stillness inside reveals a Presence that has no beginning,
and no end.
That the peace I once chased
was always here—
waiting for me to stop running.
Are You Ready to Be Empty Enough to Listen?
The mind wants signs, answers, fireworks.
But the Self is not dramatic.
It doesn’t perform for you.
It simply Is.
It waits in quiet patience
for the noise to settle.
If you are still enough,
if you dare to be quiet long enough—
the teaching will come.
And it will not come in the form of concepts.
It will come as a direct knowing
so intimate it can never be spoken.
It will come as You.
The End of the Journey Is a Silence You Can’t Leave
Eventually, the seeker disappears.
The questions dissolve.
The path fades.
And you find yourself alone…
but never lonely.
Empty…
but full of light.
Silent…
but completely known.
This silence—this fullness without form—
is not something you visit in meditation.
It is what you are.
And it begins teaching the moment you stop trying to learn.
Let Silence Be Your Master
You don’t need more spiritual information.
You need silence.
You don’t need to be more spiritual.
You need to be more still.
And the moment you stop striving,
you will discover the great paradox:
That the Truth you’ve been chasing all your life
was silently pulsing in your chest
the whole time.
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