Only in Silence: The Word

For 35 years I have been called Anado…the name was given to me by a Maverick Mystic in India…over the years I have been called Anardo, Analdo, Anando, Anadi, Otto by others (innocently)…..it has been my meditation to witness this…("does anyone listen?") …Anado in Sanskrit means No Sound…such is life when you try to name Silence…..I am reminded what Rumi once said:  "Only in Silence…The Word…Only in Darkness…The Light…Only in Dieing….Life."  More importantly, however… Am I listening for the Silence?  Am I inhabiting that which is without sound?  Or is there no more "I' in that nameless Silence?  Enclosed is a photo of my Teacher Bhagwan, now known as Osho to some, touching me ever so deeply in India many years back…