LEARNING TO LISTEN

I am once again on my life’s major yo-yo of gaining and losing weight. This chapter spoke to that and all experiences in my life. When it comes to weight gain I make myself into a victim of the experience. Be it cravings or lack of exercise how many times is it an outside event that I look at as the cause? The choice to bring the outside in and how it is looked at is however made within. Isn’t this true with all experiences?

I am listening to the wrong voice. Instead of taking time to relax, accept the situation and then listening to the deep inner voice of God, I am allowing snapshot beliefs and instant reactions to be taken over by the ego and controlling my actions. Then the experience becomes either a blessing or a punishment within the confines of my mind. I am controlling in an out of control matter and whether the effect is positive or negative I am not learning what the experience came to teach.

So whether the next lesson is how to handle the food craving or bring world peace, first I will take a deep breath and take the time to BE in the present. Only here can I really listen and hear. Only then can I find the intent behind the feeling, put it into thought and discover the action that is right for this moment.