I was walking down a busy San Francisco street, Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” blasting through my headphones. Lost in the guitar solo, I stepped into the crosswalk without looking.

Then I heard it—clear as day, cutting through the music on my headphones: “Watch out!”

I looked up. A car was heading straight for me. I jumped out of the way just in time.

Here’s what made this extraordinary: the voice came through my headphones, over the guitar solo. It wasn’t my thought, my observation, or my peripheral vision. It was divine intervention, pure and simple.

That was twenty-five years ago, and it taught me something crucial about how guidance works. Most of the time, the Holy Spirit’s direction isn’t dramatic. It’s gentle, repetitive, without any emotional charge. But when we’re in actual danger—physical, emotional, or spiritual—the volume can increase just enough to get our attention.

The problem is, most of us are so identified with the ego’s constant commentary that we can’t distinguish between our own mental chatter and the still small voice that’s always available to guide us home.

In A Course in Miracles, we learn that “the Holy Spirit’s voice is as loud as your willingness to listen.” 

The issue isn’t that God isn’t speaking. The issue is that we’re not tuned in to the right frequency.

Think about it: when you’re stressed, anxious, or caught up in attack thoughts, how clear is your thinking? How good are your decisions? Now contrast that with times when you’ve felt peaceful, connected, and loving. Which state produces better outcomes?

Divine guidance flows most clearly when we’re vibrating at the frequency of Love.

When our consciousness is cluttered with judgments, grievances, and ego-driven desires, we literally can’t perceive the higher options available to us in any given moment.

This is why forgiveness is so essential to developing intuition. Every resentment we hold, every attack thought we cherish, creates static in our receiver. The broadcast is still coming through—it’s just that we can’t hear it clearly.

The beautiful thing is, you don’t need to become a perfect person to start receiving guidance. You just need to become willing to hear it. Willing to pause when something doesn’t feel right. Willing to ask, “What would Love do here?” Willing to trust that you’re not alone in this world.

The voice that called out “Watch out!” that day in San Francisco is the same voice that whispers, “Take the scenic route home,” or “Call your sister now,” or “Don’t send that email yet.” It’s the same voice that’s been trying to reach you through every spiritual book you’ve read, every teacher you’ve encountered, every moment of Grace you’ve experienced.

Your job isn’t to make yourself worthy of Divine guidance. You’re already worthy. Your job is simply to get still enough, humble enough, and loving enough to hear what’s always been there.

The question isn’t whether guidance is available. The question is: are you willing to receive it?

SATURDAY – Activate Your Intuition Deep Dive Workshop – by popular request – this was the #1 topic people asked me to do a workshop on and here it is this Saturday, August 31.  If you’d like to start hearing your guidance more clearly, and choosing to listen and follow, while also feeling like you can really trust that Voice for God, consider joining me for this workshop on Saturday!  Click here now for more info.

It may be hidden, but it’s there—because God’s will for us is perfect happiness, and that will is never absent from any moment.  Yay for that!

NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: my topic is The 3 Lies That Create Anger (And the One Truth That Dissolves It). In this episode, I explore how anger is fundamentally a form of self-sabotage rooted in the projection of separation and the belief that we’re victims rather than the dreamers of our dream. Drawing from A Course in Miracles Chapter 6, I shared my personal journey from being a chronically angry person – like “a pot boiling on the stove” – to discovering that anger can only occur when we believe we’ve been attacked, that retaliation is justified, and that we bear no responsibility for our experience. The profound truth is that taking complete responsibility for everything we see and feel, without blame or projection, is the only path to peace, joy, and freedom – and when we model this for others instead of allowing ourselves to be victims, we create miraculous healing for everyone involved.