Collected Essays of Joel S. Goldsmith by Goldsmith Joel S

Author:Goldsmith, Joel S. [Goldsmith, Joel S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acropolis Books
Published: 2013-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

ENTER THE SILENCE

SILENCE IS POWER . Silence is the healing activity in individual consciousness. Silence is the creative Principle of all existence.

In this Silence, you become receptive to the Inner Voice, the Voice of the Inner Self, and as Truth expresses Itself in your listening ear, you become aware of the Healing Influence, with signs following.

Your receptivity to the Kingdom of God, God Consciousness, God Awareness, God Knowing, constitutes a healing atmosphere.

Heretofore, the work of the student has been to bring about harmony in his experience through the statement or affirmation of Truth, or reading or quoting Truth. Now he rises higher in consciousness to where he constantly and consciously “listens” for Truth to utter Itself within him. He learns the true nature of Silence, of stillness and quietness.

It is easy to understand why the sages of old taught, “Be still, and know that I am God”; that this stillness declares the Presence of God, “Closer than breathing, nearer than hands and feet.” It reveals that neither man nor circumstance nor condition can be power over your affairs, since that which declared Itself to be “I” within you is God, is Power, is Presence.

Also, you now know why you can never be God but that God is inseparable from your very being. All this reveals itself to you in The Silence.

Always remember that it is not the thoughts you think nor the truths you read, but rather, That which has revealed Itself in “quietness and confidence” is God, the Restorer of Harmony in your existence. It is not the thoughts you think but the thoughts which unfold to you within your own being . . . these constitute your guidance and inner wisdom. It is not so much the thoughts of Truth you declare, as the consciousness of Truth you develop through your inner receptivity, that brings God-government into your body and outer affairs.

The activity of Truth in your consciousness is the Light which dispels the darkness of human sense. It is not what you think about Truth but what Truth knows and declares to you . . . not what you affirm to Divine Mind but what It reveals to you. This is The Silence. This is Power.

In quietness and confidence, in stillness and Silence, Love reveals Its comforting Presence and assures us that “underneath are the everlasting arms” upholding and supporting us, even in trial and tribulation.

The heading over the 23rd Psalm is “David’s confidence in God’s grace.” Can you not feel this calm confidence as you read, “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.” Here there is no petition, no supplication and, above all, no doubt or fear. Since the Lord IS his Shepherd, HOW can he want?

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.” (The peace that passeth understanding enfolds me as I realize I cannot escape from my good, since He not only provides me with green pastures but He MAKETH me to lie down in them; He not only gives me still waters but He LEADETH me beside the still calm waters of peace.

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