Being able to connect with that still small voice, the inspiration/intuition/guidance, or whatever name we’d like to give it, helps alleviate many issues and concerns in life.  Being able to stay connected is a whole new way of living – at least it has been for me.

Over the years, I’ve had many folks ask me, “How do you hear the voice of God?  How do you know if it’s intuition or ego?”  This is such an important and valuable question to ask! The answer is, the ego will always have a fear based conversation, the ego voice has attitude and judgment in it.  Whereas the voice of the Higher Holy Spirit Self, our Guides and Angels is usually devoid of attitude of any kind.  It can sometimes feel insistent and strong, but it doesn’t feel opinionated.

Most of the time it is the still, small voice.  And for me, it’s very rarely a voice.

So often if we want to validate our opinions we’ll be confused about the guidance, intuition and insight we’re receiving.  If we’re truly interested in hearing the guidance then we simply relax into the listening.  You can open your mind to whatever it is – allow it to at least land in your mind and ripple out into your awareness before you give it the heave ho!

On many, MANY occasions I’ve been in a counseling or teaching situation with someone and I get very strong guidance from that person’s guides and angels of what they’d like me to tell the person.  Sometimes it feels like the Angels are so “loud” and strong, but it’s really more that they are clear and I’m willing to listen and the person they have a message for has not been honoring the guidance they’re getting.  When that’s the case, when I speak the guidance the person says “I get that thought all of the time!  Every day!  For years now!”  This has been my experience countless times.

I’ve had to learn not to go into judgment and think “they SHOULD listen!  They SHOULD act on their guidance.”  My opinion isn’t helpful to anyone.  I do the best I can to share the guidance over and over again in several ways and as often as not, the person will say “I don’t believe it” or “I don’t trust it” or “I’m too afraid to follow that” or “I don’t want to do that.”

Look into your heart and mind and see if you can discover the place where you have been hearing the message clearly, but you’ve been ignoring the guidance.

We can cultivate the willingness to hear with new ears.

If we won’t take the steps that will lead to our happiness, no matter how many times we hear the message, then it’s best to STOP COMPLAINING that we’re not happy, because that only intensifies the suffering.   Right?  What if we accept that we’re not willing or ready, YET, but we will be and in the meantime let’s avoid looking to blame others for our unhappiness.  This practice alone noticeably increases our {eace.

The amazing life of Love and Joy that is everyone’s destiny is only going to be experienced by those who are willing to listen and follow.

When we live in the muck and mire of our own opinions we’re eliminating our possibility for happiness.

There’s no other way to peace.  Peace is the way.

When feeling stuck, resistant, reluctant or upset, I learned to ask myself, “can I at least be more willing to be a little more willing?”  The answer was almost always, yes.  That little bit of willingness profoundly changed my life!  Are you willing to be a little bit more willing to recognize the loving choices and hear the voice for God?

Let’s have some fun together – Power of Love In-Person Retreat  Memorial Day Weekend Friday May 23 to Monday May 26 – Art of Living Retreat Center in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina – click here to learn more!

MARCH 15 – WORKSHOP Activating Faith & Trust for A Happier Life My March Deep Dive Workshop topic is Activating Faith & Trust for A Happier Life. Many spiritual students find it very difficult to have faith and place their trust in Spirit, in intuition, and inspiration. Without trust and faith, it’s not possible to awaken and enjoy the daily benefits that being connected with Spirit brings. Trust and faith are possible and there are practical methods to access them. Join me on Saturday, March 8th for a deep dive into the HOW of activating faith and trust. Click now to register.

NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: my topic is We Can Rise Above the Chaos. It’s very tempting to get pulled into the chaos of the world, and still, if we’re wiling we can rise above that battlefield. Let’s cultivate a peace-FULL mind. In this episode, I share tips and tools for how to stay in our right mind and BE the Peace we’d like to see in the world, so we can maintain our spiritual sovereignty and be truly helpful. We came into this incarnation to be available to be truly helpful right NOW. Let’s BE it!

Forgiveness is the way.  If you’d like to have some forgiveness support you can register for my next FREE Forgiveness Workshop on Saturday, March 22.