The danger in listening for God is always that the ego subtly subverts inner listening for its own purposes. We need to be careful if the inner voices tells us what we want to hear. I have often found the unexpected nature of an answer or inner guidance most clearly points to its being genuine. It is also a valuable guide to notice if the ego or our personal self has anything to gain from what an inner voice tells us. A real inner voice nourishes the spirit, but rarely our material life or surface self.
Pay attention as well to the danger of inflation -- any sense of being special or any spiritual self-importance developing from what you hear within. We need the wisdom of humility and also the safeguard of common sense.
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Prayer of the Heart in Christian & Sufi Mysticism
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