Professional Amateur

"Then there is this question of the observer and the observed. If there is a ‘you’ who experiences silence, it is not silence. The moment you are aware that you are happy, it is not happiness. The moment you say, “I am in an extraordinary state of humility,” it is gone. For you, silence is a state which you experience, as you experience hunger, and you want to hold that experience, you want it to continue. So there is a duality; you, and the thing to be experienced. If you go into this very deeply, you will find that the silence you have experienced and want to continue is merely the recognition of a thing that is over; therefore, it is no longer silence."