strings: When I desire silence of the mind, what is taking place ? What happens? I see the importance of having a silent mind, a quiet mind, for various reasons; because the Upanishads have said so, religious scriptures have said so, saints have said it, and also occasionally I myself feel how good it is to be quiet, because my mind is so very chatty all the day. At times I feel how nice, how pleasurable it is to have a peaceful mind, a silent mind. The desire is to experience silence. I want to have a silent mind, and so I ask "How can I get it I know what this or that book says about meditation, and the various forms of discipline. So through dis-  cipline I seek to experience silence. The self, the 'me', has therefore established itself in the experience of silence.