Hi Shado,

Welcome here to the forum

Its quite a detailed question that you ask but I will try to answer from my perspective and briefly and succinctly as possible.

Yes when we realise that there is an alternative in our lives to mind led dominance then the question soon arises - "how can I best follow my heart?" The messages seem to be quite confusing. This is frequently because we don't truly understand the purpose of guidance and where it is leading.

To me, Benevolent Guidance tends to lead us to opportunities in our lives to express a higher truth - a gift of divine beingness. It does so by taking us into our typical repetitive patterns of behaviour - where we have been conditioned by society in a particular way. So guidance does not necessary guide us to abundance in a material or epxeriential sense - this is where many seem to get confused.

The key to following the heart is to discover your "compass" - the means by which you can tune into it. At Openhand we use an approach called "Formless Form". Its a way of approaching all circumstances in life. It is briefly outlined on this page...formless form

Formless form is a "compass" for following our best path forwards in life. If we use an approach similar to this (what you might call 'following your intuition') then we are led forwards on an inner journey of self discovery through internal layers of consciousness - we encounter 5 key expansions called "Gateways of Light".

Knowing where we are on this route map is of profound benefit to us for it helps us better understand the influences happening in our lives and why they are taking place. This journey is exactly the subject of our newly released book "Gateways of Light: Our Journey of Ascension".

It provides direct first hand experience of what many people encounter on this inner journey of unfolding and offers tips, advice and tools that one can apply in one's day to day life. You might like to consider getting a copy... click here

Hope this helps!

Chris

Hi Shado,

It's wonderful to know that you have begun a new journey. It often takes a lot of courage to follow the path of the soul and allow the layers that wrap us up to keep falling away. There are so many times when I felt as if I were taking baby steps too. But if you keep going, those baby steps soon add up and you might look back and realise how far you have come. Stepping onto the path itself is a major accomplishment!

Chris offers some great advice and I'd recommend reading further some of the articles around here too. There may be something that can help put somemore things into perspective for you.

When it comes to finding that 'middle ground', the place of peace and balance within it all, well it takes patience and practice no matter where you are at in your process of spiritual evolution. The most important thing for me is to trust in what I feel within and to act accordingly. I find that as long as I do what I am divinely guided to do, then I am supported by higher consciousness (sometimes beyond belief!). Perhaps if you find yourself not being accepting of something you might pause and ask yourself why not. Perhaps it is pointing to a blockage within yourself. I have often found that simply pausing and asking why I don't accept (or feel judgemental about something, or negative etc) I find out so much about where I am blocked inside. When we realise where we are blocked we can bring our awareness into that blockage and it tends to dissipate (at which point we move on until we come up against the next block ).

So keep going. You'll be drawn to whatever it is you need to keep moving along the path.

With Love
Trin

Thank you Chris. ) Your words and light are remarkable. I am changing everyday, and with everyday comes a new challenge. Getting over the hurdles one step at a time.

Love and light
Shado

Thank you Trin-

I found these words to be of the upmost importance on my journey at this time.

"Perhaps if you find yourself not being accepting of something you might pause and ask yourself why not. Perhaps it is pointing to a blockage within yourself. I have often found that simply pausing and asking why I don't accept (or feel judgemental about something, or negative etc) I find out so much about where I am blocked inside. When we realise where we are blocked we can bring our awareness into that blockage and it tends to dissipate (at which point we move on until we come up against the next block )."

I am just learning to be accepting of the things I can not change. I have been blocked for sometime and it is almost painful to let go.

Thank you once again, your words at this point are comforting to me.

Love and light
Shado

You're welcome Shado,
I'm pleased to here that our words are of help. I'm glad that you shared it's a great question.
With Love
Trin
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