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Maha Yoga, pgs 126-127 (excerpt) ... In the ancient lore we are told that we should understand
the Self as Neti, Neti — ‘not this’, ‘not this’. Its language is
Silence, not words. This truth is brought home to us by the
story of the instruction by Silence, that was vouchsafed by God
Himself — appearing as Dakshinamurti — to four Sages, named
Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Sanatkumara. The disciples
understood that they had to become silent in speech and
thought, in order to find the Truth which is beyond both. They
did so and found it. “Silence,” says the Sage, “is the language
of the Self, and it is the most perfect teaching. Language is
like the glow of the filament in the electric lamp; but Silence
is like the current in the wire.”
Thus we are not to expect any positive description of
the Egoless State, or of the Self that is in that State. Even
the Sage cannot tell us anything positive about that State.
All that he can do is to remove our misconceptions about It.
He tells us what It is not or rather how it differs from the
states known to us in relativity. And the only one who could
tell us anything at all about that State is the Sage. There is
a saying current among the people, to the effect that “he
that speaks about It has not seen It; he that has seen It
does not speak.” ...

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