The Silent God and the Inner Self

A Tract Book Essay

By

Anthony J. Fejfar, B.A., J.D., Esq., Coif

© Copyright 2007 by Anthony J. Fejfar

In his book, “How to Know God,” by Dr. Deepak Chopra, Chopra argues that

at the Level 3 Stage of Consciousness, there is a movement inward toward the Silent

God. This inward path is taken instead of the outward path of conformity to

conventional morality. Perhaps one of the most important choices a person will ever

make is whether to take the inward path of the Spirit, or the outward path of conformity

to the dicates of conventional society.

As Chopra points out, when one takes the inward path, one begins a process of

meditation or contemplation which leads to the inner silence of the True Self. The True

Self is the Silent God in you, where you and God are One. Not a One of the Ego, but a

One of the Self which transcends the Ego. We do not know how, exactly, but there is

Power in the appropriation of the Silent Self. One’s Prayer life deepens immensely. But

somehow instead of look for the God outside of me for help, I find the Silent God insidc

of me, which is truly me. The conflict between what God wants and what I want

dissolves in the Self of the Silent God. As Saint Paul says, It is not longer I that live, but

God that lives in me.

Once one has taken the inward journey and has found the Silent God, then one’s

prayer life changes to silent meditation or contemplation, or, focuses on very short

prayers for guidance. The God of Level 3 helps those who help themselves, Spiritually.
Finally, it should be noted that the Silent Self of Level 3 is the True Self or Jungian Self

that Psychologist Carl Jung describes in this work. Once again, a technique for leaving

the ego behind and find the Self is to develop the Transcendental Ego which then evolves

into the Self.