Inner Silence

Inner Silence

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The achievement of a true inner silence is well worth the effort and the persistent training which it takes. Besides being necessary for receptive meditation it has a spiritual value of its own; it is conducive to a condition of harmony, peace, and quiet joy, and it produces a sense of expansion of consciousness; it is also essentially restful and refreshing.

The Law of Spiritual Approach, which links us with our greater "Being," and the Principle of Essential Divinity, the spark of God in every man, open up to us our participation in a life greater than our own. They show that there is no real gap between man and God and bring the realization that we can discover this not only through religious experience, but through recognition of our place within the "Whole."

Daily, through every branch of science, discovery is being made of our relationship to one great Life, and of our interdependence as parts of the whole within that encompassing Reality. Among all the wonders being opened up to us none is more revelatory and inspiring than the identical nature of microcosm and macrocosm, atom and star.

These Laws and Principles form a fundamental code for our life in the New Age. They ring out a note of our higher possibilities, and if we will work with them they can establish those conditions upon earth which will truly build a new and better world.

Above extracts from deeply spiritual booklets, “Meditation Group for the New Age,” replete w/ pithy wisdom which greatly facilitate meditation; indeed, from a psycho-spiritual point of view as a service to humanity as it dedicates itself, believes in, and is willing to serve, through the Higher power's inspiration and guidance… The unity of being and becoming ... (cf. Karen Horney's The Struggle Toward Self-Realization and Erich Fromm's "cosmic consciousness," as an outgrowth of maturity, as seen in both psychoanalytic therapy and religious experience.)
 

Create Silence
Learn to create silence in your mind and peace will flourish in your heart. Don't overthink and the answer will present itself to you.
 
Spaces Of Silence
Push yourself like a machine and you will eventually run low on energy. Love your mind by allowing it spaces of silence and it will serve you tirelessly.
 
 

The Wonder Of Silence
When the soul goes deep into silence, easiness emerges. The deeper I go into silence, the greater will be my power of tolerance. It is in very deep, extreme silence that the soul becomes elevated. It is in deep, deep silence that God can come in front of the soul.
Dadi Janki

 

 
 

Love is the only way

Inner Silence

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In a word, the uncreated conscience (Consciousness) as James Joyce proclaimed must be forged and wrought into Being. Therefore, like Yogananda et al., the earnest Seeker may approach closer and closer to the Cosmic Beloved which is Infinite Light. Dante, for instance, at the culmination of his epic saw a sea of light, "Oh splendor of living light eternal."

The Divine Comedy is indeed a journey, an inner pilgrimage of the human spirit through nature, wisdom and final happiness (i.e., an odyssey in inwardness, in what it means to exist - the Trinity, Beatrice). - "The object of the whole work (Dante writes to Can Grande) is to make those who live in this life leave their state of misery and to lead them to a state of happiness."  Note, too, Goethe's dying words, "Licht, mehr licht!"

There is no other alternative, no other solution in order to be free rather than culturally determined puppets of our environment - mere carbon copies without identity, without the Promethean creative spark of growth, of change in one's self and society toward a New and better man, toward a New and better world.

But one thing must be remembered above all: we are known by our deeds rather than what we say or pretend in the final analysis, the last judgment. In other words, what shall we individually - yes, each and every one of us - contribute to our fellow man, to posterity?!

‘Behind every face there is a unique world that no one else can see. This is the mystery of individuality. The shape of each soul is different. No one else feels your life the way you do. No one else sees or hears the world as you do. The creation of the individual is a divine masterpiece.’ ~John O’Donohue

It is nearly an impossible task to get across our own uniqueness, our individuality and what we have to give. God has given us a unique fingerprint, a unique DNA identity and has given us something special to do in this world. If someone else could do it they would be here and not us. But so often we run away, we hide and we say we’re not ready, we’re no good and let somebody else do what needs to be done. But only we can do it. Our contribution is hugely important. - James McSweeney

Juliana
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Speak Peace in a World of Conflict

Inner Silence is where we sit
in order to hear the Voice of God . . .
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everything counts... ♥

The achievement of a true inner silence is well worth the effort and the persistent training which it takes. Besides being necessary for receptive meditation it has a spiritual value of its own, it is conducive to a condition of harmony, peace, and quiet joy, and it produces a sense of expansion of consciousness; it is also essentially restful and refreshing.

The value of silence has been emphasized, not only by mystics and contemplatives, but by "lay" writers such as Carlyle and Maeterlinck. Exercises in silence form part of the Montessori educational method. The different ways of practicing silence, the different "qualities" of silence, and also its difficulties are dealt with very well in The Fellowship of Silence, a compilation by various authors including an Anglican Bishop and two Quakers.
 
Methods of Reception

When a state of silence has been reached, that is, after a period of effort and struggle to achieve silence, then we are ready for the further stage of reception. The inner attitude is one of quiet watchfulness and patient waiting; it can also be described as a state of keen but unemotional interest in what may happen and of what we may become aware. The source from which we await impression, and to which, therefore, we direct our one-pointed attention, should be the Self or Soul: That is the sure source of true impression. But it is not the only source; impressions from other sources, if these are high and true, are often channeled or conveyed through the Self to the conscious mind.
 
Inner Seeing

The methods of reception are various; spiritual impression may reveal itself to our consciousness through seeing, hearing, contact, urge to action, and in other ways. The most frequent is perhaps through seeing or illumination. The mind is indeed symbolically an inner eye, and the symbolism of vision is often used. We speak of insight, of illumination, of "seeing" in the sense of realizing the meaning or significance of some fact or event, and we talk of "seeing" the solution of a problem and of having a "bright" idea. Sometimes a geometrical figure or some other symbolic form enters into the field of consciousness. Also, a series of concrete images and forms and colors may appear, but these are the product of the imagination and are not mental in character. This flow of images should be stopped, or, at most, observed quietly for a short time without undue interest. 

A higher form of spiritual "seeing" can be called intuition. This word may be misleading because it has been used in different senses. Etymologically it is connected with vision, it means "seeing into." Intuition in its higher and purer sense can be considered to be a direct supra rational understanding or comprehension of the true nature and reality of something—comprehension of its true quality, purpose, and essence. It is quite different from what are
called "hunches," which are psychic impressions about people or events of a personal character and having personal interest.

The attitude of trying to see inner realities has sometimes been termed contemplation, or the contemplative attitude, but this word is also often used in the more general sense of quiet, silent expectancy. Sometimes it is also used in the sense of holding before the mind’s eye an inner object for meditation. The highest form of inner seeing is illumination, which can be called the revelation of the Divinity immanent in all things—the Presence of God in manifestation, in nature, in every existing being. But we will not dwell on this as it is beyond the scope of our theme which is reception of definite inspiration. (“Meditation Group for the New Age”)