Silence, Witnessing and Existence

Modern man has forgotten how to relate with existence. He has forgotten how to whisper with the clouds and the tree and the mountains. He has completely forgotten the language of silence. It is the language of silence that becomes a bridge between you and the universe that surrounds you. The universe knows no other language. On the earth there are three thousand languages; existence knows no language expect the language of silence.

Because we have forgotten silence, forgotten the silence the art of meditation, we have become alienated. We have become small, dirty, muddy pools and we don’t know how to go and be one with ocean. We go on becoming dirtier every day, shallower every day, because the water goes on evaporating. We are just muddy, our life has no clarity. Our eyes can't see and our heart can't feel. This state is the state of indifference; it is a negative state. The mystics have called it the dark night of soul. It is not witnessing, it is just the opposite of witnessing.
Excerpted from 'Be Still and Know' by Osho