Water poured into an empty vessel makes a bubbling noise, but when the vessel is full, no sound is heard.
Similarly,
the man who has not found God is full of vain disputation about His existence and nature. But he who has seen Him, silently enjoys the bliss Divine.
Common men talk ‘bagfuls’ of religion but do not practice even a ‘grain’ of it. The wise man speaks little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
The nearer you come to God, the less you are disposed to questioning and reasoning. When you actually attain Him, when you behold Him as the reality,―then all noise, all disputations, come to an end. Then is the time for sleep, i.e., for enjoyment which comes in Samadhi, the state of communion with the Divine.
– Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna. (151,152 & 153).
