What is the way to experience Chit? How does one trigger the Bliss of Consciousness? The magic is silence. Silence, not just at the doorway of the ears, but also stillness of the other senses. More importantly, perfect silence in the mind and the ego.
What does such silence practically mean? What is it that causes us as a human being to respond? All our senses do. Even if we touch something, it can disturb our silence. But when all our 5 sense preceptors are shut off, the body is silenced. However, the mind and ego still create so much noise through thoughts and desires, that the mind creates a turbulence and turmoil within. The ego constantly raises its head saying, 'I, me, mine,' and thus destroys our tranquillity. Even if our senses are shut and it may appear that we are sitting like a monk, meditating in silence, we may actually be experiencing a tsunami within. We need stillness, acompletequiet!
The moment we are able to achieve complete silence in body and mind, we are ready to enter the state of Consciousness. When there are no thoughts to attack us, we can become aware of our true self, the Soul, the Spirit, the Atman. More importantly, the stillness facilitates us to introspect and to contemplate without any disturbance. We can remain in Chit, the state of Consciousness, experience Sat, the Truth, provided there are no distractions from body and mind. And for this, we need the magic of silence.