“We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.”
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
“Behind the word is silence, behind that silence is forgetfulness.”
Empire of Dreams (prose poetry, 1988)
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