What would cause you to trust yourself more?

Your insticts are supposed to be dependable. Your eyes open each morning.  You get up.  Your taste buds and other senses generate constant information. Nonetheless, you often hestitate to listen.  You disregard signs. What would cause you to trust yourself more?

Think back to that relationship you entered into that did not work out as you had hoped. What was that uneasy vibe you felt way back at the beginning? For some reason, you chose to overlook that. It was not important, right?

Reflect again on that instinct you had to run around the corner when your instinct told you the bus was early.  How did it feel to discover that you were right?

Remember the time when you were choosing peers as members for your sports team in gym class.  Part of you felt compelled to choose friends or popular kids. Another part of you urged you to choose for ability.  Your team revealed how you felt about appearances.

Recall the time you were on the phone and your instinct caused you to run to the kitchen.  Your mind was sending you vibes about the pot of boiling water you had left on and forgotten. This was not a memory lapse. It was a gradual building of trust inside you.

What about the time you were scanning the community bulletin board and came across that part-time job that led you to hold the responsibilities you now hold? Was it coincidence you were compelled to phone the number? At the time, you thought you had no idea what you were geting into. Seems part of you did.

None of your instincts are ever misplaced. Yet, you disregard far more than you acknowledge. Each instance you choose to trust your feelings, you gain new insight into yourself.  You are building confidence and raising awareness in ways that serve you.

Comments

[Alexys Fairfield]

Hi Liara,
Instincts are the like when God plays the piano inside us. We feel the sound and we move to the music. Even when we find ourselves on automatic pilot, we eventually move in one direction or another due to instincts.

[davina]

Hi Liara. You know, many times I am confused by my instincts. Sometimes I've gone against my feelings and nothing "bad" has happened. And so, I don't have a reference point to measure against.

But of course, without my knowing I suppose that decision caused me to take another route that led to another decision that I wouldn't have had to make in the first place. And with much time having passed, I would have not made that connection. Does this make sense...? I know I'm rambling a bit :-)

I still have a lot of practice in this area, that's for sure.

[Lance]

Powerful thought Liara. Especially the idea at the end about taking down a phone number from a job bulletin board. This makes me think of where I'm at currently - how I wouldn't be had all sorts of things fallen into place - like choosing to read the paper and apply for a job in the area I'm at now - so many years ago. Or deciding to go to a birthday party when I was in college - where I met the lady who is now my wife. The more I think about this, the more I realize how true it is - how our instincts really affect our lives in a myriad of ways - many of which have profound affects on who we are today...

[Liara Covert]

Lance, it is truly illuminating to choose to follow the thread back to reflect on some of your split-second choices. Human beings forget that each decision is made with underlying intention. Your level of awareness determines whether you consciously know what you are doing at a given moment, yet part of you always knows. The story of how you met your wife is an uplifting tale. It reminds me of the series of posts I wrote starting with The biggest risk ever. Our sense of risks evolves dramatically as awareness grows.

[Liara Covert]

Alexys, I love your analogy about God playing the piano. That offers a new context for mysterious sources of inspiration. Your insights invite fellow readers to expand their notion of possibilities. People sometimes forget more than the initial or supposedly obvious explanations exist to explain their own perception. You encourage us to grow.

[Liara Covert]

Davina, perception of right and wrong are illusions. As you evolve, you may grow to believe that your sense of "good" and "bad" are also conditioned illusions. That is, someone has likely ingrained in you that certain choices are better than others. You believed these ideas and adopted them. When you feel confused, this means part of you disagrees with the conditioning. This is the part of you that wishes you to listen closer to yourself, your instincts and inner guide, whatever this means to you. At a given moment, each choice you make is the right one for you. This is a process of learning to develop faith and trust within yourself. You have abilities to gain wisdom from every condition.