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?

Day 269 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Nothing Matters...

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Lesson 269: Nothing Matters...

“Nothing matters. Everything matters. Somewhere between the two is a great place to live your life.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about one thing we might do if nothing mattered. Alternatively, what would you do if everything mattered?

If nothing mattered, I would sell my home, leave the country and go live somewhere where money wasn’t important. Some peaceful community and live off the land. I would love to have no responsibility and live free in peace. It would be as if I dropped off the face of the Earth and be more connected to nature. Kind of like how our ancestors lived.

I feel like I have too many obligations at home for me to just live as if nothing mattered. I have cats I look after. I work to support myself so I have food to eat and have a roof over my head. I live in a westernised society and with that comes certain responsibilities that we have placed on ourselves really. I work for a large corporation and do the whole 9-5 life.

I don’t know what I would do if everything mattered. I think I would be cautious as to how I project myself into the world. I think if everything mattered, then image would matter. I think I would live a life of care in appearance and how others perceive me, I guess? I’m really not sure how to answer this because I live in the middle of these 2 extremes – I don’t care what people think of me, I’m quite open and honest, I live my life how I want to, I don’t live my life how others want me to and I’m working towards my own goals for the first time in my life.

I think it would be easier to live a life where nothing mattered than if everything mattered. I think there would be so much pressure to live a life if everything mattered. It would be some idealistic lifestyle of perfection which is not sustainable. It’s like living that dream of nice car, nice house, good job and good family. Something that everyone seemed to want to achieve because it mattered in society but doesn’t leave room for mistakes. If nothing mattered, there would be less pressure but then maybe some people would go down the path of complacency, because if there was no point, then why do it? I looked at the question more in the way of, if you had no responsibility, then what would you do? Not sure if that was the way to go, but it seemed right to me. What do you think?

Day 269 - A Year to Clear - When in Doubt, Wait it Out

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Lesson 269: When in Doubt, Wait it Out

Have you ever been stuck in a situation where you just didn’t know how to resolve it? Did you start cycling in your mind various scenarios and outcomes though not really making a strong decision on any answer? Today’s lesson is about just letting go trying to control an outcome when you really don’t know what to do in the situation. If your instincts aren’t strong in either the yes or no column, are you able to walk away from the situation for some time and maybe look at it with fresh eyes at a later stage?

At the moment, I am going through a personal situation – something I can’t talk about in case of peeping eyes, whereby I am lost on what to do. A lot of the advice from friends is just to walk away from the situation, but there is this guilty feeling I have by simply walking away. I feel bad because I feel like I owe in this situation, when really I shouldn’t be made to feel this way. I think I actually just need a break from that particular environment and just not think about it for a few days or weeks even. I think for my own mental health, it’s best not to speculate and  I need to occupy my mind with other things. Like this lesson is teaching, until you know for sure what to do, leave it until you do know. That’s what I am going to do. No need to ponder on it, just release it from my mind and do something else to occupy it. I’ll wait and see how I feel about it next week.

Day 268 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Being Conscious is More Than...

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Lesson 268: Being Conscious is More Than...

“Being conscious is more than just about “being here now.” It’s about being here now and seeing the dream. Seeing the dream, dreaming the dreaming, being in the dream, letting go of the dream and knowing they’re all the same.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about what the dream is. Can we see what’s real and what the difference is.

I personally feel that the dream is about living a wholesome life. Making sure you do everything you want in it and leading a good life. I think you don’t necessarily need to make grand impact on the world. I just think you need to be kind to one another, be a good example to those around you, be a good support for the people you love as well as being grateful for what you have.

I think what’s important is that there is nothing stopping me from living in this way. I definitely try to practise what I believe is to be true. In most part I think I achieve all of these expectations I have of myself.

Do my dreams extend further? Yeah for sure. I want to write books and have them touch people’s lives in different ways. Why is this important? Because I want people to think about their inner truth, not fall into line to the control that society has on us and to think about being better in the world, not only for themselves but for other people. If I keep getting visions that I’m supposed to lead, then why not lead? I keep telling myself and others that I would prefer to lead by example. I don’t necessarily want to be a leader of a group or an ideal, but rather live my life in a positive way and have people learn from it that way.

I think dreams become reality if you take it up as an action in your life. I don’t think dreams become reality just because you will it to.

Day 268 - A Year to Clear - Follow Your Knows

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Lesson 268: Follow Your Knows

Today’s lesson is about following what you know. I feel like it’s following your intuition or gut feeling. Basically, Stephanie Bennett Vogt lives by an easy tool:

• If it feels right, I do it.

• If it doesn't feel right, I don't do it.

• If I don't know, I wait until I know.

Personally, I sometimes forget to trust my instincts. Usually when I don’t follow that feeling, I get mad at myself for not following my own knowing. It usually ends with me getting into a messy situation or having to back track and re-do a task.

I think the lesson is simple and a reminder of just following what feels right. When people try to talk you out of something, keep following your own feelings. I think it can be a trap when people are coercing you or trying to convince you to do something that you don’t necessarily want to do.

I needed this reminder today. It’s so simple but effective.