Sadhguru on silence, truth and spiritual experience
Sadhguru addresses why most spiritual processes emphasize silence for seekers. He explains that existence is fundamentally a play of sound and reverberation, with the human body and mind representing only the outer layer of possibility. Silence, he says, is a method to experience what lies beyond the physical and mental realm.
Sadhguru distinguishes between two Sanskrit concepts: maun, which is conventional silence through not speaking, and nishabd, which means transcending sound and moving beyond body, mind and creation itself. The practice of silence involves transitioning from being a piece of creation to experiencing the source of creation—the core aspiration of Yoga.
On truth and language, Sadhguru argues that language can only address duality and the surface aspects of existence. Since language inherently requires two entities to communicate, it cannot express the oneness of existence. Truth, therefore, cannot be fully spoken but must be directly experienced.
