theMessenger - Inner Authority (Aug 08)
August
2008
At
the deepest level, the level of the soul, you are
the author of everything that happens to
you. - Deepak
Chopra
Inner Authority. It is
an essential component in following one's own path
of brilliance. The word "authority" implies both a
sense of sovereignty and, perhaps less obviously,
the ability to author and/or create an outcome.
Inner Authority (Mahatma Gandhi called it
soul force) places the power to
create back in your heart and hands. Soul Force is
hard-wired to override evidence (or opinions) to
its contrary. It is a knowing that, at times,
defies reason. And due to its unreasonable and
unworldly nature, it brings you closer to the
Divine.
Through experience in working with my own internal
guidance and authority, I have learned to trust it.
When I resist the guidance that I receive within
(usually due to fear of failure or judgment), my
outer world begins to express symptoms of my
soulular discomfort. If I push my limits, my body
may begin to shut down or pack on the pounds. If I
continue to do something that no longer inspires
me, conflicts may begin to emerge or money may stop
flowing freely. All in all, my life seems to be
divinely orchestrated; I only need have the courage
to respond to its cues.
In this month's recommended reading, Deepak Chopra
lists what he calls the
Three Requirements to be Happy on The Soul
Level. He invites us to ask
the following questions:
Do I
act without effort?
Do I feel joy in what I do?
Are my actions bringing results?
He very plainly put
into words the process that I have been going
through over the past few months. I am delighted to
report that I am taking steps to shift the order of
my everyday so that I can again answer an emphatic
YES! to each of the above.
Now
what about you? How is your soul represented in
your everyday? Your physical reality is a
reflection of your soulular alignment...yes, at all
times. Are you making choices that are in integrity
with the truth of you, the highest expression of
who you can be at this moment? If so, Grace will
walk alongside you as an ally. Or it may be that
you are ready to make some space for your soul's
deepest truths to emerge with more ease. Choices,
one at a time, are all that stand between you and
the deepest level of joy and fulfillment you could
ever know.
Saying Yes Now,
Candice