Theos-Talk Archives (August 2001 Message tt00110)

In a message dated 8/9/2001 9:56:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
AnandaYoga@aol.com writes:

> I am currently studying The Voice of Silence and I am puzzled. Please give 
> my your thoughts on verses 14-16. 
> My confusion lies in this, I live in a world of created illusion, 
yet 
> 
> should I not be joyful that I have this physical life to learn about the 
> portion of truth that my mind can understand. 
> Also, to truely form a Brotherhood, must we not lend an ear to her 
> turmoil? How can we understand the nature of others, if we do not hear 
her 
> joys and sorrows? We should not get pulled in. Shouldn't an aspirant 
learn 
> 
> of whom one day he hopes to help? 
> Finally, When spreading oneself in space so that the bodies become 
> the 
> moving molecules of space, for now, in my comprehension, is this not just 
a 
> step on Who I am? It is not Truth, yet for now, it is a step in my 
> education 
> and all that I know? Of course one would seek to go beyond this point, 
yet, 
> 
> for now "This is I."
> Please help clarify my thinking, as I have meditated and slept and 
am 
> 
> trying with great difficulty to put it in perspective.
> Thank you to you for your time and help.
> ananda

Ananda,

The very title, "Voice of the Silence" asks us to understand or intuit 
another condition of our being. One which is non verbal, non rational, non 
audible and yet....speaks. We are born with the knowledge of this subtle, 
silent language but from the very moment of that birth, we spend most of our 
physical life, unlearning its sound, and ignoring it's guidance. 

We try to recapture the voice, thru LIVING the virtues, or, the noble 
eightfold path, or, the ten commandments, indeed, by studying the V.O.S. By 
paying steady unwavering attention to the SPIRITUAL LAWS, one starts to 
become free of the din of illusion.

The Voice, to me, is all about coming to KNOW this other condition of being.


Louis