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There
is a voice of God living within human consciousness. It is the
truth sensor and the conduit for experiencing love. Often, the
human mind is active with random and wandering thoughts – concerns
for one’s material welfare, as well as thoughts reacting
to the environment you find yourself in. When these thoughts and
responses hurt, demean, and diminish your sense of self-respect
and self-worth, they destabilize your emotional equilibrium, disrupt
your physical balance, and catapult you into spiritual disconnection.
There is an antidote for this. It is in the stillness of your mind
where you find help for your soul.
Stillness
is any time spent with the Divine Creator – the Source of
all life and love. Many people may wish to have a deep spiritual
experience, but they really don't know how or where to begin. Too
often the thought of an experience of God-consciousness is shrouded
in mists of mysticism or sought through maintaining certain rituals
or traditions. In reality Spirit is alive and within you at each
moment of the day. Stillness is simply allowing the currents of
your thoughts to naturally settle on thinking about God and including
your Divine Source in your day-to-day decisions. When your mind
is so focused, the voice of Spirit Within begins to impress upon
your consciousness the divine information and comfort that you
seek.
To
help you get started, Stillness is explained in a seven
step process. This process is a technique to focus the mind
on God so that which Spirit wishes for you to discern can be intuited.
Over time, as the mind responds to the alignment that occurs when
it is centered on Spirit, thoughts and feelings more readily correspond
to truth, love, peace, joy, patience, and other good spiritual
fruits.
The Seven
Steps of Stillness is a blend of the eastern and western
approaches to spirituality, including both meditation and prayer,
to form a unified approach to the Divine Source. Each approach
complements the other, together bringing greater fulfillment
and enlightenment.
From
eastern meditation, Stillness incorporates physical relaxation,
mental stillness, and silent listening. Included from western contemplation:
talking with God, prayer, and worship. The western approach encompasses
a personal relationship with our Divine Father/Mother – experiencing
Spirit’s love as well as feeling serene and blissful. The
eastern method incorporates listening within, enabling you to become
more attuned to the inner spirit of God and to learn to listen
to and trust the guidance of the still voice within.
These
steps are a helpful technique to focus your thoughts on building
your relationship with your Divine Source and Spiritual Parent,
and can easily be incorporated in your daily routine. With regular
practice, relaxing and stilling your mind can be easily achieved.
As you learn to talk with your Inner Spirit and pray more spontaneously
throughout the day, you may not need to include all of these steps
when you do your Stillness. Essentially, the heart of Stillness
is worship, silent listening, and the embrace. This is where your
receptivity to your source of love and guidance is the greatest.
Coming to know God will be the most valuable experience you will
ever have. Your blessings will be innumerable!
God always wants your highest
good—your best self to shine. Spirit
forever aligns you in the ways of light, and the stillness
is the best place to receive this blessed gift. Once
you have become more accustomed being in the Stillness, focusing
on your growth takes you into the next level of spiritual communion. Particularly beneficial for self-healing,
stillness is a place where you turn your desires over to Spirit
and relax in the divine healing embrace. You
can let go of your concerns and problems, and know that a higher
power is waiting to release you from the patterns of the past. The Heartbeat
of Stillness and
the Chakra Stillness are two
effective meditations to use for physical and emotional alignment
and healing. Give yourself time in the Stillness each
day. You will be amazed at how beautiful you are becoming!
For
more information, please see Aligning
in the Christ Consciousness and Divine
Parents and Inner Spirit.
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