Have you ever asked, “Why am I here? What did I come here to do?” These are the difficult
questions we grapple with in a lifetime. Often, it takes a challenging circumstance or a great loss to get us to deeply examine
our lives. No one gets through a lifetime (and shouldn’t) without bumping up against those questions.
And yes, your life IS on purpose. All the pain and joy, suffering and glory that you’ve experienced has
been to get you to this moment - so you’ll use every experience as fuel to do what you came here to do.
As an intuitive, I help clients remember what they came here to do and learn to tap into their own divine
guidance. The first step is realizing that we all have a posse of divine beings in the unseen realms who are here to help
us. You can tap into your guides through prayer, meditation or using your intuition. Getting this kind of information is a
very different process from using your mind to guide you - which can take you far off-path.
You may be wondering who’s in your posse of spiritual advisors? The first circle of helpers are your departed friends
and family such as grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, parents, siblings, spouses or best friends. Your loved ones never completely
leave you; They’re still around trying to nudge you in the right direction and helping align circumstances in your favor.
(Remember, time is not linear as we think of it. Even if a loved one has moved on to other realms or lifetimes,
they’re still accessible to you and, in some cases, responsible for helping you.)
The next level of guidance comes from your assigned guardian angel. You were taught as a child that you had a guardian angel,
and you may have stopped believing that. But there’s evidence to the contrary. Think back to times when apparent miracles,
or near misses occurred that set your life on a better course. Yes, that was divine intervention, and often it was the work
of your guardian angel whose job it is to assist you whenever possible.
There are numerous
other levels of divine beings you can access, but the easiest are the two I’ve just described. We’ll focus on
those for now. You can begin the process by talking to your departed loved ones just before going to sleep. Ask to receive
guidance from them through your dreams, and write it down as soon as you wake up.
Here’s a helpful five-step
plan for tapping into your guidance.
1. Shut up!
Learn to stop the constant chatter of your mind that mostly fills your head with fear and negative beliefs about what’s
possible for you. The most powerful and time tested way to do this is through prayer, meditation or chanting. There’s
a science to creating alpha brain waves – the quiet place where chatter ceases.
Many spiritual traditions have this formula figured out. Whether you choose to repeat a prayer such as the Our
Father, a mantra (sacred word or phrase such as Om Namah Shivaya), or to follow your breath, you will begin
to experience the consciousness inside of you that is separate from and greater than your mind.
You are not your thoughts. You’re a great, wise and powerful energetic being connected to the divine fabric
that entangles us to all other energetic beings in the universe.
Find at least ten
minutes a day to practice quieting your mind. If you’re an athlete, pray or repeat mantra while running, biking, riding,
hiking, or swimming. You’ll notice a higher vibration frequency than normal after your work out. And yes, quieting the
mind does create endorphins – the feel-good hormone. But most importantly, it opens up a space for your guidance to
come through loud and clear.
2. Raise your Vibration:
We’re all made of rapidly vibrating energy, and we’ve chosen to take this dense human form in order to evolve
our divinity. Each of us is constantly pulsing out a vibrational signal which our world responds to. When we’re pulsing
out a low vibration (because of fatigue, negative thoughts, or negative feelings), we’re not capable of connecting with
the higher level beings who’ve been assigned to guide us.
Connecting
with them is a two-way process; we must increase our vibration while they lower theirs in order to get on the same frequency.
How do we raise our energy? Prayer, chanting and meditation (especially the Lord’s prayer), open-hearted
laughter, gratitude and sweetness all increase our frequency level. We can also raise our energy by shifting the focus of
our thoughts away from what’s troubling us to what we would prefer. That simple shift of focus helps immediately.
Inspiring music, art and physical endeavors can also shift us to a higher frequency. Dreaming of what we want
to happen (especially when it makes us giggle) is another great way to speed up frequency. No matter how desperate you feel,
shift out of your fear and negativity when you ask for help. It’s the only way to access the higher beings.
3. State your request:
Since our human experience includes
freedom of choice, divine guides aren’t allowed to interfere in our lives. They can’t step in without an invitation;
They must wait until we send a request, and then they’re required to help. (It’s their job). At the end of your
meditation or prayer, say, “Divine Guides, show me the path I came in to manifest for my highest good. I’m ready
to move forward.”
If the answer you receive feels good, even makes you giggle,
it’s probably advice from a higher vibration divine being who has your best interest at heart. Listen to it and act
accordingly. If we continually ignore what they tell us, they’ll step back and wait until we’re more open.
4. Listen and Act!
Once you get clear guidance, show
your guides that you appreciate their help by researching the new idea or direction. Read books about your new direction,
take classes, practice writing business plans, or re-write your resume.
5. Practice everyday
Get into the practice of pausing and asking for intuitive guidance before making an important phone call, going
to a meeting, or making a big decision. When you start listening to your divine guides, things will go more smoothly in your
life. Many of our struggles are caused by forging ahead to do things our way, no matter what. We can live more gracefully
by first taking the time to pause and ask for guidance - especially before applying for a job, asking for a raise, or launching
a new business.
You didn’t sign up for this lifetime to go it alone. You knew
you had a team of higher beings who would guide you along the way. It’s time to remember that and make good use of that
higher guidance, so that you WILL fulfill the destiny you came here to achieve.
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