Guidance

Guidance to me comes from books and also from astrological predictions!!

When I read a book, it feels as if it is written for me..

Astrlogical predictions just point to the dilemmas I am facing and try to show me the way...

Most of the time, words of advice, I mean words from any passage in a book just appear in Bold and seem to be floating upwards .. just waiting for me to notice . As I read and reread the words something inside me moves and tears well up.. some nerve is touched. Although I have noticed that these words of wisdom are almost always bitter and try to push my selfish thoughts away and leave behind a lump in my throat.. as if telling me to swallow my pride and ego and accept the truth.

I think guidance is needed when the mind, body and soul or spirit are not in consonance. When one feels something is amiss, its probably because either of these three aspects of self are not on the same page.. so to say. It is because of the sheer power of your habit or your sanskar that one refuses to acknowledge that there is something wrong with one's world... and goes on living life on an autopilot as if , life is supposed to be this way.. a burden.

And then... nature forces one to look at the problem when the weight threatens to crush you.Why? because knowingly or unknowingly you have forgotten to balance your experience/life on the tripod of the mind, body and soul.

It is at such times, books beckon to me and speak to me... they make me aware that I need to look at my life and set the balance right. 

But I believe that the best guidance comes from within. It is uncanny how I hear unexpected words bubble up inside me just when my mind is busy trying to find a way.( Not to mention that usually the words proclaim exactly that which my mind does not want to acknowledge!) 

Have you ever seen a movie with subtitles in a foreign language? you may not know the language, but your attention always travels to the subtitles!! making you uncomfortable... and you find that you can't concentrate on the movie!! When your mind , body and soul are not in sync, you get the same feeling.. Movie goes on but what are the subtitles saying??

What guides you? 

I think for some dreams are a guide, everyone follows a different guide. If one knows his or her guide, it is easier bring life and experiences on the path one wants to lead. 

And I think the best way to find your guide is to listen to your inner voice. Oh yes and trust it. Call it by any name intuition, dreams, voice of your guru.... Trust the guide within to  lead you to the path of growth, enlightenment.