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Consulting Your Soul
by
Dr. Wayne Dyer, courtesy of
ConsciousOne.com
Recently I approached a traffic light where a man stood in shabby
clothes with a three-legged dog by his side. As I waited for the light
to change I looked at this scene with compassion and felt an urge to
contribute something. The sign he was carrying indicated that he was
homeless. The people in my car commented that he was a strong young man,
there were plenty of employment opportunities, and why should anyone
give to people who are capable of working. They indicated a kind of mild
contempt for this man soliciting funds whom they felt "should" be
working. My thoughts were on him and the fact that he cared for and fed
this crippled dog. I rolled down the window and gave him several dollars
for which he expressed enormous gratitude.
As the companions in my car semi-scolded me for being a sucker and for
enabling him to continue to be a beggar I thought of some words of
Mother Teresa. "You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you
and God, it was never between you and them anyway." Truly this was not
between me and my friends in the car, nor was it between that homeless
man and me. It was between God and me. Something inside of me urged me
to extend love and a little cash to the man and his dog. That
"something" was a fleeting moment of consulting my soul.
To me, spiritual and physical are not two separate dimensions of
reality. I think of spiritual practice as a way of making my life work
at a higher level and receiving guidance for handling my problems. The
ways in which I do this involve a few simple, basic practices:
Surrender is the most crucial and perhaps most difficult for me. In
surrendering, my thoughts are something like this: I simply do not know
how to resolve this situation and I am turning it over to the same force
that I turn my physical body over to every night when I go to sleep. I
trust in this unseen part of me to keep my heart beating, my blood
circulating, and so on.
Accessing spiritual solutions means converting my inner thoughts and
feelings from discord and disharmony to love. In the spirit of surrender
and love I silently chant, "I invite the highest good for all concerned
to be here now." I try to see anger, hatred and disharmony as
invitations to surrender and love. With this understanding I have the
option to allow spirit to manifest and work through me.
I believe my spirit is inseparable from the infinite. Having a
relationship with the infinite part of myself encourages my recognition
of spiritual solutions. The awareness of my infinite nature is terrific
for putting everything into perspective.
My approach to problem-solving involves cultivating an empty mind. In
this space I listen, and allow myself to have complete faith that I will
be guided in the direction of resolution. I let go of my ideas about how
something should be resolved.
Finding spiritual solutions to my life's problems always involves
generosity and gratefulness. For me, this means giving my life to my
soul purpose and being grateful for the opportunity to do so. I believe
that I get back from the world what I put out to the world, not only
physically but also in terms of my thoughts. So, I recommend spiritual
practices that involve being generous and grateful with thoughts as well
as actions.
Nurturing a sense of connectedness to everyone and everything invites
spiritual solutions. When I see myself as connected I am not looking for
occasions to be offended or to judge. I don't see anyone as my enemy or
an obstacle. This is how I relinquish negative self-talk and connect to
the solutions that are available to me. In moments of despair I try to
affirm, "I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing that is separate
from me."
Finally I choose cheerfulness as a gauge of my level of spiritual
consciousness at any given moment. The more cheerful, happy, contented,
and satisfied I am feeling, the more aware I am of my connection to
spirit. So, does all this mean I'm suggesting that you always give money
to people who ask for it? No. But I am suggesting that the next time you
see someone asking for money, look at that situation as being between
you and your spiritual consciousness - between you and God. Consult your
soul and if you feel that you don't want to give, don't. But rather than
letting anger or judgment rule the moment, offer that person a silent
blessing from the part of you that is a part of him. This is consulting
your soul.
Copyright 2003 Dr. Wayne Dyer
Reprinted with permission from
consciousone.com
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