The Voice in the Heart

They may have been asking to know about God, but see how much the inquirers know already! This is a hint: those who consciously inquire about the Way already know a goodly bit about it, even if only subliminally, otherwise they would not inquire.

What do they know? That God speaks within the heart as a still small voice.

Speaking within the heart

Although we can cite a number of evils that seem inherent in externalized religion, its basic defect is just that: it is externalized. And spirit is internal.

“And when he [Jesus] was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”2 Those words were spoken two thousand years ago, and were but an echo of the same spoken many more thousands of years before in India–but who is listening? Still we insist that the divine kingdom must be outside. We drag around to “holy” spots, run in and out of temples, keep material objects as though they were divine epiphanies, enslaving ourselves to innumerable outside things that will supposedly put us in contact with Spirit. If we get really crazy we decide to create an external kingdom of God on earth–either through a political or religious hierarchy–and attempt to herd others into it “for the greater glory of God.” It will not work. History proves it.

A man once came to Sri Ramana Maharshi3 bubbling over with enthusiasm and joy: Sri Rama4 had come to him and even spoken with him! “Did he leave?” was the laconic inquiry made by Ramana. “Why, yes,” replied the puzzled man. Some time later he expressed to Bhagavan5 the desire to see Lord Krishna. In response Bhagavan gave him a meditation practice that would enable him to see Krishna. After some time it was so–Krishna came and, like Rama, spoke with him! Rushing to Arunachala, he exuberantly told him: “Krishna came to me!” Again the question: “Did he leave?” Again the reply: “Yes.” Ramana then asked him very forcefully: “When are you going to leave aside these ‘gods’ that come and go and seek for the Ever-present One that can neither come nor go?”6 Jolted awake, the man saw the truth of this and did begin earnestly to seek that One. And he sought Him within only. And found Him there.

God is everywhere, but He speaks from within the heart–and not from someone else’s heart to us, but from within our own heart.

The still small voice

The speaking of God in our heart is very subtle. To hear it the mind must be refined and honed by purification and meditation.7 Some systems of meditation can produce a great deal of noise–psychic thunder and lightning. But the voice of God will not heard in that din.

“And he [Elijah] came thither unto a cave, and lodged there…And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks 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 still small voice.”8 Wind, quake, and fire; yet in all that noise there was nothing. But in the silence God spoke. “While all things were in quiet silence,…Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne.”9

Those who look within and enter their heart will in the Silence find The Word That Is God.

More Commentary on the Aquarian Gospel:
• The Seven Pillars of Aquarian Christianity • The Silence and the Word 1. Introducing the Aquarian Gospel 2. Revelations in the Temple 3. Revelations in Egypt 4. The Two Selfs 5. Deliverance From Gods and Demons 6. About God the Tao 7. The Wisdom of Buddha  8. God and Prayer 9. The Mission of Jesus and John the Baptist 10. Sin and the Forgiveness of Sin 11. The Universal Law of Man’s Free Will and the Divine Will For Man 12. Understanding Death 13. The True Teacher 14. Vision of the Child Jesus 15. The Law Behind All Laws 16. Opening To The Truth 17. The Twelve-Step Ladder To Perfection 18. What is Truth? 19. What Is Man? 20. What is Power?	21. Understanding 22. Wisdom 23. Faith 24. Healing and Healers 25. The Destiny of All Men 26. God and Man 27. The Voice in the Heart 28. Seeing the Unseeable 29. To God Through Man 30. Who Is Jesus? 31. The Real Versus The Apparent 32. The Brotherhood of Life 33. God…and Man 34. Relating To God 35. The Worthy Host 36. Come to the Light 37. The Kingdom Revealed 38. The King Revealed 39. Perspective On Death 40. Fire and Sword 41. Evolution: The Path of Glory 42. The Real Heaven
Text of The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling • Sections I and II –Birth and Early Life of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and Birth and Infancy of the Harbinger, and of Jesus • Section III–Education of Mary and Elizabeth • Sections IV and V–Childhood and Early Education of John the Harbinger, and Childhood and Early Education of Jesus • Section VI–Life and Works of Jesus in India • Sections VII through X–Life and Works of Jesus in Western India, Tibet, Persia, Assyria, and Greece • Section XI–Life and Works of Jesus in Egypt • Sections XII and XIII–The Council of the Seven Sages; The Ministry of John the Harbinger • Sections XIV and XV–The Christine Ministry of Jesus–The First Annual Epoch • Section XVI–The Christine Ministry of Jesus–The Second Annual Epoch • Section XVII–The Christine Ministry of Jesus–The Third Annual Epoch • Sections XVIII and XIX–The Betrayal, Arrest, Trial, and Execution of Jesus • Sections XX through XXII–The Resurrection and Appearances of Jesus–Establishment of the Christine Church

2) Luke 17:20,21 [Go back]

3) Ramana Maharshi: A great sage of the twentieth century who lived in Arunachala in South India. [Go back]

4) Rama: An incarnation of God–the king of ancient Ayodhya in north-central India. [Go back]

5) Bhagavan: The Lord; the Personal God. Because of his state of divine unity, Sri Ramana Maharshi was usually addressed as “Bhagavan.” [Go back]

6) It is interesting to note that some years later, after the passing away of Sri Ramana, the ashram was visited by Sri Anandamayi Ma. When Bhagavan’s disciples begged Her to remain with them always, She simply replied: “I neither come nor go.” [Go back]

7) “For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.” (Matthew 13:15, Acts 28:27) Interestingly, this verse as Jesus quotes it, attributing it to Isaiah, is not found in present-day Bibles. What scriptures did He study? [Go back]

8) I Kings 19:9,11,12 [Go back]

9) Wisdom 18:14,15 [Go back]