SELF - AWARENE SS
above or below? Are you being ‘guided to walk
away’ because something doesn’t feel right, or are you avoiding an important spiritual message from
above? Sometimes it’s important to look within and truly, humbly ask when something is not in ‘flow’.
by Julie Ann Cairns
ARE YOU ‘LETTING GO,’ OR ARE YOU AFRAID? I have a pet peeve, and here it is: When people say things like “It just doesn’t feel right” or “I’m being guided to walk away,” or “If it was meant to be, then it wouldn’t be this hard,” or “It just isn’t flowing,”, and then they use it as a rationale to give up, walk away, or abandon someone (or something) that has real value in their lives. I feel bad for people when they do this without asking themselves any deeper questions as to why. They’ll usually label this act as ‘letting
go’. They’ll speak as if challenging circumstances are an indicator from the universe that the thing they’re pursuing is “not for me”, when maybe what’s really going on is that they’re afraid, or doubting themselves, or something has triggered an old wound that they’d rather not look at. Sometimes the person I feel bad for in this regard is me.
It can be hard to face the things within myself that I’d rather not see; my own shadow. Sometimes I feel ashamed to admit that I’m not fully in control of myself, and I’m not always aware of what’s really driving me. But ultimately, that’s always where the growth is, because sometimes my challenges are not actually messages from above, but rather messages from below.
HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH IMPULSES TO FOLLOW? When I work with people around creating more abundance in their lives, the work is always foremost about dissolving blockages. When they’ve dissolved enough blockages, then they might start to hear the true calling of their hearts. It starts out as a whisper, and as more and more blockages are dissolved it gets louder. But at first the blockages act like a sound barrier, or a smoke screen, that
When something is not in ‘flow’ it’s so important to look within and truly, humbly ask, “Why is that?
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obscures or distorts the message of their true higher calling. When we don’t want to face what’s
holding us back, our minds can even trick us into thinking that the avoidance impulse (which is really based in fear) is actually a spiritual message from above. Mistakenly thinking that all of our impulses are higher intuitive guidance… Well, that’s a spiritual ego trap right there.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH IMPULSES TO FOLLOW? Often we don’t. Not with absolute certainty. Some humility is called for. It’s useful to stop expecting our higher self to be able to communicate with us with absolute clarity, like a bell, every time. It’s useful to ask ourselves some questions. Here’s a truth worth acknowledging:
Unless you’re already an enlightened being, then not all of your impulses are going to come from your higher self-intuitive guidance system. Some of your feeling-based impulses are going to come from your lower level blockages; your fears, limiting beliefs, old wounds, emotional baggage triggers and karmic patterns.
Are you being pulled from
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