Stillness

Wisdom comes from stillness.

With stillness, you can hear your own truth and tap into the infinite source of wisdom that is always available to you.
With stillness, you create the buffer from the demands of the world.
With stillness, you can make your own choices in clarity.

Find stillness every day.

Follow Your Instinct

Follow your instinct. All the truth you will ever need is inside you already and it can be found by following your instinct. Your instinct always tells the truth.

That's all.

Mirror, Mirror

We all mirror each other constantly. Think of a time when you were in a good mood and encountered someone, at work possibly, who was in a lousy temper. What happened? Chances are that your mood shifted. Maybe a lot and you became grumpy or maybe just a little and you felt a tinge of irritation for the rest of the day. Perhaps it went the other way and your pleasant mood rubbed off onto the grouch.

This is called "The Mirror Effect" and is part of our natural clairvoyant ability to read other people's mood. Sure sometimes it is obvious, but other times it is subtle and wordless. We may not even be aware that we are picking up on someone else's mood and making slight changes in ourself to accommodate for that.

Pay attention to it next time it starts to happen. When you see Grumpy coming, recognize it immediately and in this way you will become less inclined to mirror that bad mood. In fact, you can become the agent for change as you set your intention to be the brightness that others mirror. It could make the day go a whole lot smoother.

Distraction and Procrastination

There is something you should be doing right now. You know how much better you will feel after you have completed the task that is calling you. Maybe it is paying your bills, exercising or getting a project done. Perhaps your daily meditation - since that is what I always implore you to do.

Ah, yes, there is resistance - I feel it myself. That thought of "Hmm, what else needs to be done right now?" It is easy to become distracted during a stretch of procrastination. But you know you will be glad if you do it. You know you will be rewarded with satisfaction and peace once you have simply done your daily meditation.

So do it now, and tomorrow you can get up a bit earlier and have it done first thing in the morning. You will be glad of it.

Notice What You Notice

When you walk into a room full of people,
what is the first thing you notice?
The exit? The entertainment? The food?
The loudest person in the room? The quietest?

Next time you walk into a room full of people,
notice what it is that you notice.
Pay attention to what you are paying attention to.
Observe yourself observing.

All around you, every day,
you have many opportunities to increase your awareness.
And awareness is key to utilizing your clairvoyance.

A Little Bit of Resisitance Goes A Long Way

On the good side, when you have resistance, you become stronger. Pushing weights, biking uphill, running into the wind. All of those things will ultimately increase your stamina and strength.

When you start to feel resistance to some piece of work that you must do, push through it. Compel yourself to keep going until you get to the other side of the task. In this way, the resistance works for you because it makes you stronger inside when you get through that difficulty.

But here is the key: a little resistance goes a long way. No one lifts weights all day long, bikes only uphill or runs into the wind constantly. Yet there are many people who live much of their life in resistance to the world around them. Resistance to work, relationships, family and even friends. That feeling in life of always having to push the world back causes a chronic sense of resistance.

That is the type of resistance to release.

Stop trying to push through this. Stop living life in a state of continual resistance to the world and to expectations and demands. Let it go.

And how to let go?

Ah, that is the question. And the answer is simple (I have already told you and you know it anyways) so stop for a minute and consider this.

Find time to meditate. Every Day.

Are you resisting this? Did you tense up with a bit of guilt for not doing it already. That's OK, just let that go. And start now. Just as pushing through a difficult spot in a workout makes your stronger, by pushing through this difficult spot to create a daily meditation you will become stronger.

I know, it is a bit odd: Push through the resistance to become free of resistance. But this is an excellent opportunity to live with an apparent contradiction.

So take a few minutes now. Walk away from the computer and sit quietly and allow yourself to come to a place of stillness for a few minutes allowing the resistance to release.

(Stop reading - go sit and do nothing!)

Enjoy.

Resistance Is Always A Good Friend

Resistance is always a good friend. Why? Because it gives you such direct and useful information. What are you resisting right now? Something having to do with another person, or maybe something having to do with just yourself. Either way, you can learn from that which makes you uncomfortable or causes you irritation or in some way creates resistance within you.