Silence and Trust

Some people seem to think it's impossible to be silent for 3 days without music, tv, books, computer, etc. Sometimes it is challenging. I have purposely been spending silent time for a day or 2 by myself to start to prepare. Sometimes I would like to put music or a movie on when I am home by myself, but if I have set the intention of not doing so, then I don't. If it starts to feel uncomfortable, just sit with that feeling. What is it trying to tell you? (You can listen to music without words.)

What's great about not giving into outside influences is that we remain open to inspiration or messages from our intuition. Inspiration that we would not have otherwise. Creative ideas that might come to us, only we wouldn't hear them because our mind is busy with other things. We want to think that we can do two things at once, however, our brain can't be open and receptive and preoccupied at the same time. Our brain can only focus on one thing at a time. And this process is about getting out of our everyday mind, to see what is and what is possible.

Sometimes we have fear of being too still. Our society tends to keep busy. Sometimes keeping busy is a defense mechanism or a sabatoge to our true selves. We think it's better to not hear the longing in our hearts, to stay the same, to not dream, to not try. We have that fear or failure. But what about the fear of not trying? Of not really living, of missing it? We can be afraid our lives will change and not trust that we will be enough to handle the change. Being silent is helping me to develop trust with myself, trust in who I am, what I truly desire and that it's possible. Because I'm not alone and neither are you. We aren't doing it by ourselves. We start to develop trust in your partnership with God/Goddess/Source/All That Is/Your Higher Self, what ever your name for it. That it's not just you spinning your wheels everyday. That there is a purpose and that you have a purpose. And you owe it to yourself to figure out what it is if you don't know already. And if you do know, then this process will create more fire for your dreams, more clarity and trust.

What is starting to happen for me, is that I am starting to feel supported, held in loving arms, I am getting the sense of a big safety net. I feel comforted, supported, encouraged, heard and cared for. That who I am is okay and that it's safe to be who I am, to have the dreams I have and to pursue them. And that I have help, seen and unseen.