Learning to Trust Your Intuition
While most of us have many teachers on our paths to spiritual growth and enlightenment, our ultimate "teacher" is that voice within that speaks from our highest truth. Whether you call this voice intuition, God, Spirit or another name, this is the voice of light and love.
Learning to discern this inner voice from all of the other voices that we come into contact with--and actually follow its advice could be our most challenging but also rewarding practice.
Recently, Susie's sister Nancy told us a wonderful story about how she listened to her inner voice, followed its advice and helped someone in need and we wanted to share it with you to illustrate what we mean.
Nancy is a speech and hearing therapist in a poor school district outside of a large city. Many of the children she works with are challenged by violence and abuse in the home, lack of warm clothing and food, are behavioral problems and are hungry for love.
For quite awhile, one of her students was having trouble with a bad case of eczema and he was scratching his arms so hard that they were bleeding. Because of this condition, he couldn't concentrate in school and Nancy wanted to find a way to help him.
She referred him to the school nurse but nothing that was done for him seemed to help.
During one of her meditation sessions, Nancy's inner voice said to offer coconut oil to help this little boy.
Now of course Nancy is not a physician or a nurse but she did follow her intuition and suggest it to the school nurse.
Nancy also bought a jar of coconut oil and left it at the nurse's station for him if the nurse chose to try it.
The next time that the boy was in severe pain and was sent to the school nurse, out of desperation, she rubbed it on his arms.
He felt immediately calmer and his scratching stopped.
Did the coconut oil cure his eczema?
We don't know but we do know that at that moment, he felt better.
By actually acting on her intuition, Nancy was able to help this little boy feel better.
So the question is...
How can you still your mind and listen to that voice inside you that is connected with Spirit or your Higher Self?
How can you take action on your intuition?
How can you bring more love into the world?
This week, we urge you to "listen" and act from your inner knowing. You might think that you aren't being told anything but we think you'll be surprised if you only stop and listen.
