We get plenty of directions.
Do this…don’t do that…..call your doctor…..read this book….take that
pill……call your mom. The world is not
shy about telling us what to do.
Directions from the media, our government, our friends and
our family. Directions with each item we
buy and directions on how to do our job.
Our cars even speak to us now telling us to turn right 100 yards
ahead.
So why is it that when we look ahead at our lives stretching
out like a road in front of us we sometimes don’t know which route to take?
We have so many choices these days. Choices offer us limitless opportunity, but
can at the same time create gridlock in the mind. Indecision.
Frozen in our tracks.
What if I choose the wrong path? Am I ready to do that? What will others think? Maybe that other directions is safer. Perhaps the best decision is to just keep everything
as it is. Let me Google it.
Last week we worked on clearing the energetic path that runs
in front of the spine from the pelvic floor, through the open throat and out of
the mouth….speaking authentically.
Speaking as “me”. The me that I
would be if I was strong enough not to care what anyone else thought. But
the organ of action for Vishuddah, the throat chakra, is the ears. Listening.
Here we take the silence between our breaths, the silence
between our thoughts, the silence between our words – to listen within. It is in this space where we will find the
directions that will take us where we want to go. Guidance from the heart. The map
that guides us to our highest self.
But often the mind, as strong willed as it is, will try to
change our direction. Convincing us that
our choice isn’t prudent, won’t deliver the highest bang for our buck, or just
isn’t clearly thought out. It takes
inner strength to listen to the heart…..and move in the direction it points,
even when sometimes it doesn’t appear to make sense.
So how do I get to the point where I can listen, choose and
move?
One way is to practice this with the small decisions. The ones that don’t have life changing
effects. Learning how your heart speaks
to you (as it is slightly different for each of us) so you become comfortable with
its voice. For example:
You are in the cereal aisle.
There must be 100 different choices.
You pick one up, but immediately notice another one that probably has less
sugar. So you put it down and select the
other, just as yet another catches your eye because it is on sale! STOP.
Relax the body with an exhale.
Tune into your breath. Mentally
ask which one you are supposed to have.
And listen as you glance across the aisle. One will wave to you! It might be that it looks brighter, or grabs
your attention, or your body begins to move toward it. Or you somehow just know.
Then pick it up and leave.
No “second thoughts”. No “mulling
it over” or weighing the pros and cons.
NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS!!
Try it this week.
What to wear – open the closet, relax, ask, softly look – choose and put
it on. Trust it was the right choice. What to eat.
What route to take to work. Which
plant to buy. Everything!!
So that when a life changing fork is up ahead, you are ready
to choose your direction from inner
guidance. The heart does not lie. We just must be quiet enough to listen.
And when you begin to live like this….the Universe will
start placing neon signs on the path to let you know you are heading down your
soul’s path. More on that as we move up
to the Third Eye!
Welcome back bees!
Listening to my heart’s GPS and loving the ride,
SARAH
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