David V. Bush - The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It

Wrong thinking produces inharmony in our body, which in turn producessickness. Our bodies sometimes are instantly re-harmonized while in theSilence. In the Silence our minds become passive, open, free andloving, at which time the Infinite Master of harmony touches the mentalchords of our being and we are well.

Just as the piano can be tuned, so can the mind. Man's body is made upof twelve octaves the same as in music. All matter is music. All matteris composed of twelve octaves. Wrong thinking brings inharmony in someof the octaves of our body. Right thinking tunes these organs, putsthem back into their normal condition.

Boys have their little steel magnets by which they pick up small piecesof steel, pins and so forth. When overworked, these magnets no longerattract. Then the boys take their magnets, have them rubbed againststrong magnets or remagnetized with an electric current and their poweris quickly restoredso with our bodies. Mind is the re-electrifier andre-harmonizer of the octaves into all harmony.

Right thinking, therefore, is the most important thing in life. As aman thinketh in his heart so is he. Just as a tuning fork near a pianowill respond with a vibration when a key of the same pitch is struck onthe piano nearby, so likewise do the bodies of men respond to properstimulus and become in tune. By right thinking man can re-harmonizehimself, can achieve health, success and prosperity.

To enter the Silence one must first establish perfect relaxation inmind and body. Then as the consciousness is brought from one part ofthe body to another the tuning takes place.

If the leader in the Silence should be intoning, there will be many inthe audience who will feel tinkling sensationsvibrationsand oftenare instantly healed. They have been instantly re-harmonized. Sometimesit may take several intonings in the Silence for a complete healing.Should you have a violent vibration, feel no fear, but thank God foryour healing because the more violent the vibration perhaps the worsehas been your condition and the more surely has the re-harmony begun.Some people will feel this vibration for hours, even days, throughoutwhich there is always healing.

Others may not feel the vibration at all, yet if there has been anyinharmony in the bodily organs, these organs are unconscious to theconscious intoning re-harmonization. Many people who have been healedof divers and many malignant diseases were at no time conscious of anyvibration. Never be discouraged if you feel no sensation. If you dofeel a vibration, know that you are susceptible and on the high road toa healing demonstration.

The one intoning may or may not be feeling vibrations. Religion is thelife of God in the soul of Man. The Silence is the medium by which thelife of God and the soul of man are brought into At-one-ment.

The Silence is a medium by which man comes in a closer touch with theInfinite; a medium by which man becomes conscious of his nearness tothe Infinite. The Silence is the meeting place where man's spirit linkswith God's spirit; where spirit meets spirit and the marvel of Hisgrace never ceases.

The Silence is another way of praying, which is another way ofconcentration. It is another way of visualization.

"As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." In the Silence a man can byhis thoughts change his life, his conditions, his environment, his all.By right thinking man becomes harmonious. A harmonious manin tunewith the Infiniteis on the King's highway to health, success,abundance, prosperity, happiness, love and peace.

By means of wrong thinking our minds are put out of harmony with thegreat Infinite spirit of God. "As a man thinketh in his heart so ishe." When wrong thinking becomes right thinking, then man's rightrelationship to God is restored. He becomes an open channel for theinflux of the spirit so that whatever demonstration he may desire hemay have.

In the Silence a man may change his thinking as in no other way,therefore, may change his heart, change his whole being, change hisenvironment, change every condition to which he was subject.

The human body may be likened to a harp. When man thinks rightly hisbody is in tune; but wrong thinking creates inharmony in the body andproduces sickness. Wrong thinking produces inharmony in the mind,which, of course, disconnects man from rightful association with theDivine. A man must, therefore, think right. Yet, because of centuriesof erroneous conception of God and of the world, man has been anegative instead of a positive being, and his unwisdom has reacted uponthe present generation.

We are mental sending and receiving stations. What we receive dependsupon how we are thinking Now. For success, health and happiness we mustin the silent chambers of the soul change our thinking if we areholding negative or inharmonious thoughts. In the Silence there ispresented to man his greatest opportunity to change his thinking. Wrongthinking produces inharmony of the body which in turn producessickness. If we change to right thinking we have health, success andhappiness. Therefore the Silence when properly used re-harmonizes ourbodies and minds through the simple agency of right thinking.

"There are steps of approach to the Silence. Stillness is one thing andthe Silence is another. One may quiet himself physically and not bestill, and he may be still without entering the Silence. When onebecomes physically and mentally at rest, he is apt to become receptiveto psychic influences; and when these are not desired it is advisableto protect oneself while mentally negative. One may affirm his Onenesswith God, his being surrounded and protected by the divine Goodness,and may symbolize this by enveloping himself in thought with the whitelight of love or the mellowed tints of sunshine.

"With the senses calmed and unresponsive to the slower vibrations, butresponsive to the quicker ones, a peace and calm pervade one's mind,and it becomes consciously receptive to higher vibrations of vitalenergy. Immune from the lesser harmonies, one opens himself to thegreater ones, which are always seeking avenues of expression. With thegreater influx of the One Life, a sense of power steals over one and hebecomes conscious of increased vigor and vitality.

"In relinquishing specific thoughts, one opens inwardly rather thanoutwardly, and becomes receptive to subconscious impressions that aredirected by his conscious affirmation of fundamental Truth. Thesubconscious responds by returning to the conscious the logicalsequences of the Truths that have been consciously impressed upon it.The subconscious follows the lead given to it by the consciousaffirmations of Truth, and it brings back the consciousness of thoseTruths in their various ramifications."

Select one or more of the affirmations or formulas below to hold inthought while in the Silence. You may change or vary these as youchoose: