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Teacher: Olfana

 

 

 

Olfana: Greetings, my friends. (Smiling) This is Olfana, and I am filled with joy to be in your presence now! It has been a long wait for me to find a moment when S is not busy with many other projects, but I succeed now in capturing her attention.

Olfana: Greetings, my friends. (Smiling) This is Olfana, and I am filled with joy to be in your presence now! It has been a long wait for me to find a moment when S is not busy with many other projects, but I succeed now in capturing her attention.

 

I wish us to suspend ourselves briefly, just in this moment. Suspend yourselves. Feel your soul floating along within you. Here you are. Here you exist in this time, in this place, and yet, there is this peace of eternity which you can find within the quietness of yourself. Be with this soul energy in as many comfortable moments as you can hold to it, my dear ones. Take these moments and remove them from the pace of events which so seem to fill your lives. Take these moments and float within your soul.

I wish us to suspend ourselves briefly, just in this moment. Suspend yourselves. Feel your soul floating along within you. Here you are. Here you exist in this time, in this place, and yet, there is this peace of eternity which you can find within the quietness of yourself. Be with this soul energy in as many comfortable moments as you can hold to it, my dear ones. Take these moments and remove them from the pace of events which so seem to fill your lives. Take these moments and float within your soul.

If I offer this as a metaphor of interaction, is there any commentary, any remarks anyone might make at this point, any observations to share regarding this lesson, this concept, I present?

If I offer this as a metaphor of interaction, is there any commentary, any remarks anyone might make at this point, any observations to share regarding this lesson, this concept, I present?

 

Fr: It is very similar to the lesson I listened to which another Teacher gave. He was talking about the tones, and so forth. And that is when I sang my daycare song, to sort of describe how that was my tone, my melody.

Fr: It is very similar to the lesson I listened to which another Teacher gave. He was talking about the tones, and so forth. And that is when I sang my daycare song, to sort of describe how that was my tone, my melody.

Most certainly, the stillness time is a time for such moments of pleasure. I would even suggest, in a very practical way, that some meditation times would be amplified if you would close your ears with earplugs of some kind, and fully savor the internal sounds of your breathing, and the resonance within you. Come to know yourself in this way because it is an experience that many never actually connect with. Do you remember as a child, those first times you, in a swimming pool, submerged yourself fully, and suddenly there was this new way of hearing your breathing, your movement, and it was startling, to a degree, to experience yourself this way?

Most certainly, the stillness time is a time for such moments of pleasure. I would even suggest, in a very practical way, that some meditation times would be amplified if you would close your ears with earplugs of some kind, and fully savor the internal sounds of your breathing, and the resonance within you. Come to know yourself in this way because it is an experience that many never actually connect with. Do you remember as a child, those first times you, in a swimming pool, submerged yourself fully, and suddenly there was this new way of hearing your breathing, your movement, and it was startling, to a degree, to experience yourself this way?

I would say that there is much worthy of study and experience in this concept of "hearing ourselves." We, in this culture, speak so often of understanding ourselves, but do we "hear" what we are? And, when we speak of hearing others, we are so often focused on their words. This is not the only way in which they also can be heard by you. Perhaps this is enough of my commentary, now. Is there any further point that anyone wishes to make? B: There is a lesson in Will's teachings about this. And I think in the UB, about how Jesus would listen to people, and he would listen between the words to this other thing that was being said, or actually this little soul song that they were crying out for love. Is that maybe related to this--what's between the words or between the thoughts? Olfana: (Smiling) It is --directly-- connected with everything I have thus far discussed, B. We fill our relationships, our times together, often, with commentary, discussion, which in and of itself is certainly an appropriate, healthy choice. But there are so many other ways in which we can experience each other, and we will only risk these other ways of knowing each other, sometimes, in the more limited concept of a love relationship with another human being. And certainly, in these attempts to communicate by touch, by quiet hearing, listening, being with each other, we are gratified in our efforts, but we fail to apply this means of knowing each other often enough in the normal cultural interactions in which we.I speak, I include myself, now.in which we commonly find ourselves. I am most pleased to see how willingly you will hold each other's hands, and even agree to sit quietly. This is still so far from the norm, in terms of general human interaction on this planet. So much more could be developed in the way of understanding if humans would, indeed, be willing to sit quietly, sense each other, connect with the presence of touch. There are so many arenas in which this is not allowed as a possibility, and in this way much is lost of the potential of true, full communication.

I would say that there is much worthy of study and experience in this concept of "hearing ourselves." We, in this culture, speak so often of understanding ourselves, but do we "hear" what we are? And, when we speak of hearing others, we are so often focused on their words. This is not the only way in which they also can be heard by you. Perhaps this is enough of my commentary, now. Is there any further point that anyone wishes to make?  

 

B: There is a lesson in Will's teachings about this. And I think in the UB, about how Jesus would listen to people, and he would listen between the words to this other thing that was being said, or actually this little soul song that they were crying out for love. Is that maybe related to this--what's between the words or between the thoughts?  

 

Olfana: (Smiling) It is --directly-- connected with everything I have thus far discussed,  

 

B. We fill our relationships, our times together, often, with commentary, discussion, which in and of itself is certainly an appropriate, healthy choice. But there are so many other ways in which we can experience each other, and we will only risk these other ways of knowing each other, sometimes, in the more limited concept of a love relationship with another human being. And certainly, in these attempts to communicate by touch, by quiet hearing, listening, being with each other, we are gratified in our efforts, but we fail to apply this means of knowing each other often enough in the normal cultural interactions in which we.I speak, I include myself, now.in which we commonly find ourselves. I am most pleased to see how willingly you will hold each other's hands, and even agree to sit quietly. This is still so far from the norm, in terms of general human interaction on this planet. So much more could be developed in the way of understanding if humans would, indeed, be willing to sit quietly, sense each other, connect with the presence of touch. There are so many arenas in which this is not allowed as a possibility, and in this way much is lost of the potential of true, full communication.

B: So true.

B: So true.