Finding
Your Perfect Place
by Marie T. Russell
A
question that often arises is "How do we know what is
right for us?" How do we find our 'proper' place
in life, whether we are talking about employment, living
location, vacation spot, etc? It seems that whatever the
question I need to ask, the solution is always the same.
Go within...all the answers are there!
This may
sound very mystical, but it is really so very simple. It
entails simply a return to the innocence of childhood
when we had no problem listening to the voices of our
invisible friends. Many of you can remember, perhaps,
having an invisible playmate, or friend. This is the
clue to finding the answers to your questions. It
entails a return to listening for the invisible. In
other words, to trust your feelings, your intuition, and
your inner voice.
I
remember hearing that the first answer or feeling that
you get in response to a question or situation is the
"God" voice speaking. That is your intuition, your
unseen helper.
So how
does one learn to hear this voice? It is really very
simple. It requires paying attention to your feelings,
your hunches, your first impressions — and trusting
them. Turn down the volume of the voice that comes after
that — the one that doubts and has often something to
say that begins with "yes, but...". Instead, turn up
the volume of that first quiet whispering.
Learn to
be present, conscious, and aware, so that you can catch
that fleeting feeling or whisper when it comes. If your
attention is elsewhere, you may fail to notice that any
message or guidance came to you. Your mind might be
quick to tell you that you didn't hear anything, and
that you are simply imagining things.
The key
is to trust... trust yourself... trust your first
feeling... trust your intuition. Don't pay too much
attention to the chatter of the ego telling you of all
the problems, the buts, and the what ifs. If you listen
to that long enough you will never get anywhere. You
will miss the train that carries you to exciting
adventures in this daily experience that is your life.
The ego can be happy to keep you sitting in your
armchair listening to all the possibilities and
probabilities of things that could go wrong —
comparing, judging, and weighing one possibility against
another.
Years
ago, my ex and I went on a vacation in Arizona. The
first three days of the vacation were spent in Sedona at
a Lightworkers and healers gathering. After leaving
there, we decided that we would simply trust our
intuition and our inner voice as to where we would go.
We had rented a car, and our daily scenario looked like
this: In the morning, we'd get in the car and ask
"spirit" (or that still quiet voice within)
which direction to go. We'd "get" a feeling
(or sometimes hear an inner prompting) to go North (or
East or West). We'd head off. Any time we got to an
intersection (luckily we were in the middle of nowhere,
so we're not talking city blocks here), we'd ask again
"Which way is the way to our Highest Good?"
We had
some awesome experiences. One evening, we ended up way
at the end of a road, in the yard of a Native American
Indian family. The grandmother was sitting at her loom
weaving a traditional design. The grandfather was
putting wood in the stove getting ready for a cold
night. In the yard stood a hogan (round style building
made of earth). It was like going back in time. They
invited us to stay the night. The grandmother spoke no
English, but the energy of being in her presence was
awesome.
Another
day, as we again followed the promptings of that inner
guidance, we were guided to stop along the side of the
road. I was later to find out that we had stopped at
Canyon de Chelly.
As we walked out on the rocks and looked down into a
valley, my whole body started to vibrate. It was an
experience like I had never had before, or since. I felt
this vibration start from the bottom of my feet and my
whole body "hummed" internally. I just stood
in awe at this transcendental experience. I did not want
to leave that place... it felt so powerful and
nurturing.
Another
time, we picked up a lone man who was hitchhiking (after
much deliberation with our inner voice as to whether it
was "safe" to do so). It turned out that this
man was on his way home to his wife and kids, and he was
an Apache Indian. He invited us to stay the night and we
spent the evening with him and his wife sitting around
the Franklin stove speaking of all kinds of things...
Following
that inner voice can bring you all kinds of magical
experiences. (There were more in that three week
process, but these examples give you the idea.) We had
wanted a vacation which would "mean something"
-- not simply one where we had "toured the
sights" and seen "things". By following
our guidance and spirit, we were invited into the heart
of the region and the heart of the Native Americans who
live there. We let go of our mind's chattering (what if,
oh no we can't, etc.), and simply trusted in ourselves.
It was an experience I cherish to this day.
When
we take the ease-full route -- the one that is going with
the flow instead of against it -- we open ourselves up
to the magic of the Universe. We let the blessings flow
towards us instead of choosing a path where our greater
good does not reside.
Go with
that inner feeling, that whisper inside your heart. It
will always lead you to inner peace, happiness, an
abundance of blessings and Love!
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