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Author: [[Joel S. Goldsmith]] Full Title: The Thunder of Silence Category: #books We have to lose all desire for the visible in the realization that we live not by that which is visible but by that which is invisible, and then we shall find that the Infinite Invisible will produce in our experience the persons, things, circumstances, and conditions necessary to our daily life. What God is, we do not know, but there are many, many ways in which to observe and witness the is-ness of God—not by knowing God, but by seeing the effects of God. We do not know how God functions, but in The Infinite Way we have discovered that God operates in Silence when thought is stilled and when the human sense of self is so humble that it really and truly believes that “I can of mine own self do nothing,” and then has the patience to wait for God’s glory to be revealed. It is only those who are ready to give up all their concepts of God, to stop dreaming, thinking, and outlining, who in that complete surrender can let God reveal Itself:

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The Thunder of Silence by Joel S. Goldsmith presents wisdom from the contemplative traditions.

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