#22 - Guided by the Heart: Trusting Your Inner Wisdom for a Life of Flow and Purpose

When you see an animal in the forest, why do you think it is there? It's because it has a mission in this world to live its life according to its instincts and purpose. It never doubts its next step as it follows its guidance system to the next place or activity it feels to go. Whenever you doubt the path you are pursuing, reach inside and find your inner guidance system and turn it on just like the creatures do.

As a human, you have time to think about your decisions and analyze a situation thoroughly, but your cosmic guidance system is based on your heart, and your feelings are your sign in the moment of what to do next. The logical brain does not always understand higher wisdom and how it relates to the Heart Center, which is the "brain" you can use when trying to decipher what something means to you on an emotional level.

Your physical world reacts to your emotions more deeply and thoroughly than to your thoughts. Try to get into your Heart Center when making decisions and see how it feels for you to move in one direction or another. You may feel a disturbance if you decide to go in a direction that may create difficulty for you. However, if you feel a flow of energy that is either comforting or exciting, it may be the choice for you if you want to feel more alive and in harmony with nature.

When the hair stands up on the back of your neck and you have a deep sense of dread in your stomach, that is a sign that says "Pay attention. Beware. Danger is near." Listen to your senses because they will give you the first sign that you are headed in the wrong direction. Feelings of wonder and curiosity are the most fun to follow and can lead you to many beautiful places. Being like a child again and seeing the world through those eyes brings happiness to your heart.

There are so many ways to approach situations and you should always search for and expect the best outcome. Forgive people for their mistakes if they hurt you and move right along to the next experience of your amazing life. Better things are waiting for you!

Do not wallow in negativity and think of ways to seek revenge. That is a product of your mind, not your heart. Seek out things that make your heart happy and leave the mind behind. Trust. Have faith. It may sound simple to you, but your mind will try to think and rethink the problem to help alleviate your pain, and you only become trapped in the whirlwind of those thoughts.

The way to recover from heartache is to open your heart again and accept the gratitude that you feel for all the blessings in your life. Do not close it down in fear of being hurt again. Opening your heart is the solution to every problem and your mind need not persist in its evaluation of the experience. A lesson is always learned and you can tuck that away and find acceptance in that experience. There is endless room in your heart and it is an unlimited space for you to keep your gratitude and your forgiveness.

People will come and go in your life, and they always bring you lessons about yourself and how you react to certain situations. They enter your life to reflect your personality and its various aspects that emerge during both good and challenging times. They will show "you" back to yourself for reflection and allow you to choose the type of person you want to be in any situation.

Your judgments of yourself are based on what you see around you in a society that judges everything. Your parents probably judged many of their circumstances as "good" or "bad" and they may have judged you in the same way. It is natural for humans to judge the events around them in order to make decisions to either stay on course or to redirect their actions.

Keep in mind that circumstances are neither good nor bad; they are opportunities to rely on your intuition and guidance to pursue the path your Soul deems best for the experiences you are meant to have here. Ready or not, you were meant to go out and forge a path through this world of contrast. Hold on to all the wonderful times and let go of the trying times. All situations are temporary and they are here for your benefit and the benefit of others.

All of you are actors on a stage and the props seem very real. Each scene is a passage of time where a story plays out and you get to react to it in real time, following your heart as it guides you to wisdom. When your part of the play is over, you will step off the stage and gather again with your fellow Souls to rejoice and laugh about all the predicaments you got yourself into, and how much fun it was.

Even in the worst of times, you were able to find a nugget of gold such as a smile, a revelation, an understanding, or a surrender. All these experiences are stored for safekeeping in your heart for you to reflect on and gain understanding. In any given moment, you may re-live an experience and see it from a new perspective.

Would you have acted differently if you had opened your heart in the moment and seen the truth about the situation? If you had put your ego aside, would more of God's love shown through and altered the experience in some way? You are a channel for God's love to come to the surface of this planet and catalyze negativity into Joy. You are here to anchor new energies into the planet and share that higher vibration with those around you.

It is of the utmost importance that you feel this truth in your very Soul because that is the message it is trying to send you. That is the message you will hear when you become quiet and listen to what your heart has to say. Its stories are beautiful and will chase away the nightmares you feel are enveloping you. The stories of your heart are endless and timeless. They are the vast knowledge of the universe funneled down into the very center of your Being. It is there for you to return to at any moment you feel alone and confused.

What a treasure! What a gift! It is the very gift you gave yourself before you came down into your body as a helpless child, surrounded by love and support. It is the very foundation of the universe's love for you, which is our love for you in these trying times. You may look to the heavens or you may look inside, but you will always be able to find us, holding you in our heart as well. We love you and we send you many blessings.