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When a choice needs to be made…

When you face a choice and find yourself uncertain, confused or fearful, pause. Align your awareness with your gut, your core values, your intuitive knowing to discern the “rightness” of each possible option. Ask:

Which option is an expression of the deepest truth I know?

If you listen, you’ll hear the one which resonates and brings clarity.

Are there others in your life who will be impacted by this decision? If so, certainly consult with them; let their needs and desires inform you. But always, give yourself the gift of discovering your inner clarity first. Often, this is the option that serves everyone best!

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When I pause …

… I listen within. Sometimes I listen to the teachings of others also. My current pause is filled with some rich, expansive awareness from the teacher, Adyashanti. His dharma talks at:

Dharma Cafe

are resonating deeply for me. I share this with you in the event that you are at a place where you desire input. If, on the other hand, you are currently called to listen to your heart and soul, please return to that very vital and sacred work.

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Another Pause

It is March 9, 2015. I woke with a song in my heart space: May My Heart Break by Stowe and Karen of StoweGood.com. These powerful lyrics are guiding me in this moment:

As I lie here in the stillness of a brand new day
and imagine all the possibilities.
I am humbled by this life and by the part I play.
And my gratitude just brings me to my knees.

This is my prayer. This is my plea.
Would you blind me to all separation I might see.
Bring down the walls. Let judgment fall away.
May my heart break open today.

I am moved to connect, to see our oneness, to live fully my part in this life. And I know that I am meant to explore deeply inside myself and be with others in rich, inter-personal connection.

I am once again called to write less – and less. For each of you who find inspiration on-line, please soak it in and then live into it! For each of you who, like me, desire the human touch for your inspiration, give it, receive it, live it.

For this moment, not knowing when I will return, I say, farewell. May you treasure the life you have been given and live it authentically, fully, freely.

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Do Less

I have written before about listening to intuitive wisdom – that inner, personal guidance that each one of us has access to, but which we so often miss.

Intuitive Wisdom

It takes practice to learn to hear our intuition and courage to follow it. Today, consider making a commitment to practice listening. To make it possible, try these practical and simple ideas for making space in your days by doing less:

  • Cook extra so tomorrow’s meal is easier with planned leftovers
  • Reuse bath towels so laundry is less
  • Don’t pick that fight with your spouse or children, let it go and go listen within instead
  • Stop rehashing yesterday in your mind
  • Stop planning for tomorrow and listen to what is present today

Know that when we begin a practice of listening, we might only hear what we’ve always heard! Be gentle with yourself. This is a practice! Let go again and listen:

What do you hear in the silence?
What message is in your breath?
What does your body say?
What is your heart’s truth?

 

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Perception is Reality

That statement is very powerful. I might re-state it like this:

The world I see is filtered through my thoughts, experiences, awareness, emotions. It can NEVER be the world you see.

How I see, my perception, is reality to me. The challenge I face is in accepting that you see everything (including me) filtered through your lenses, your perception of reality. What you see is not what I see.

The gift here is that what I see, what I am perceiving now, is not the only way to see “it”. I can change my lenses at any time and see differently!

  • Is this situation stressful or an opportunity to let go?
  • Is the child’s behavior disruptive or is it an expression of her becoming who she really is?
  • Is the gift from a dear friend totally insensitive as “she knows I don’t like that” or is it her absolute best at expressing love?

Today, I invite you to carry several sets of eye glasses with you. In any situation, try on multiple lenses.

What other ways can you perceive what is happening now?
What version of reality will you embrace?