The word Brahman means ultimate truth or reality which cannot be indicated by any word. The Brahman can be expressed through silence because it is beyond the experience form, time, and space. Therefore, the word Brahma clearly stands for the essence of the three states, which is consciousness only. The final stage in pursuit of truth is to know that the ‘Self’ is the consciousness.
Advaitic wisdom does not come just by sitting quietly, observing silence, and meditating, indulging in repeating mantras, reading books, hearing sermons, meeting Gurus or yogis, and by doing pranayama, but wisdom dawns only when you realize the fact that the ‘Self’ is not you, but the ‘Self’ is the formless Soul.
People think by observing silence within the duality they pretend to show they are in Brahmic bliss. They fail to realize the fact that, truth is not an individual experience but it is the basis of all that exists in the form of dualistic illusion.
The silence is the nature of the Soul, the Self. The dualistic silence is keeping mum without speaking. Keeping mum within the dualistic illusion is trying to imitate the formless Soul, the innermost Self. The non-dualistic silence is possible only when the Soul, the innermost Self, remains in its own awareness illusory form, time, and space.
Deep sleep is the state of thoughtlessness, silence, wordlessness, silence but it is not considered a state of oneness because anyone can take a sleeping pill and will be able to get the state of oneness.
Thus, trying to imitate the state of oneness in duality by observing silence, thoughtlessness, wordlessness, or by yogic Samadhi or surrendering to the physical Guru, the Advaitic wisdom will not dawn. Without the Advaitic wisdom, ignorance will not vanish. Thus, getting rid of ignorance through wisdom is the only way to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
