"But then it will not reach you. The silence will not be understood.

"So I have to use language, knowing well that this is a necessary evil, knowing well that you have to transcend it, knowing well that that which is worth saying cannot be said in it, knowing well that the moment you utter a truth the very uttering falsifies it. But before you become capable of understanding silence, that communion from heart to heart is not possible. So I talk to help you towards silence.

"By my talking you will not understand silence, but by my talk you may have a taste, a fragrance. By my talk you may be able to listen to the silence that is bound to be there between two words, the silence that is bound to be there between two sentences. Whatsoever I say is not important. The gap between is important.

"Don't pay too much attention to what I say. The words are like two banks of the river. The banks are not the river. Don't get too attached to the banks – they won't quench your thirst. Forget the banks, just look in between: the gap, the silence between two words is the river. That's what I am trying to convey to you.

"I know you listen to the words, you don't listen to the silence. The gestalt has to be changed. But one day it happens…if you go on listening, one day it happens. Suddenly, one day, unaware, you are caught. Suddenly, for the first time, words are no more important but the being that I am touches you. The ears go on listening to the words but the heart is moving in some unknown direction. It cannot be planned to happen, but it happens.

"That's why in the East satsang has been praised so much. Satsang means to be with a master. When he speaks, to be with him; when he sits, to be with him; when he looks at you, to be with him; when he does not look at you, then to be with him – just to have a feeling flow between the one who knows and the one who is seeking."