Inner guidance is a spiritual sense that takes you in the direction of realization of your true nature. Those . . . .’ah ha!’ moments that bring a spontaneous break-through beyond ordinary limitations.
When we unify with our spiritual Self, and awareness expands—we emerge into feeling peace, happiness, infinite possibility, creativity mystical states of ‘oneness’ and freedom– all independent of one’s external circumstances or external conditions. Realization is a glimpse into ‘enlightenment’. India describes it as a state of spiritual Self-realization, ‘nirvana’, stillness. Japan calls it ‘Satori’ or ‘beginner mind’; and in the West it has been called self-actualization.
Realization implies making it real through embodiment of the experience. Intuition is integrated through action. Intuition (and all the subtle senses) clarifies a pattern. Spiritual discernment helps us see the many paths and options ahead of us – to continue the pattern, to walk a new direction, and how to choose which direction to go. Realization organically follows.
The choice is to continue down the path of Self-realization…to continue to check in for guidance, to be guided by an emerging inner sense of freedom, well-being, health and wholeness–free from conditioning, re-activity, prejudice or expectations–and to act from that.
[Radical Self Care, Chapter 5 “The 12 Senses of Embodied Awareness”. Dr. Beth Hedva].
In one of our Embodied Awareness seminars we used a sentence completion exercise to expand intuitive perception and cultivate the inner Observer and therefore inner guidance, by answering a series of questions. We sat in a circle, and each person explored the experience of realization by answering the question:
“What is it like when you courageously follow your guidance…” . Here are some of the responses:
When I courageously follow my guidance…everything is radiant.
When I courageously follow my guidance…there is Feminine receptivity.
When I courageously follow my guidance…there is light.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I must dance with my resistance.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I sometimes get in trouble!
When I courageously follow my guidance…I get pretty excited.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I am open to making mistakes.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I am able to embrace the light and the shadow with love & joy.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I move mountains.
When I courageously follow my guidance…there is a tidal wave of joy.
{ Self-love }
When I courageously follow my guidance…I become acceptable.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I burst at the seams with ideas.
When I courageously follow my guidance…It feels right & good.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I feel unburdened.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I end up where I need to be.
When I courageously follow my guidance…there is wisdom.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I am open and curious and full of joy.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I step around the source of my resistance rather than reacting to it.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I learn to understand my body and deal with my fears.
When I courageously follow my guidance…there is rebirth.
{ Rebirth Oni H. }
When I courageously follow my guidance…I surprise myself and enjoy myself.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I am peaceful.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I jump rather than thinking about everything way too much.
When I courageously follow my guidance…I honor the information from all my senses as opposed to doubting it.
It would be great to hear from you.
What is it like when you courageously follow your guidance?
