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alone drinks philosophy, an introvert, one with closed consciousness-lustre, sings of the pure/ the blotless.
The weapons of philosophy are words and thoughts, mysticism is weaponless, totally still, thoughtless! One is Jnana (cognition), cognised too, the other is meditation, meditated too.
A swimmer swims in the tank. only the outside scenes are visible to him, not the inside ones. There another one takes a dip, and the inner side of the tank becomes visible to him, he gets disconnected with the outside world.
Oh! Oh! Excellent! Excellent!! How deep a plunge is this deliberation on philosophy and mysticism! And the fire gets thanks from the pitcher.
What happens then? Listen! The fire blazes up more as if accepting the thanks. The morning breeze, sweet and cool may be blowing outside,
Silent Soil :: 289
