{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/693ebc1df3a6f9e20ac00b64/6ab6102ea386ecaa4b316e4b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Elijah Meditation (Part 4): The Still Small Voice","description":"<p>In this meditation, I bring our journey with the prophet Elijah to a close, completing the contemplative map offered by his encounter at the cave.</p><p>Across this series, we have explored the storm as an image of distracting thoughts, the fire as the desires that pull us away from the reality of the present moment, and the earthquake as the false identities and personas we accumulate through life.</p><p>Now we move beyond each of these and towards the destination of Elijah’s journey: the still small voice that reveals the presence of the divine.</p><p>Entering the cave of the heart through awareness of the breath, we practise allowing thoughts to pass without feeding them with our attention. We release false identities and rest instead in the truth of our own being. We notice desire without judgement or attachment and allow it too to fade.</p><p>Beyond the storm, earthquake and fire, we discover stillness — and within that stillness, what I describe as the breath behind the breath: the divine yes of love and presence at the centre of our being.</p><p>This meditation completes our Elijah series with a practice of deep stillness, surrender and contemplative awareness, inviting us to live more consciously from the cave of the heart.</p><p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p><p>00:00 – Introduction: Completing Elijah’s journey</p><p> 01:42 – Entering the cave of the heart</p><p> 02:28 – The breath as our path inward</p><p> 02:57 – The storm of distracting thoughts</p><p> 03:25 – Becoming the eye of the storm</p><p> 04:09 – Letting thoughts pass without attachment</p><p> 04:34 – Moving deeper into stillness</p><p> 04:58 – The earthquake of false identity</p><p> 05:37 – Resting in the truth of our being</p><p> 06:13 – Grounded in divine love</p><p> 06:56 – The fire of desire</p><p> 07:45 – Allowing desire to fade</p><p> 08:05 – Passing the three gates</p><p> 08:14 – Entering complete stillness</p><p> 08:29 – The breath behind the breath</p><p> 08:49 – The still small voice</p><p> 09:24 – Living attuned to divine presence</p><p> 10:09 – The divine breath within all things</p><p> 10:47 – Living from the cave of the heart</p><p> 11:26 – The threefold lesson</p><p> 12:10 – Returning to the body</p><p> 12:35 – Closing bell</p>","author_name":"Cutdown Studios"}