Listening for the Daughter of the Voice

  In Laurie R. King’s first Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell novel, the couple grapple with an extremely difficult puzzle. Eventually Mary, working on her own, notices a quiet internal presence of something very subtly beckoning her, what she calls the daughter of the voice. Instead of continuing to “effort” with her rational mind, she allows the voice to rise up.

                  This morning as I sat in Quaker meeting with eighty other people, I knew in an hour I would be making an announcement which might be tricky to explain.  I was nervous, re-visiting that extremely shy self that has always run from public speaking. Quaker meeting is the place where we sit in silence listening for that “still, small voice” (the daughter of the voice.) That’s what Quakers do. I reached for that inner whisper but the nerve-jangling was too loud. So I reached for tools to quiet my nervous system enough to hear the voice. Tip of the tongue behind the upper front teeth. Humming (silently.) Directing loving Earth energy up through my feet (I always picture my bare feet on a sandy beach pulling energy through their soles.) Slowly it felt like a path was clearing its way it calm. This is an example of a few of the energy healing tools I use.

                  These tools are so simple and so easy to forget when we are upregulated. If you can think of nothing else to do, put the tip of your tongue behind your teeth and notice your breath. That alone will start the downregulation enough so that you can add things if needed. Play with this and see how it feels.