identity,therecan benolove.Yourtaskis nottosearchfor
lovebuttofindaportalthroughwhichlovecanenter.
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Are there any other portals apart from those you just
mentioned?
Yes, there are. The Unmanifested is not separate from the
manifested.Itpervadesthisworld,butitissowelldisguised
that almost everybody misses it completely. If you know
where to look,you'll find it everywhere. Aportal opens up
everymoment.
Do you hear that dog barking in the distance? Or that
car passing by? Listen carefully. Can you feel the presence
of the Unmanifested in that? You can’t? Look for it in the
silence out of which the sounds come and into which they
return. Paymoreattention to the silence than tothe sounds.
Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the
mindbecomesstill.Aportalisopeningup.
Every sound is born out of silence, dies back into
silence, and during its life span is surrounded by silence.
Silence enables the sound to be. It is an intrinsic but
unmanifested part 0 fevery sound, every musical note,every
song,everyword.TheUnmanifestedispresentinthisworld
as silence. This is why it has been said that nothingin this
world is so like God as silence. All you have to do is pay
attentiontoit.Evenduringaconversation,becomeconscious
ofthegapsbetweenwords,thebriefsilentintervalsbetween
sentences. As you dothat, the dimension of stillness grows
within you. You cannot pay attention to silence without
simultaneously becoming still within. Silence without,
stillnesswithin.YouhaveenteredtheUnmanifested.