"Silence"
This is only one "silence" of magick, the rest will show soon..
It is easy enough to state "Be Quiet".
But try to be absolutely quiet. You will find that it is not so easy.
I have read that the voice of God is a "Whisper in the Wind."I have also found that this statement is true, for me.
If you have ever had someone ask you a question.And then begin to talk at the same time that you are trying to answer their question.This is against the silence that allows knowledge to enter, for them.
This seems to be how we tend to handle ourselves in the spiritual universe.We request answers and then when the answer is about to be received,We tend to "speak" immediately with songs, noise, sorrows, concerns, cartoons, all sorts of things.They come rushing into our thoughts and many believe that they have no control of (or over) this.
I am here to say that each of you has control over your thoughts.
may possibly need developing.
That is why we work on our psychic nature, control, self control.
To be silent and become used to silence, comes before hearing.
The conditioning of our upbringing teaches us otherwise.This is also the value of the "TAO" In that...
"To learn, one must first unlearn."
Not only to hear the voice that would speak to the perceptive.But to know how to "test" the voice that would speak as well.(Deck 777 shows many aspects of these tests)
Once you begin to become proficient at silence and are able to discern the voice of the self from any other voice.Then you will need to have the "road signs" that tell where the voice is originating from.
Ignorance is not bliss, it is an absence of knowledge.
I have often stated that the difference between ignorant and stupid.Is that the ignorant were not informed (recently) of the "facts".And the stupid were informed time after time of the "facts" and never "got" it.
And I will welcome your thoughts on this matter....None the less...consider silence.
Also consider the purpose of your silence.
Why is it that you wish to hear the voice(s) of the spirit(s)?When you can get yourself to be silent you can then begin to practice listening.
This issue does not only cover that which you "hear".
Your "minds voice" 'speaks' in more than soundsPicture images will enter and smells as well.Motions are felt as well as attitudes of others around you.The air, the atmosphere, even the time.
There are many areas of the psyche' and silence should be applied to them all.To be truely silent, silence all of these.
Many mystic masters would not eat. Or sleep or however they decided to deprive their senses.This technique is a form of silence training.
There are many forms of conditioning different areas of sense.
There are also senses that I have not listed, yet.
It takes work to attain silence but it is valuable work
For when you percieve that which exists rather than that which you create,
things can get very interesting indeed.
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