Wouldn’t it be nice to always have access to higher guidance?
Ever since I read Conversations with God, by N.D. Walsch, I desired to be able to hear my wise inner voice, too.
The process is simple (but not easy):
- Ask
- Listen
- Learn to trust
The asking part is important. It is about a heartfelt urgent desire that I really want to know an answer to particular issue. And it is about posing a specific question. Like ‘How can I see the trouble with that person in another light?’
The listening part is important as well. Empty the mind and wait for an answer to arrive. The listening is like waiting for the thunder after one has seen the lightning. Full of attention and waiting. And, of course, full of expectation that the thunder will eventually be heard.
Learning to trust the inner teacher takes time. For me, it was crucial to have experiences where the inner voice told me things I could not have known by myself.
In the beginning, I found it most helpful to do this process with pen and paper. Somehow, typing at the computer did not work too well for me.
I would sit down, alone in a quiet room, and write down a question. Then I would close my eyes, let my mind go blank and wait for an answer to emerge as blocks of thought or as a voiceless voice. I wrote down whatever came up as an answer. Of course, I never knew whether this was my ego talking or the wise inner voice. But I would write it down anyway and then look at it later and see whether it makes any sense.
Sometimes, the answer would not come as an inner voiceless voice. Instead, I would get a dream or a song in my head. Guidance can come in many different forms.
Barriers to listening:
- Emotional turmoil
It can be difficult to hear the inner voice if we are in a state of emotional turmoil. Therefore, it is important to learn to reach inner peace. - Emptying the mind too much.
Esther Hicks did that in the beginning before she began to channel Abraham. She let go of her thoughts the moment they emerged. However, Abraham wanted to communicate with her. Luckily, he found a way. He made her spell the answers with her nose by moving her head. - Expecting a certain answer or fearing a certain answer.
That point is important. Because the inner voice will often say things that are contrary to my normal understanding. Therefore, I want to stress that it is helpful be in a state of mind that accepts – or even invites – to have one’s world view shaken.
One word of caution:
Hearing this voice is one thing. Obeying it is a different matter.
And sometimes the voice can get pushy (for example, when it tells me how often I should write a blog post even though I have ‘more important’ things to do – like organizing my children’s birthdays ) .
Oh well, surrender seems to be an integral part of the journey.
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Author: Karin Finger
Source: https://karinfinger.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/finding-the-inner-teacher/
