Regardless of your current situation or focus, you create it to learn and you are ready to access inner wisdom. In this moment, you may hesitate, hearing different voices that beckon your attention. Perhaps you know what its like to feel torn, to question or self-doubt. After all, how do you know what is the best guide? Consider these tips:
1) Know the value of waiting:
"Do you have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water is clear?" Can you wait until the right action arises by itself?" - Lao Tzu
2) Be aware of what you think and feel:
"You must know what you are feeling. If you don't know what you are feeling, you will create (or act) unconsciously." - Gary Zukav
3) Notice everything can be reduced to love versus fear:
"only two emotions exist in the Physical Universe - LOVE and FEAR. All other emotions are just variations. LOVE is the emotion associated with a 'knowing' that everything in the Universe is an expression of a singularity (i.e. God) and is therefore interconnected, whereas FEAR is the emotion underlying the perception (i.e. illusion) of being separate from God." -Alex Paterson
4) Recognize love does not rationalize or argue
"feel the presence in your heart, and to know that this presence embodies the blessings, compassion, energy, and wisdom." - Sogyal Rinpoche
"There is no fear in love but perfect love drives out fear." -1 John 4: 18
5) Identify the choice that is true to who you are:
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." -Marie Curie
"Don't try to understand love. Move into love. Then you will know and that knowing will come out of your experiencing." - Osho
6) Recognize what brings harmony to heart and mind:
“Follow the Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.” -Buddha
7) Detach from outcome:
"Those who are attuned to the truth, remain balanced and detached forever."
-Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Notice who's worldly wisdom stands out for you at this moment. Everyone is a mirror inviting you to listen deeper to what the spirit echos. Consider universal wisdom speaks through everything. Notice what you are ready and willing to hear of the truth.
"Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying." -Baba Ram Dass