Can You Hear The Whisper Of Spirit?
The words of Spirit don’t often pertain to earthly subject matter. The words that Spirit speaks are offered to orient oneself to. It is the place (the Source) of stillness and peace. We talk of speaking in tongues and yet most do not know what that means. There is not one exclusive language that equals speaking in tongues. “Tongues” are the language of each person’s heart. A dialogue is afforded directly to one’s spirit.
It is the Holy Spirit’s peaceful yet radiant direction that allows my spirit (we each may know and say this) to move with what is natural through the Angelic template of mind and heart as it is actually oriented to the Holy Spirit. Our consciousness is an antenna for Spirit – the Holy Spirit. But it requires our absolute quietness in Being. It is the greatest mountain that was ever metaphorically conceived, within one’s own capacities, that One must embark on to hear the whispers of Spirit!
For me, the calls of Spirit bring a sensing of the need of staying very still, in these days. There is not a lot to say, but there is something to know within each of our hearts. Perhaps, after the mind finishes its usual superfluous examinations of everything, from every direction conceivable that ignorance and unassurance can come up with, it may begin to actually start being present. Thinking that we know the direction where someone needs to head themselves in (including ourselves) is so far away from the truth of our Being.
As I actually know Being, I AM the invitation that never even needs a response. The true invitation is only to BE! When an invitation is actually an invitation, it is not an invitation that calls to any result or any creation in form. The invitation is just one of Love. Being is state that can be referenced to – but only through the absolute stillness of it.
A child looks to his or parent and might say “I just want to be with you.” The child (sometimes) knows much more than adults do about “BEING.” What is more valuable in life than your presence? It is not intellect through extraneous pontifications of the mind. It is not the whining heart. It is surely not the noise that one makes as they seemingly get bored or afraid of quiet moments. No. Being complete in the quietude of “Being” is the beginning of the invitation, and extension, of Spirit. Unless one allows the quietude of their Being to open the atmosphere for Spirit, one will continue to regurgitate and recreate that which has passed – and what has already past is very much dead! That is why it has already passed. Only Spirit knows what is to BE in accordance with the Holy Spirit’s Design of Life.
April 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
My adult years had been full to overflowing with ‘doing’–teaching, counseling, baking, waitressing, restauranteuring, preserving food, renovating houses, gardening, and the list goes on–all “good” avenues for serving God in other people in a variety of ways. Although I considered and spoke about expressing Spirit through the works, my focus was really on the action and the forms, for I worried about the results and the reception of them, always concerned that I might not do things well enough and live up to expectations, both my own and those of others. What a restricted experience–sort of like an inner jail.
In recent years, I have let go of many of these outer responsibilities and initially felt uncomfortable in the seeming emptiness. Face to face with quietude, I hadn’t yet developed an ear for the stillness; I was disoriented and groped for something. But I followed my heart and learned to relax more and more into the eternal present moment, discovering a vibrant stillness in the Now. I became aware of a presence that undergirded All Things and connected everything into Oneness. Although I still have to deal with a chattering mind and unruly emotions at times, I have learned to orient to the vast space into which forms are born. Here I can hear the whisper of Spirit, as a gentle breeze that nudges realization and creative thought.
Everything moves in cycles, and at this point I feel like I am reconnecting in a new way with the world of forms. My primary focus is on the place of stillness and presence, but I feel capable now of engaging with the world of form without being controlled by it. “Let Love radiate, without concern for results.” Thus I bring the power of presence into the Now, allowing the whisper of Spirit to speak through my heart and guide my movement step by step. No preview of coming attractions is necessary, simply total attention to what IS, here and now, and all else is provided from the great still place of Source in the moment it is needed.