For me, the biggest difference between the so-called “real world” and the spiritual world, is the Knowing.
In the “real world”, it is apparently important to know everything:
- what’s happening in the world (basically what media tells us);
- how things are or operate (general knowledge);
- subject-specific knowledge (arts, science, business, health etc), based on whatever one’s job or interest happens to be.
In spirituality I am slowly and with no small difficulty learning to unlearn all the “real world” knowledge I have garnered through life and having to go back to the ABCs of tapping into innate wisdom.
Divine guidance, intuition, guided action, inspired thinking; these are just some of the many common terms for this innate wisdom or inner knowing.
And for me, it is proving to be extremely hard to grasp.
Why?
Because I have been blessed with a wonderful, inquisitive, ever-hungry, untameable mind that feeds my insecurities or tempts my desires in order to derail efforts to quieten it.
To access innate wisdom, one needs a well-disciplined mind, and the ability to allow thoughts to pass by without hooking into them.
I hook in, big time. There’s no bait I find resistible.
The din of the mind, uncontrolled chatter constantly going on at the back of my head, that’s the real challenge to overcome. Focus is definitely not my strong suit.
But all is not lost.
There are brief magical interventions when I am momentarily gifted with a quiet, regulated mind. Here, my perspective of the “real world” begins to alter as Truth emerges from within the smoke and mirrors show of this “real world”.
At first, this Truth can be very painful. Other times it is empowering, filling me with hope and faith.
Ever since I have been working with the mind using various techniques (EFT Tapping, Liberating Touch, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Reiki, daily meditation practice) I have found that the things I was deeply attached to no longer hold me in their vice-like grip.
What was once deemed sacred such as strongly held belief systems, memories of experiences, close relationships, I now realise are there merely to teach me particular lessons I need to learn for my spiritual growth.
Once the lesson is learnt, those belief systems, experiences or relationships no longer hold power over me.
As we realise the true reasons for the people, events or situations in our lives, we can make Guided decisions as to whether we want them there since the mind-based thinking with “real world” expectations and belief systems no longer hold us captive. Thus divinely guided choices and actions liberate us from challenging consequences.
