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The Still, Small Voice Within

6/25/2018

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Get rid of the voices that are within you
and soon you will be surprised 
to hear a still, small voice
you have never heard before...
then a sudden recognition that it is your voice.

-Osho
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There is so much noise inside and outside of our heads, that it is often difficult to hear and make space for the still, small voice within.  This is a  culture full of stimulus and sounds from TV, radio, Spotify, podcasts, social media, texting, chatting, or spending time in loud busy places like gyms, bars, and restaurants.
There is usually a similar noise level within our heads as well; there are voices that are critical and judgmental of ourselves and others or that are playing over conversations that happened or rehearsing conversations that may happen.  These voices feel like our own, yet are composites of things we heard and absorbed from parents and others. Meditation teachers have called this the Monkey Mind, as it tends to leap from thought to thought, and we can get caught up in its antics, identifying fully with it. 
Yet we are more than our minds and its thoughts. There is another voice that in volume can't compete with the loud chattering in our heads. It is the authentic voice, the voice of intuition, the voice that is the real you, beneath the layers of voices that have built up over the years in your mind.
Especially at first, it requires effort and quieting the mind to hear that voice, and may be difficult to not only hear but to recognize as genuinely yours. It may not speak in an actual voice but may be a "gut feeling" or sensation that communicates wordlessly with you. The more you pay attention to it, the more attuned you will become to your true self!

Call me if you would like help tuning in to your inner voice.
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    Peggy Handler, MFT, is a psychotherapist in San Francisco's Noe Valley

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