THE GIFT OF SILENCE

Rev. Mary Louise Ruffner

“Outside is form. ~ Inside is thought. ~ Deepest is the soul.”
~ Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao ~

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It is impossible for a person to live happily unless he believes in the integrity of his own soul and his union with the Over-Soul.”
~ Ernest Holmes, The Spiritual Universe and You ~

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“Meditation quiets conscious thought and the physical realm, making a doorway to spiritual awareness.”
~ Jenna Alatari ~

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There it is a place of perfect peace at the center of each one of us. It is The One Infinite Life that permeates all time and all space. It has no beginning and no ending. It is that point of stillness within us that is the creative energy and healing power that makes all things new.  It is in this sea of unlimited potential that all individual life lives, moves, and has its being. It has been called the Over-Soul.

“Any person with training can reach this soul. Only then can you be convinced of its presence. When you reach it, your body and mind will become irrelevant, for you are now as a state beyond the senses and beyond thought. The soul is called absolute because it is beyond all relativity.” ~365 Tao ~

While a diligent practice of silent meditation is a great, mystical, and effective way through which we experience our unity with the Divine; it requires mental stamina in order to consciously move through the distracting thoughts that delay the process of stilling the mind. Stilling the mind does not mean eliminating thoughts, for they are always there. However, it does mean rising above and transcending thoughts of limitation, fear, and separation. Otherwise, we are pulled off course.

Our course, in attaining the silence of Pure Consciousness, must be one of total focus on the field of omnipotent no-thing -ness. It is the return to the beginning before thought and form and simply hangs out in the essence of The Divine. Here there are no words or concepts to decipher. There is nothing to plan or visualize. It is simply a time to feel the vibration of Love bubbling up as Peace, Harmony, Beauty, Joy, Wisdom, and Sufficiency. 

It is through the consistent practice of this silent meditation of the soul that renewed strength, wisdom, and courage express through you as you step back into the realm of effects.    Your consciousness of  Love, Peace, Harmony, Beauty, Joy, Wisdom, and Sufficiency begin to infuse matters of health, relationships, finances, creative expression, and anything else your heart longs to experience. Yes, after basking in the consciousness of The Divine, the world is lifted to a higher vibration. The life-enhancing qualities that you have freely received are now freely given by you, to everything you think, say, and do.

Like a great contagion, the overflow of enlightened consciousness begins to touch individual minds.  When this happens, through the Immutable Law of Mind in Action, there follows an inflow of peace on earth and good will towards all the inhabitants of the earth.

You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.”


This Week’s Affirmation

“From the silence of the stillness of my mind, all spiritual good manifests into the world.”

~ Angela “Chris” Beam ~

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