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You may have noticed that
if you want to speak to someone in a noisy, crowded room, the best thing
to do is lean close and whisper. Yelling in an attempt to be louder than
the room’s noise generally only hurts your throat and adds to the chaos.
Similarly, that still, small voice within each of us does not try to
compete with the mental chatter on the surface of our minds, nor does it
attempt to overpower the volume of the raucous world outside. If we want
to hear it, no matter what is going on around us or even inside us, we
can always tune in to that soft voice underneath the surrounding noise.
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It is generally true that the more insistent voices in our
heads delivering messages that make us feel panicky or afraid are of
questionable authority. They may be voices we internalized from childhood or
from the culture, and as such, they possess only half-truths. Their urgency
stems from their disconnectedness from the center of our being, and their
urgency is what catches our attention. The other voice that whispers
reassurances that everything is fundamentally okay simply delivers its
message with quiet confidence. Once we hear it, we know it speaks the truth.
Generally, once we have heard what it has to say, a powerful sense of calm
settles over our entire being, and the other voices and sounds, once so
dominant, fade into the background, suddenly seeming small and far
away.
We may find that our own
communications in the world begin to be influenced by the quiet certainty of
this voice. We may be less inclined to indulge in idle chatter as we become
more interested in maintaining our connection to the whisper of truth that broadcasts
its message like the sound of the wind shaking the leaves of a tree. As we
align ourselves more with this quiet confidence, we become an extension of
the whisper, penetrating the noise of the world and creating more peace,
trust, and confidence.
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