Day 270 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - When it Gets Down to it...

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Lesson 270: When it Gets Down to it...

“When it gets down to it, all the philosophy in the world means nothing. What’s important is your own experience—what you believe. What you have learned, with your own heart.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about what makes sense to you and what’s important. What have you learned and know to be true in your heart.

I have mentioned it before but I do live for experience now. I used to be controlled my an ex boyfriend and as I’ve been growing and learning in my spiritual path, I realised that I am also controlled by the systems society has in place. I’ve been told what my life should look like and how I should live it. I have done away with this… I live my life how I want to.

In my life I want to make sure that I have truly lived. I think it’s important to be both selfish and selfless. I think being selfish in the sense of self-care, self-preservation and self-love are important. Sometimes you just need to say no to someone in order to maintain your inner being. I also think it’s good to be selfless when someone is in need of your help. It doesn’t matter what others think as long as you think it’s right. I think we really need more compassion in order to be the best versions of ourselves. I have definitely benefited from this course because it has taught me just that.

I think as I go about my journey, I like to hear other people’s stories. I like to learn from their experience as well as my own. I like to know how people overcome their challenges as it helps me to learn. I like sharing my stories as it helps others to understand and learn. I think something that is important in the world is the exchange of knowledge. Knowledge is not only power but it is growth.

I think everyone needs to learn their own truth. I think everyone needs to ask themselves what is important in life but what’s important to them in living their best life. My truth isn’t the same as yours and it never should be. We all go about our own path in our own way and no one should tell us it’s right or wrong.

My only wish is that everyone doesn’t get so caught up in consumerism. I watched this short film the other day which really covered this happiness we chase which is force fed crap those in control hang over our heads.

I wish everyone could wake up to the world around them and want to believe and live in a better world. What would the world be like if we weren’t controlled?

Day 270 - A Year to Clear - Turn Your Dilemma Into a Question

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Lesson 270: Turn Your Dilemma Into a Question

When we get overwhelmed because we don’t know the exact answer we need for our question, can we just ask another question? That is today’s lesson – asking another question that may lead to your outcome through some other way. Let’s say you got stuck on an activity for the weekend and you just can’t decide, could you ask yourself “what would make me feel nourished in my core?” to possibly answer that question? Or maybe “what’s something I haven’t done before?” because you might be wanting to try something new. Just because you get stuck, doesn’t mean you can’t get unstuck by thinking of another method to getting an answer. Whether you ask this of your higher self or you’re just asking the question to your conscious mind, there is always a way to find your answer.

My week has been challenging and filled with worry about what to do in one aspect of my life. Instead of pondering over it too much and not really knowing what I want to do, I decided that I needed to fill my weekend with something to do rather than think about this situation. I mean, my situation was talked about with my friends, but it gave me clarity on it also. I was going to do something good for myself and that was be around friends, and by talking about it with them, it gave me stronger answers on how to approach my situation. I felt like I didn’t need to think about it, as it ended up being my friends that helped answered the question for me.

I think this is a lesson of if you can just let something go for the moment, you can gain clarity by revisiting it in another way. I think it’s good in those moments you overwhelm your mind and taking a step back can make all the difference. Do you agree?