Listen To Your Inner Guide
Wisdom Is Closer Than You Think
For the vast access to physical and mental information human beings possess, many lack the knowledge around what to do during critical personal life-altering changes. Key to this could be because human beings are made up of more than flesh and bone.
Genesis chapter one and verse twenty-seven states, “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” John chapter four and verse twenty-four goes on to say, “God is spirit."
The belief that one is only a body has kept many people from overcoming setbacks and realizing their dreams. It leads to a life lacking spiritual acumen which is a source for pessimism. Critics often make good use of the latter quality to fuel their impassioned arguments that one’s dreams cannot be fulfilled.
Learn to Hear from One’s Inner Guide
To receive deep insight, avoid looking for external advice. Instead, tap into one’s inner guide. A key way to do this is to quiet the mind through meditation or by enjoying a walk outdoors in nature. One can also tap into inner guidance by recording then learning to interpret one’s dreams.
By becoming mindful or by living in the present one can reduce or eliminate stress and anxiety. Psychology Today’s January 27, 2009 article “The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Present” notes that, “Life unfolds in the present.” The article goes on to mention a reason many feel anxiety, an emotion that can keep one from receiving inner guidance. The article simply says, “We’re always doing something. We allow little time to practice stillness and calm."
Slowing down the regular, hectic routine that can easily cram a day leads to mindfulness. Another effective way to quiet the mind is to breathe deeply. Sit still and inhale then exhale slowly for several minutes. The benefits are plenty.
The more quiet or calm one’s mind becomes, the greater the chances are that ideas, answers and insights will ascend from deep within one’s inner being and rise up to one’s consciousness. These insights, answers to questions and ideas may have been in one’s thoughts for hours, days, weeks, months or years. It is as though the guidance is waiting for the opportunity to present itself to a mind that is at peace.
In a hurried lifestyle, it is all too tempting to seek an expert for advice. It can seem too burdensome to create a habit of stillness. Yet, making life decisions based solely on external advice, even if it comes from a loving parent or teacher, over one’s own calm inner guide can lead one in the wrong direction.
Inner Guidance Is Real Wisdom
Remember that each person is called to live out their own life. Each person has an inner guide. Taking the advice of an expert over one’s own inner wisdom is akin to sitting in the driver’s seat of a car, leaning over and allowing the passenger sitting in the back seat to take the steering wheel.
Using online deep fire meditations and moving symbol meditations can help people learn to focus and quiet their mind. A quieter mind often makes it easier to tap into and clearly hear from one's intuition or inner guide. Writing down blessings prior to meditating can point a person's thoughts on thoughts that are charged with higher energy. This can help to pull more positive thoughts and events into a person's life. After all, thoughts work like magnets and attract similar thoughts.
Set aside time each day to mentally still the mind. Make this a habit and watch the results. Write dreams in a journal kept nearby one’s bed. Note the emotions one feels during and immediately following dreams. Pay attention to symbols that repeatedly appear in dreams. Get to know one’s inner self and as William Shakespeare’s Hamlet eloquently stated, “To thine own self be true.”
Stillness is Key to Tapping into Inner Wisdom
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