A student once came to his teacher and asked him:
- How can I achieve a supersensible life so that I can see God, and hear, and speak with Him?
The teacher replied:
“When you are able to force yourself, even for a minute, to enter where no living creature lives, you will hear God.”
- Is it close or far? - asked the student.
“It is in you, and if you can stop your thoughts and desires for a while, you will hear the inexpressible words of God,” said the teacher.
- How can I hear God speak when I neither think nor speak?
- When you neither think from yourself nor desire from yourself; when your mind and will become calm and passively surrender to the perception of the expressions of the Eternal Word and Spirit; and when your soul spreads its wings and rises above what is temporary; and when you lock up your imagination and external senses with abstract thinking, then the Eternal Hearing, Sight, Speech will open in you, and God will hear and see through you, because you will be the organ of His Spirit, and God will speak in you and will whisper to your Spirit, and your Spirit will hear His voice.
Therefore, blessed are you if you can refrain from self-thinking and self-desire and can stop the wheel of your imagination and feelings, since in fact there is nothing except your own hearing and desire that hinders you and prevents you from seeing and hearing God.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru