It is not always easy to discriminate the difference between the voice of our soul and the voices of those we respect and have high regard for. Initially we explore the different spiritual language of people we admire. Their words and experiences help us clarify our own voice. But as we follow a spiritual path, it is essential we remember, although these may be wise voices they are not our voice.

The first task in any spiritual journey is to "still the mind" in order to hear the voices of our heart and spirit. Whether in prayer, meditation, visualization, or whatever method we choose, we need to step out of our "busyness" and become receptive and open.

While we might explore different methods, eventually we learn to decide what practices help bring out our spirit? We also learn to discriminate between the voice of our intellect and the voice of our soul. The voice of our intellect is easy to recognize…it defines, then analyzes, argues, defends, debates, and critiques. I am sure we have all been guided by that voice from time to time.

Listen closely . . .Can you hear the voice of soul touching you deeply . . . profoundly . . . through prayer, meditation, Holy Scripture or song?

Can you feel the voice of soul piercing your heart with joy . . . gratitude . . . and deep inner truth?

Can you recognize the voice of soul arriving unexpectedly and capturing you with awe and wonder?

The voice of our soul is unique and distinct from all others as it attempts to capture our attention by guarding, guiding and leading us closer to our own authentic spiritual language. This is the voice that connects us to the spiritual realm, the voice, we occasionally tune in and more frequently tune out.

We recognize the voice of our soul when "out of the blue" we are given a way out often after a long struggle. We may find ourselves brooding over a situation or problem; worried and frightened, exhausted and ready to give up, when suddenly we stumble across a solution. The answer always arriving unexpectedly, without anticipation or warning! This is the voice of soul!

As we continue exploring our life's path, we hear the first faint sounds of spirit grow stronger, and we discover a living soul within us, one with a unique language. This is the voice of soul!

The eyes of my soul have been opened
both here and beyond the horizon
The voice of soul I discover
comes not from book or knowledge
but through solitude of absent sounds
where the depth of boundless wisdom
is revealed.
The strength of the spirit
is imprinted on my voice of soul
bringing the richness of
uninterrupted dialogue
with the One
who graces me with many gifts.
My soul is on a path
toward that blissful day
when I will dwell in a place of love
I know this is true
for I have heard the voice of soul.

All is known . . . attune to the knowledge . . . wait for the wisdom.

The voice of the spirits.

All people have the ability to perceive this internal voice, and in fact, everybody hears it, but in most cases, they don't listen to it. And there are three reasons for this to happen. First, it is difficult to distinguish it from your own thoughts, because we, the spirits, have to use the instruments that the human puts at our disposition, that is to say, his or her mind. And in that mind, we formulate the answers or suggestions that we wish to convey. Of course, this voice doesn't ring distinctively, and since it originates in your brain, it is part of your mind, the same as your own thoughts are part of your mind, with the one exception that this voice was implanted into you, impressed upon you, as right now I am impressing you with these thoughts.

How are you able, then, to distinguish if what you perceive, feel, and "hear" comes from us, and are not the machinations of your own mind? I admit that this is difficult, but in this same moment you can already give yourself the answer: Our voice arrives accompanied by certain sensations; you have the impression that you are not "hearing" it in your head, in your brain, but you're rather feeling something, which is formulated in your chest, in your heart, and is a very similar sensation which you perceive when the Love flows into you, transmitting the impression of your chest being contracted, but a pleasant, happy sensation. You feel the same happiness now, and in fact, I can assure you that you are experiencing the inflowing of this Great Love that the Heavenly Father grants us in his infinite Kindness.

As I have said, our coming and communicating is accompanied by certain sensations that allow you to realize that what you are feeling, and the information that you are receiving, is not information that your own mind is formulating, but is something that comes from outside - from the world you still ignore - from the wonderful world of the spirits.

I have explained to you the first reason, why people don't perceive, or why they refuse to perceive, this kind of communication: Simply, they confuse it with their own fantasy. But there is another reason. Imagine the soul like a radio receiver. You can still remember those old apparatus, which, together with the transmission of the sounds, also transmitted a boisterous background cracking. You can sometimes hear this phenomenon even today. When you drive a car with the radio turned on, and as you move out of the reach of the broadcasting station, in the same way the noise increases, interfering with radio reception, making it more and more difficult to understand the speaker.

In some way, this is what also happens with the soul. The soul has a potential power of reception, of perceiving our voices, of being tuned in with the world of the spirits. But besides the work of tuning in to the "radio station", that is, of elevating your spirituality, of getting ready with spiritual thoughts and primarily, of a corresponding sustained attitude, there are other factors intervening with the clear reception of our messages and our guidance.

You live in a noisy, materialistic world, which scarcely leaves you time to devote yourselves to what is much more important because it is potentially eternal: the development of the soul. Well, this is not exactly true, because, yes, there is time, all the time in the world to do this, but the distractions and the amusements are so great, that people don't take the time to dedicate it to the spiritual things. We could say that this atmosphere acts like an extremely strong background noise. Their upset thoughts are like the deafening waves of the ocean, like the boisterous surf, which covers our intent of entering into contact with you.

Therefore, you have to work to make the volume of this background noise lower, and this is not difficult to do. Take your time; retire from this world from time to time. For this purpose you don't need enter a monastery, no, just retire to a calm, silent place, a separate room, a corner in the forest or in the near-by park where you may stay awhile all alone, all alone with us and with God. You will be surprised how quickly your perception of our guidance will increase.

When I lived on earth, the world was calmer; noisy, yes, but we had more moments for contemplation, at least those of us who enjoyed the invaluable gift of freedom. As a boy, when studying the Hebrew Scriptures, many times I felt that interior voice very clearly, and I was always filled with a great deal of happiness.

As we informed you in other messages, I was born without sin; that is to say, I didn't have those encrustments which deform the soul, and this is very important to take into consideration. These encrustments are the third reason, why you, many of you, have so much difficulty in receiving our guidance. You could compare these encrustments with an insulating layer muffling our voice, and this, in combination with the aforementioned background noise, makes the perception of our advice and messages almost impossible.

Therefore, besides retirement and meditation, there is another work that you have to do in order to improve reception. You have to remove, to tear away and eliminate, these encrustments. And there is only one instrument which serves this purpose well: Prayer. We are attracted by prayer, and more important still, it attracts the God's Love, and jointly we can undertake the work of cleansing, detaching these parts alien to the soul, like the coral which covers the sunken ship.

As an adolescent, I used to retire frequently. In my free moments, I liked to climb atop the hills, to withdraw to the forests, and there, in the soothing atmosphere of nature, enter into conversation with the Heavenly Father. My mother called this "mysticism", this strange communion with nature. Well, in some way this was true, but still more, it was the contact with my Heavenly Father, my conversations with Him, and the immense happiness offered me by this proximity with our Creator, who for me didn't live far away up in His Heavens, but very close, so near in fact, that I could so easily turn to Him in all my concerns and worries.

Conversation, you ask me? Yes, they were really conversations, and they continue this way, even clearer, more transparent and translucent. And as you now receive impressions, and questions and doubts are forming in your mind, the same happened with me, and the answer arrived immediately, like in your case. Am I not responding to your questions? Aren't you the one who conducts, in some way, this communication, through your questions and doubts? Ah, you're beginning to realize! And you feel very happy; it is one of the happiest moments in your life, and you can repeat it - we can repeat it! We are awaiting your call, but we are also waiting for you to get into the necessary condition so that we can really take advantage of this opportunity.

My dear brother, we are anxious to get into close contact with you, with all of you. So, give us the opportunity, get ready, tune in, and you will live, even here on earth, in heavenly moments, moments all of you may enjoy, if you only get ready and contribute your share to this mutual enterprise.

Think it over, listen to me, and may God bless you all,

Jesus