Practice Nothingness, Step 14: Go to Your Desert, Listen to Your Inner Silence

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He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 Kings 19.11-13 I am not a religious man, but “god” is a useful metaphor and the scriptures contain untold wisdom. God speaks through time, space, silence, and being ("I shall be what I shall be" - BECOMING). Just stop acting for a while, sit still for a minute for a minute, contemplate Monks go to mountaintops. Big religious figures (Moses, Jesus, Muhammad) when they sought self-transformation did not ACT, they went to the desert, to not be distracted by the city, waited, the bush burned for Moses, Jesus bested the devil, Gabriel spoke in the cave to Muhammad. Could cope, think, change, listen to god. In the desert, even if you want to, you cannot act, you are forced, finally to listen to God and to yourself. Create a mental desert around you, close your eyes, no social media, no news, and wait for the voice of god, your inner god maybe, wait for the voice, don’t drown the voice in action, see who talk to you and what it says You are not listening. Religion is dialog – not monolog – with god. You are just talking, never listening. You are too busy being religious, being you. Passive (supplication, Islam) good submission to allow word of god to flow through you, become a vessel (Kabbalah), empty yourself, not full (if you are full it cannot flow through you). Do not demand reciprocal action from god. Find and Buy MOST of my BOOKS and eBOOKS in my Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/60F8EC8A-5812-4007-9F2C-DFA02EA713B3