We can see the universe as an expression of divine thoughts, as a revelation through the creative divine ‘word’. Then it becomes clear that perfect wisdom and all-encompassing love create and animate the universe.
We humans, as images of God on our level of existence, generally underestimate the fact that our thoughts and words also have magical power, albeit broken down to a significantly lower vibrational level. In our widespread unconsciousness and our reduced capacity for love, we can only cause limited damage. We are protected from ourselves and our environment. As images of God, however, we carry deep within us the potential to become co-creators of the universe and our reality of life.
Language – the source of all misunderstandings?
Our vocabulary is constantly expanding with new information that comes our way every day. In the age of digital information overload, we are virtually overwhelmed by a wave of sounds and words. It seems that verbal exchange is becoming increasingly difficult because everyone has accumulated so much knowledge on every subject that they want to share it when they interact with others.
Often, saying ‘I know … too …’ becomes more important than communicating, listening and trying to understand the other person better. We deliver monologues from our own tunnel vision. We can observe that exchanges with others often have a strained or aggressive tone because we are constantly comparing ourselves to them, trying to keep up or outdo them, and thus find ourselves in a permanent state of competition that makes us nervous. This is verbally vented aggressively or exaggeratedly.
A word can encourage, hurt, confirm, lie, praise, comfort, uplift, etc. Our words are magical; they can both uplift and destroy, travel around the globe in a fraction of a second, start wars, end them, or set fashion trends in motion. This is how we shape our world through the magical power of our words.
In The Book of Mirdad, Mikhaïl Naimy warns us against uncontrolled, impulsive speech.
To be a mouthpiece for the truth, the tongue must never be a flail, a fang, a weather vane, an acrobat or a street sweeper. Speak to reassure the speechless. Be speechless to reassure yourself. Words are ships that sail the seas of space and dock in many harbours. Be careful what you load them with, for when their journey is over, they will eventually unload their cargo at your door. 1
Before the word comes the thought
Isn’t the thought the ‘father’ of the word? The vast amount of information that accumulates in our heads and often causes stress or disharmony in our interactions with others can also rob us of our sleep and create a need for thought control. We need a break from the constant ‘chatterbox’ in our heads and are looking for a way to silence it.
But can thoughts simply be turned off? What triggers our thoughts? First, there is a sensory impression: I hear, feel or see something, or I remember an impression I once had. These impressions are then filtered through my thoughts. I categorise them as: interested me, didn’t interest me, I find it beautiful, ugly, I don’t care. Then I pursue them or let them go.
Brain researchers have found that a thought is already there before it reaches the physical brain. Test subjects were asked to indicate the moment a thought arose, and the researchers measured an electrical impulse in the brain shortly before the test subject consciously experienced the thought.
But how can we control our thoughts? A thought is a mental or energetic vibration that is given form, a language, when it reaches our physical brain.
The universal language of God
With the help of our language, we can exchange thoughts with some people. But only with those who speak the same language as us. The language of God is a vibration, a universal, silent language that speaks to every creature – whether plant, animal, human or angel. It is not a question of not having any thoughts – which is not even possible – but of opening oneself to the ‘divine word’, to the vibration of the ‘divine language’. Wisdom thinks in silence; it is the voice of silence. Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov writes:
Silence is the highest realm of our soul. When we reach this realm, we enter the cosmic light. Light is the quintessence of the universe. The goal of silence is to merge with the living, powerful light that pervades all creation.2
When the divine Spirit speaks, heaven and earth are silent to hear His word, for this word is a seed that fertilises.2
The spoken word cannot become alive and powerful unless it is imbued with the divine word; only then can it give expression to the soul’s experience. One day, people will no longer communicate with words, but with the light, colours and sounds that emanate from them, and everything will be immediately clear between them. If someone is suffering beside you, you feel their pain, often without them speaking about it, and when they are overjoyed, you feel that too. Suffering and joy are a language that can be understood without words; and this language does not deceive.2
Becoming still before the voice of the soul
The human will is also originally a divine attribute. What are we focused on? Do we listen to the quiet voice of the soul within us? Numerous activities, necessities and obligations of our everyday life keep our thoughts and feelings constantly in motion. We cannot prevent this, but our attitude towards them is free, lies within our power and can be subject to our will. Through mindfulness, we can become observers who perceive everything benevolently, without personal interference in the form of affection or aversion. Our mind is then like a mirror-smooth lake that can absorb the impressions from the soul and understand them.
What is [then] actually at rest are the movements of the lower human nature. The higher nature, on the other hand, begins to vibrate and radiate. But the vibrating movement is of such intensity that it gives the appearance of motionlessness.2
At first, his [the pilgrim’s] instincts and desires become more intense and lively than before, but he will not lose heart; he will continue, and he will allow new, pure and holy feelings, instincts and thoughts to flow into his mind, and gradually his old atoms, which can no longer resonate, will die out and be eliminated, leaving their place to new, harmonious, salutary atoms. […] This newly created state will not only form an unfavourable ground for the birth of harmful impulses, but it will also protect the mind against the intrusion of negative currents from foreign spirits and prepare a suitable ground for the inflow of the healing power of the higher Spirit.3
Our orientation is the guide that determines which spiritual-soul vibrations resonate within us. Learning to be attuned to the quiet voice of the soul and to persevere in this means a purification, a healing of our entire being. The word spoken from the sanctified being gains increasing magical power because it is used for the healing of all.
I am like a trombone. I sound, but another blows into me.
Hildegard von Bingen
Sources
1) Mikhaïl Naimy, Das Buch Mirdad (The Book of Mirdad), Rozekruis Pers, Haarlem 1968, p. 268
2) Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, Der Weg der Stille (The Way of Silence), Prosveta Publishing House, Dietingen 2017, pp. 166, 142, 117 f., 97
3) H. Kazemzadeh-Iranschähr, Die Heilkraft des Schweigens (The Healing Power of Silence), Irene Huber Publishing House, Graz 2016, p. 83/84
