Live With The Lights On

Conscious living take practice and takes a gut level intention. So often we stumble into situations where life hands an opportunity to be fully awake and so often we do not rise to the occasion. We tend to lean on the old tapes and allow that "old" self get into the drivers seat.
Living consciously requires us to identify what our old tapes are playing. What are your beliefs about yourself? What is going on in your life right now that is causing you discomfort? It is within these life situations that we begin to understand and then unravel if we so chose, what our beliefs are.
Our discomfort is an indication that what we are doing, saying or experiencing is not congruent with the True Self that we are. It is the little self that is running ragged and wreaking havoc.
Then what do we do when we begin to understand that our discomfort is not around to show us how people, places or things make us mad. This is happening so that we can begin to fully understand and then express that part of us that longs for expression.
When we are in this state journal, meditate, pray or talk. Get silent. Pray and ask, "what would you like me to understand about myself through this? Wait for an answer, it will come. You will have an "AH-HA!", you will dream about it, or you will even over hear a conversation that almost seems like it meant for you. Sometimes you will hear a song on the radio or playing in your head with a message that feels like it is for you. You will know, just be open. The answers always come and they do not always come in the way that we would expect.
Discomfort in our lives is simply a way for us to get to know who we are better and allows us to come into our authentic selves more fully. Once we open up to the lesson in a situation and see past the illusion of a problem, a solution arises or the situation takes care of itself.
Watch this in your own life and you will see. We are not here to be in pain, we are here to be in joy. A part of getting to that joy, that light, is to clear away some of that shadow. The shadow is an essential piece of who we are. It is designed to walk us into the light.
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