The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace

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Summary: Another gift from Don Miguel Ruiz
Review: This is a perfect companion to "The Four Agreements." I just finished this and I can't wait to read it again. There are stories from the authors past, explaining his journey, and making this book wonderfully personal. The book discusses how to not listen to that voice within us that causes us so much drama and pain. How to forget, and change our 'programming', the domestication, and the lies that have permeated our lives. The book even breifly goes back over The Four Agreements. This book is truely a must have. It, like all his other books, are a gift from above. They leave you feeling incredible and the more that they are read, the greater the message becomes. I know that I have said that in other reviews of Ruiz's books, but it is the truth and it is worthy of repeating.

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Summary: A Guide to Listening to Truth
Review: We were created in the image of God to live in paradise. We lived in abundance and joy, having everything we needed, and everything "was good." What happened? We began to listen to the "voice of knowledge." The voice of knowledge is the voice of judgment, shaming us and making us wrong for being who and what we are. The voice of knowledge speaks of the lie of separation of humans from God. It tells us we must earn love or receive that love from the outside world, rather than from the Garden of Eden continually present within us.

The voice of knowledge tells us lies. The lies are not true or even real. They are merely illusions. Gaining the awareness that we do not have to listen to the voice of knowledge frees and empowers us to live fully in the here and now, where life is really happening, in constant communion with God. It doesn't matter what the circumstances of our life are economically, medically, socially. We can still be happy.

We can gain the awareness of the perfect love our creator intended for us before we began to listen to the voice of knowledge. Once we see the truth, we can live the truth and allow it to live through us. The result is deep, rock-bottom acceptance and love for whatever life presents, while feeling passionately able to pursue what we want without attachment for the outcome.

Written in a humble, conversational style, this book conveys the message that through dedicated practice, anyone can learn to stop listening to the lies created by the "voice of knowledge" that lead us to judge ourselves and others and to feel separate from God. Instead, we can learn to listen to the "silent knowledge," or truth deep within the self, and allow that love to live through us, as us. I doubt that a more valuable book has been written in many centuries.

Rating:
Summary: A Guide to Listening to Truth
Review: We were created in the image of God to live in paradise. We lived in abundance and joy, having everything we needed, and everything "was good." What happened? We began to listen to the "voice of knowledge." The voice of knowledge is the voice of judgment, shaming us and making us wrong for being who and what we are. The voice of knowledge speaks of the lie of separation of humans from God. It tells us we must earn love or receive that love from the outside world, rather than from the Garden of Eden continually present within us.

The voice of knowledge tells us lies. The lies are not true or even real. They are merely illusions. Gaining the awareness that we do not have to listen to the voice of knowledge frees and empowers us to live fully in the here and now, where life is really happening, in constant communion with God. It doesn't matter what the circumstances of our life are economically, medically, socially. We can still be happy.

We can gain the awareness of the perfect love our creator intended for us before we began to listen to the voice of knowledge. Once we see the truth, we can live the truth and allow it to live through us. The result is deep, rock-bottom acceptance and love for whatever life presents, while feeling passionately able to pursue what we want without attachment for the outcome.

Written in a humble, conversational style, this book conveys the message that through dedicated practice, anyone can learn to stop listening to the lies created by the "voice of knowledge" that lead us to judge ourselves and others and to feel separate from God. Instead, we can learn to listen to the "silent knowledge," or truth deep within the self, and allow that love to live through us, as us. I doubt that a more valuable book has been written in many centuries.