Reading & Meditation on Silence by Rev. Teresa Stuefloten, M.Div. 10/18/2026

Good morning! This is Rev. Teresa. I have a reading for you from the October 12 Divine Science Daily Study, which is available from the Divine Science Federation International.

“THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE;

LET ALL THE EARTH KEEP SILENCE BEFORE HIM.”

(Habakkuk 2:20)

Elijah went to the top of the mountain to commune with God. There he experienced mighty winds that rent the mountains and broke the rocks apart. Then an earthquake, and then a fire but God was not to be found in all this noisy tumult. It was not until Silence descended upon the mountain that Elijah was able to hear the “still, small voice” of God. He listened and was given directions for his next stage of life.

And so it is with us.  When we turn inward, away from all the clatter of daily life, we can receive the creative power of the Silence from which All Good comes: Spiritual insights, Divine direction, glimpses of Cosmic Consciousness, expansion into the Wholeness of Being, all these things are ours when we enter the Silence and leave gaps in our thinking to listen to all that God is telling us. The Divine Presence is indwelling, experiencing life through us, as us, eternally speaking to us through our inner God-self.

Spirit speaks to us through every way possible: dreams, visions, meditational promptings and any way we can hear the “still, small voice.”  

So, enter into the Silence at every opportunity and Listen, Listen, Listen and we will be Spirit-led into building a better world.

Affirm: Today I live with Love, Joy and Harmony for I am guarded and guided only by the voice of God!

Rev. Dr. Sylvia Eriksson ~ Boronia, Victoria  Australia

First Divine Science Church of Australia

Meditation:

Now I invite you to prepare to go within for a short time of meditation, letting go of worries or concerns for this time, getting comfortable, closing your eyes with your inner gaze raised to the center of the forehead, turning your attention to your breath, gently noticing the in-breath and the out-breath…feeling the coolness of the in-breath and the warmth of the out-breath… allowing the breath to sink down into the belly with each in-breath… expanding the belly with each in-breath and contracting the belly with each out-breath… coming into the present moment through the breath now, completely awake and aware…

I turn inward now, leaving the cares of the day for this time in silence …

I tune out the noise of the world, allowing myself to rest in the silence now …

I listen for the still, small voice of the Divine Presence in the silence …

Spirit speaks to me in the silence …

When my mind wanders in thought I bring myself back to the silence, listening in the silence …

When thoughts distract me, I can focus on the breath again to bring myself back to the silence, allowing my thoughts to settle…

In the Silence I receive the Creative Power from which All Good comes …

As I listen to the silence within, Spiritual insights come to me …

As I listen to the silence within, Divine direction comes to me …

As I listen to the silence within, glimpses of Cosmic Consciousness come to me …

As I listen within, I expand into my wholeness of Being …

The Divine Presence is indwelling me, as me, now …

Now we listen in the silence to the Divine Presence within for one minute …

Now, having rested in the silence, I invite you to come back to awareness of the body, feeling rested and whole. Daily meditation brings us into our oneness with the Divine and all that is good. Turn within to the silence of Divine communion daily. Affirm: Today I live with Love, Joy and Harmony for I am guarded and guided only by the voice of God! And so it is!