“Those who are awake live in a constant state of amazement.” – Jack Kornfield
“How do I know if my inspirations are coming from God from my own thought?” A client asked me this great question recently.
There is a point of surrender on our spiritual journey where we know that the essence of who we are is much greater than the flesh body and more immense than our limiting thinking. When we connect with the infinite presence of God we know there is but one power, one presence, one life. We are not separate from God’s Presence but one with it.
We know that all activity, ideas, opportunities, come from this creative Source. One way to deepen this experience is the practice of gratitude. Every time we give thanks for something good, we acknowledge our greater connection with God.
There is no magic to trusting our intuition. It is a continual practice to listen to insights that we have. One of the reason’s why the time we spend in silence is so precious. Intuition comes as a whisper and a quiet presence.
I invite you to use this attunement from The Book of Love and Creation by Paul Selig:
I am choosing to live my life in accordance with my higher knowing. And I am aware that all that is before me is created in conscious choice in alignment with my Creator. As I move forward, I change my knowing to align into congruence with Divine Will and with my own requirements for my freedom. I am Word through this intention to stand in my freedom. Word I am Word.
As we develop inner awareness, we are able to discern the difference between the ego wanting attention or the whisper of Divine Wisdom. As we deepen in our practice, we trust the inspirations of the heart.
Affirm: I am grateful for Divine Wisdom guiding me each day.
“I no longer live but “The Christ” lives in me.”
St. Paul
“The Christ”, are my paraphrase….
Thank you Bruce. Blessings to you.
Love this post, Rev. Christine! It arrived at a time when I’ve been feeling disconnected from everything. Your beautiful words have brought me back to connection with my center, my heart. I am still feeling a need for a new purpose. What worked in the past doesn’t work now, and it may never work again. I’m going to follow your advice. Get quiet and listen to the voice within which is the essence of my spirit.
Thanks so much Diane. Knowing you are surrounded with Infinite Love and Grace. I see your purpose as continuing to be the true presence of love that you are. You being your loving self blesses the planet each day.
Thank you for this. I would like to contribute by suggesting that there are two types of thoughts. Before we can trust in “moving forward,” we must be confident that the thought we are propelled to move (put into action) is one that is grounded in our divine and connected (absolute reality) foundation, rather than our brains synaptic habits (ie. ego). How do we know the difference? We can use three filters. 1) Does this thought allow me to feel safe connecting to life and its inhabitants? 2) If I act whole heartedly from this thought, will I bring benefit to myself, my neighbors, and my community? 3) Will the benefit of this thought be shared with all of life’s inhabitants?
Without the above, individual striving for “freedom,” without a nonreferential understanding of the divine, can cause great suffering.
Thanks so much Lori for your thoughtful comment.
Blessings, Christine