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Anyone who has asked for divine
guidance knows that it can be challenging to trust it when it comes. This
is because divine guidance comes in many forms, and it is sometimes hard
to locate it. We aren’t sure if we should trust our thoughts, our
feelings, our dreams, or our intuitions to be the carriers of divine
wisdom. We don’t know if advice from a friend is the form in which the
guidance has come into the world, or if our own opinion is the source of
wisdom we need to take seriously. The ability to sort all this out comes
with trial and error, and the best way to learn to recognize divine
guidance is to engage in the process of asking and receiving.
Sometimes, when we ask for guidance, we
already have a sense of what we want to hear. At such times, receiving
guidance can be difficult because we don’t want to hear anything that
appears to be in opposition to our desire. Therefore, one of the most important
qualities we need to cultivate if we are to receive guidance is an open
mind. It helps to acknowledge what we want, and then to symbolically set
it aside, making room for whatever wisdom comes through to us.
Cultivating an active relationship with
the divine is the essential ingredient to being able to receive and trust
guidance when it comes our way. We can make a daily practice of this by
using a set of runes, a deck of cards, or a pendulum. We also can use our
journal, developing a relationship with the divine through the written
word. As we request and receive guidance, we might take notes on our
experiences. Over time, we will begin to recognize when we were able to
hear correctly and when we were not. In this way, we will gradually
attune ourselves to our particular relationship with the divine. Begin to
trust the guidance you are receiving, and soon, you will find it flowing
with ease.
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