A Guide creates in us the necessary
state of silence in which we can
perceive the inner voice – the Voice
Real. This Voice Real is heard when
all other voices are stilled. In our
small and disorderly lives, our
minds have become too confused
and disturbed by a host of very
small things to be able to perceive
the soundless messages coming
from within. We cannot still them
ourselves, so we need a Guide to
do it – one who has arrived at self-
mastery.
When this silent vacuum is created
it is very potent. It is perhaps the
greatest power, so it needs to be
oriented toward higher objectives,
not those coming from material
existence. A Guide purifies and opens
the recesses of our hearts, allowing
them to respond to the universal Voice
that has been speaking to human
beings from time immemorial.
The terms ‘within’ and ‘without’
are conventions, because the source
of inspiration is not positioned in
space and time. We are dealing with
something beyond those dimensions.
Time does not have a beginning or
an end; it is circular. When we go
beyond it, past, present and future
merge in one circular eternal present.
I think that ‘truth’ must similarly
be circular, and ‘life’ itself too, in
the sense that they are infinite and
perceivable from higher and higher
planes as we grow, as we expand.
As more and more faces of the same Reality appear to us in this journey
toward Infinity, I think that one day we will perceive Reality as it is, in its
total, circular expression. The great discoveries made in the field of science
were achieved when scientists were able to go beyond the mere physical
aspect of Reality and penetrate other planes of existence.In a momentary state when their mind was “silenced,” they were able to go
beyond the sensory world to discover higher laws of the universe. Meditation is
a way of training the mind to better perceive these subtler planes of existence
and allow the spark of intuition to manifest itself.We all know that it is not advisable to act when we are in a state of excitement
or emotion, because this unbalances the mind and leads us into wrong action.
So when important decisions are to be taken we feel the need to be alone,
to go to a quiet place away from the pressure and excitement of the world,
to listen to our heart. It has always been said that, “Silence is the voice
of God.” The silence created in our heart, when it is cleaned of emotional
impressions, stills the mind and makes it capable of perceiving the divine
impulse that emerges from within, coming up in the calm water like a bubble.
When the inner ocean is calm and clear, our state of expanded consciousness
opens up to us a vast new realm of existence.IT CHANGES EVERYTHING
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