Om Swami
How can I reach a silent mind if meditation needs silence first?
Silence and meditation feed each other
Meditation is silence of the mind, and you reach that silence through meditation. As you meditate the mind begins to grow silent, like rubbing two sticks makes fire.
Through meditation. If you meditate, the mind begins to grow silent; as the mind grows silent, meditation happens. It is said that when two sticks are rubbed together, fire is produced.