Often I wonder what it would take for all of us to trust our innate wisdom and infinite knowing that resides within us. For most of us encountering challenges can throw us off kilter and send us into a tailspin. Often we are incapable of connecting to the deeper space of knowing and feeling our ways through life. I love watching calm people make choices in stressful situations. They are usually based in a logical place and often connected to their innate knowing. And in their decision-making process they are connected to their breath to stay focused and grounded.
But for most of us, getting calm when in the midst of a dust devil can be a complicated practice. So often we resort to a series of reactions. For instance, I am trying to decide how to handle a big choice on how to spend the holidays and feeling pressure from two different sources. I phone a few friends and process it from all angles. In the process, we come up with multiple options, concrete plans and still there is a panic. All the options leave me feeling a little exhausted and not feeling very empowered.
So what happens if we approach problem-solving from the place that the answer is already present. We know what needs to be done so we are just aligning to it surfacing. In complicated challenges it is really difficult to get out of the “trying to figure it out” mode. We lose sleep, play through scenarios and find ourselves embroiled in worries and chatter that don’t really help us figure things out.
What happens if we assume the answer is there and we are just working to access it. I find staying quiet and holding the challenge close can help us find our way back to the perfect solution. Over-processing can also be over stimulating as it creates more havoc. So just for now, consider staying quiet and ask for a solution. Call on your higher self or higher powers to come in and show you the way. I find prayer an amazing space for asking for support. Assume the answer will appear. When you find yourself diving around in multiple scenarios, be willing to keep letting go of your thoughts. Solutions often show up without a lot of emotion, it just feels like the right space.
Sometimes don’t have time to give decisions space to show up. I find in these challenges it helps to state what I want and then feel into the options. For instance if I am taking some time off in the upcoming month for creative endeavors and I am trying to decide whether it would be more fruitful to schedule time away the first weekend or the third weekend of the month. I close my eyes and imagine myself working in the first weekend and pay attention the sensations. Then I focus on the third weekend. Often the experience will show up in your body, maybe the first weekend feels tingling and there is an energizing feeling while the second feels dense and heavy. Our bodies are incredible conduits of relaying our innate wisdom. So when in doubt, feel it out!