It seems like over the past couple of weeks, I have encountered powerful examples of how to live a more awakened spiritual life. AND… I have also seen some pretty hokey crap, that makes me cringe.
For the people, books, videos or experiences that have inspired me, I find a new sense of alignment and commitment to the journey I am on. For the ones that feel contrived or ask that I suspend belief in the physical world, I find myself getting annoyed. A couple of them made me really stop and ask myself… “Is this what people/strangers think I am promoting or advocating”?When I slow this all down, I realize, it is these juxtapositions that help me to clearly understand what is “right” for me.
Because, when something doesn’t resonate or even make sense to me, I don’t need to give it any weight or attention… I simply need to let it go. For the things that feel right… they become part of my awareness. They begin to influence how I navigate day-to-day life. A little change here, a little shift there.
Herein lies the value of this jumble of seemingly mixed messages. Embrace what works, release the rest!
You see, it can be easy to get caught up in defending a perspective or trying to deflect what is not aligned. Yet, all those efforts really yield, is me directing my energies towards something that is of no use to me. I am spending time and resources on something that, in the long run, was simply there as a signpost that said “Wrong Way”
How much time are you spending contemplating “why” something is the wrong way? I know for me, I would like to become more adept at seeing “the sign”, and then continuing on the right course, WITHOUT giving it more than a glance! Maybe I will think of it as my internal GPS… God Providing Signs!