There is a channel between voice and presence,
a way where information flows.
Disciplined silence the channel opens.
With wondering talk it closes.
'...between voice and presence' - The moment you not only think about the meaning of this succession of words, but contemplate on them through your feeling faculty, you instantly will be drawn into the deeper meaning of this teaching. You will discover, that the term 'voice' stands for our mind and it's activity that manifests as a constant thought process to which we usually attach our sense of self or feeling of 'I'. Furthermore, you might realise that the term 'Presence' refers to our state of being or awareness and its inherent capacity to simply perceive the 'Isness' of things. If you start looking at both terms from a neutral state of mind point of view you will understand that together they create a state in which both oppose each other, whilst being completely unaware of each others individual existence. This subsequently will take you to the idea that within their silent dynamic they manifest a horizontal scale in which the 'voice' stands for past and future and the 'presence' for the actual 'now' or a given present moment in time. 'Voice' and 'Presence' in their linear or two-dimensional interaction contain the whole range of manifestations of consciousness in man's ordinary waking state of everyday life that unfolds along this horizontal scale.
'...there is a channel' - a window or gateway leading to unprecedented opportunities that might transcend that state of friction and frees us from this two-dimensional state of perception. Nothing much can happen or change within a two-dimensional interaction that consists of two opposing forces, as long as there is a third quality that carries the potential to neutralise this static state. This third quality or force lies dormant in form of a channel between voice and presence. The channel has to be understood as an opening, an opening of possibilities or potentialities that can be accessed via '...a way where information flows'- 'a way' can be symbolising a process, path, approach or an environment within which there is the potential to evolve, to transform or change. '...where information flows' - symbolises 'Great Ideas' or 'Universal Teachings' that are not produced by mind created life, but are constantly surrounding us unrecognised. This flow of information or stream of 'Great Ideas' is freely available in abundance, yet is rarely recognised as such. It's specific scent only can be appreciated by the one that has refined his sense of perception that is not entirely based on giving attention to the incoming impressions of life but can look beyond this linear view of perception.
'...Disciplined silence the channel opens' is the key that opens the door to 'a way where information flows'. '...disciplined...' stands for conscious effort and regular practice without expectations. '...silence...' describes the method that tames the voice. Sitting motionless in silence by means of conscious effort while being drawn into the gaps between our thoughts, will open the channel i.e. consciousness will expand the moment the 'voice' and the 'presence' are in perfect balance, an opening or spaciousness in which both are equally content in their existence. Then this channel will open and connect us to a vertical scale under which we are in-formation, hence a process of change or transformation that is graciously facilitated by the meaning of 'Great Ideas' and Grace that reach us through this vertical scale that manifests within the spaciousness of our thought patterns, hence a state of absence of thoughts in which simply nothing happens.
'...with wondering talk it closes' - the moment the voice in our head becomes active our consciousness will diminish again and will be confined and caught within the linear dynamic of opposing forces '...voice and presence'.
Copyright © Alexander Filmer-Lorch April 2012 all rights reserved
'...there is a channel' - a window or gateway leading to unprecedented opportunities that might transcend that state of friction and frees us from this two-dimensional state of perception. Nothing much can happen or change within a two-dimensional interaction that consists of two opposing forces, as long as there is a third quality that carries the potential to neutralise this static state. This third quality or force lies dormant in form of a channel between voice and presence. The channel has to be understood as an opening, an opening of possibilities or potentialities that can be accessed via '...a way where information flows'- 'a way' can be symbolising a process, path, approach or an environment within which there is the potential to evolve, to transform or change. '...where information flows' - symbolises 'Great Ideas' or 'Universal Teachings' that are not produced by mind created life, but are constantly surrounding us unrecognised. This flow of information or stream of 'Great Ideas' is freely available in abundance, yet is rarely recognised as such. It's specific scent only can be appreciated by the one that has refined his sense of perception that is not entirely based on giving attention to the incoming impressions of life but can look beyond this linear view of perception.
'...Disciplined silence the channel opens' is the key that opens the door to 'a way where information flows'. '...disciplined...' stands for conscious effort and regular practice without expectations. '...silence...' describes the method that tames the voice. Sitting motionless in silence by means of conscious effort while being drawn into the gaps between our thoughts, will open the channel i.e. consciousness will expand the moment the 'voice' and the 'presence' are in perfect balance, an opening or spaciousness in which both are equally content in their existence. Then this channel will open and connect us to a vertical scale under which we are in-formation, hence a process of change or transformation that is graciously facilitated by the meaning of 'Great Ideas' and Grace that reach us through this vertical scale that manifests within the spaciousness of our thought patterns, hence a state of absence of thoughts in which simply nothing happens.
'...with wondering talk it closes' - the moment the voice in our head becomes active our consciousness will diminish again and will be confined and caught within the linear dynamic of opposing forces '...voice and presence'.
Copyright © Alexander Filmer-Lorch April 2012 all rights reserved
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