Your Inner Voice of Wisdom…

Have you noticed that if you want to speak to someone in a noisy, crowded room, the best thing to do is lean close and whisper? Yelling in an attempt to be louder than the room’s noise just adds to the chaos. Similarly, that quiet, small voice within each of us does not try to compete with the mental chatter on the surface of our minds, nor does it attempt to overpower the volume of the world outside. If we really want to hear it, no matter what is going on around us or even inside us, we can always pause, focus and tune in to that voice underneath. 



If you really think about it, the more insistent louder voices in our heads delivering messages that make us feel panicky or fearful, are in the best case “of questionable authority” and in the worst case “destructive”. They may be voices we have internalized from childhood or a bad experience, or even from our culture, so by definition they possess only half-truths. Their perceived urgency stems from their disconnectedness from the center of our being, and ironically it is their urgency that catches our attention. On the other hand, our other internal voice, the one that whispers reassurances that everything is fundamentally good, simply delivers its message with quiet confidence… and once we hear it, we know it speaks the truth. For me, once I have heard what this inner voice has to say, a powerful sense of calm settles over my entire state of being, and the loud voices and chaotic sounds that so often dominate our world, slowly fade into the background. 



Once you begin to take notice of your own inner voice of wisdom, you may also find that your outward communications in the world will begin to be influenced by the quiet certainty of your inner voice. You may be less inclined to indulge in idle chatter or negative gossip as you become more interested in maintaining your connection to the whisper of truth that broadcasts its message to you like the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves of a tree. In my life (especially recently), I have noticed that as we align ourselves more with this quiet confidence, we naturally become an extension of the whisper, allowing us to easily penetrate the noise of the world and create more peace, trust, compassion and confidence.