H.P. as Guide

 I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in feeling like I need direction. Some decisions are easy and obvious - it’s those “I haven’t got a clue” moments where a map would sure be handy. Or a Sherpa. Or a personal Guru. 

My H.P. is on call all the time. It’s my job to learn how to listen. Sometimes, it’s just a gut-feeling - that intuitive sense which I’m relearning to hear after a lifetime of minimizing and distrusting. Sometimes that guidance comes in other forms - a snippet of something I read or hear, a thought arising in meditation, something a trusted friend says… if I remain open, I hear what I need to hear. When I need clarification, I ask - then listen.

I believe that the central task in life is to learn how to reconnect with our Source in spite of the feeling of separation. I’m learning all the time, and I have to be willing to recalibrate all the time. What is the ‘next right thing’? That seems to be a good place to start. What will be in the highest good of myself and those with whom I interact? We learn to ask ourselves, before speaking or taking action, “Is it kind? Is it necessary?”. My Guide is Goodness and Mercy and Deep Abiding Love. Is what I want to do in alignment with those attributes? 

Sadness, temptation, disappointments - all the challenges we face as humans aren’t personal. There are no “why me”s in a spiritual path or in life itself. The only question remaining is simply “What now?”.