Following Your Inner Guidance and Becoming Your Higher Self

We all have heard about our intuition or inner guidance.something works for one person, it might not work for
Some call it your soul, or higher being or inner being oranother. If you have doubts, there is a reason... don't let
higher self or even our sixth sense. All of these termsothers influence you to do something you don't feel
can be used interchangeably because for me, they allgood about. FEEL your way through, listen to your
mean the same thing: the divine super intelligence thatinner guidance and you will be led down the divine path
is the bigger part of us, the non physical part of us thatfor you! However, if it feels good, do it because often
is always connected to divine, supreme, higher, Godour guidance comes through others. As you listen to
Source energy. It is who we really are. That inneryour feelings, your guidance, your heart, you will know
voice, the intuition; that is the God in YOU. You alwayswhen it is meant JUST FOR YOU!
have access to that. We can't ask for better inner"Following another's path leads to who they are, not to
guidance than that!who you are." Harry Palmer
We all have that constant, steady, always readyUse your own inner guidance on ideas and concepts
connection to divine God Source intelligence. You arepresented to you. Your guidance is there to lead you
not the lone human on the planet without this guidance.on your Path in a divinely guided way, to make it easy
And people, please, God did not stop talking when theand flowing for you. You will just know what
Ten Commandments were handed down to Moses.resonates with you and will work best for you. Trust it.
God still speaks through us, through the voice andGo with it. YOU know what is best for you!
guidance of our inner being. How cool is that?If you don't already feel you have a strong connection
It is important to learn to hear and trust that innerwith your inner guidance, well you do! You just don't
guidance. Your higher self always feels good. Beingrealize it yet. We ALL have that connection; it is just
your higher self and listening to your inner guidance isdifferent for each person.
connecting with who you really are; that thin, healthy,The easiest way to follow your inner guidance is to
happy person who allows themselves to receive allallow your emotions be your guide. If you don't feel
the good that is theirs by divine birthright. YOU knowgood, you are not feeling or thinking about the situation
you are worthy and deserving of all that YOU desirefrom the perspective of your higher self. In other
when you are connected with the HIGHER YOU.words, if we feel bad about how we look and get
Using your inner guidance and intuition is essential for aupset and feel like a failure, we are not looking at the
balanced, joyful life. Most importantly, you use yoursituation through the eyes of Source. That's why we
inner guidance to find your inspiration, what turns youfeel bad! Your higher self sees you as perfect the
on, what makes you go Oh Yeah, Baby!way you are, and when you don't see you that way,
Use your inner guidance to find what inspires you, youryou feel bad.
true journey or what I like to call my Divine Path. IMany people meditate to connect more profoundly
know that when I follow the divine signs andwith their inner being. Some find that guidance can flow
messages that come to me, when I follow myout through them by writing or typing in a meditative
inspiration, things easily flow into place. Connections,state, others just ask and hear the answer come into
people, places things come to me that I never couldtheir mind or they are shown in a short time the
have imagined. That's when I know I am aligned withanswer to their question by divine signs and messages.
who I really am.You do not need to sit in the lotus position for hours
When you feel good, you are seeing things through theevery day. A short 15 minutes done consistently each
perspective of your higher self. When you areday is all you need to start connecting on a deeper
connected with your Higher YOU is when inspiredlevel.
ideas and magical messages and divine signs comeEdgar Cayce promoted 'creative writing.' He described
easily and frequently. To be inspired is to be "in-spirit".this as sitting quietly and in a reflective state, even a
When we feel inspired, we are connected to Godspiritually attuned state, and then letting thoughts and
Source, and from that place we can create anything,ideas flow to you, writing them down as they come.
including our desired weight.Don't think of these as being for others or for
It's time to connect yourself with your body by listeningpublication. The guidance is for you; it is communication
to your inner guidance that knows what your bodyfrom your higher self, even from God, to your outer
wants and needs. Your body will talk to you in variousself.
ways and direct you.That voice you hear when you ask yourself a
That's how I knew I was totally aligned with losingquestion, usually the first answer you get, but not
weight this time. The journey was easy for mealways, is your inner/higher guidance. The voice that
because I had used my inner guidance to show medoubts and says you can't do it, or it's not possible or
the way to the best things to eat, how to exercise,that you do not deserve it is NOT your inner guidance,
and the best thoughts and feelings for quick and easybut the B.S. (belief systems) you have built up over the
weight loss.years. The idea is to allow the voice of your inner
For instance, when I began my weight loss journey, Iguidance overrule and conquer your negative, limiting
was called to order and drink Japanese Green tea.belief systems.
Not the Lipton variety, mind you, but the real stuff fromI asked my friend David how he would tell the average
Japan. And it wasn't just the constant spam aboutperson how to connect to their inner being. He
weight loss with green tea that I kept receiving. I justanswered the following:
KNEW it was for me. I felt like my body was calling for"I would start by saying hi to my inner being. Hello! Inner
it. Every time I saw something about Japanese greenBeing! In other words, I would acknowledge the
tea, I felt something resonate within me. Of course, itpresence of my inner being and I would affirm or
turned out to be the closest thing to a magic pill outsideintend to want to become a part of my inner being
myself that I could have found. It worked and stillmore intimately on a daily basis.
works amazingly for me. And I found it by using mySo whenever I give thought to the fact that I have a
intuition, what felt really good to me, not just by readingmuch larger part of me on the inside in the unseen
studies and believing other people's stories of success.world I become more and more a part of that person
Here's another thing I discovered when I really listenedand I then open myself up to all the benefits of aligning
to my body and inner guidance. Six smaller meals,myself with my inner self or my God self or my
instead of three bigger ones, really worked for me. ISource self.
was never hungry, it was easier and this kept myNow if a person is filled with too many outer thoughts
metabolism up too. Where did 3 meals per day ruleto hear their inner being at first, I would consider some
start anyway? Who made that rule anyway? Yes, it isquiet time meditation to still the outer voices filling the
the society norm but does this work for everyone? Itbrain. When all the mind chatter is quieted, one will
doesn't work for me and I no longer eat that way.really be tapping more into their inner being like never
It is good to have your own beliefs; you take in all kindsbefore."
of information from well meaning friends, the internetHow you communicate with your inner being and
and books and learn what feels good and resonatesreceiving divine guidance is very personal to you. And
with you. But also don't get stuck in your beliefs, keephow your higher self communicates with you is also
exploring and expanding for what feels good to you.very unique. Some people feel that their inner being is
You are unique and the exact combination of foods,a female, some a male, some a "group". Some see
supplements and exercise is also uniquely yours. Youvisions, some hear their guidance like a voice, and for
are looking for the choices that feel good to you, whatsome it is strong urges... or all of them. There is no
resonates with you, what makes you feel good."right" way to connect and communicate with your
Don't let people convince you that something is goodhigher being. The important thing is to do it, trust it and
for you and you have to try it because it works forlisten to it. The more you connect, the more you will
them or they think you should do it. Just becauseeasily flow down the river of life!