Feelings-your most precious gift and ally

I spent a wonderful three days last weekend in one of my favorite recreational destinations off the island of Montreal, soaking in the fresh air, taking long walks and catching up on some sleep. However, it is Tuesday already as I write and I am still resisting getting back to work, as it were. Feelings. My feelings are wanting to be noticed more than ever, it seems. They seem to be trying to send me a message that I have not yet fully deciphered. It seems as though there is something new that I am being prodded to notice. Perhaps it is my intuition that is trying to speak to me. According to Neale Donald Walsch in Conversations with God, our Creator or God (or whatever name you like to assign to the Prime Force)  communicates to us mainly through our feelings, though communication from God can take many forms. While it may be obvious to some, I was relieved to learn this, particularly since I had denied or ignored feelings so long during my former life. Once I started taking notice, however, my awakening had truly begun and a new-found joy in my life quickly followed.  I have learned to trust my feelings like never before, whenever I need guidance and direction in life. It’s a mistake to tell oneself that feelings don’t matter-or that we must be ‘realistic.’ When I am told that it is good to be realistic, my mind wants to resist. Being realistic often implies ignoring one’s feelings and choosing instead to follow the dictates of others or to do things the way that things are supposed to be done. My feelings tell me this:  that if being realistic means accepting  less than one deserves or if it means going against what my heart is signalling to me, than the realistic option is one to avoid at all costs. If realistic suggests we must be grateful for what we have and that it is greedy to want more for ourselves, then I totally disagree. The inference is ‘I should be happy, and it would be wrong for me to desire and want more…’ Feelings that one ‘should‘ do or be anything other than one’s true self, are manifestations of limited beliefs.  Who has not experienced true joy and known the truth and trustworthiness of such a feeling?  Unless we are feeling joy routinely about life, and unless it is a feeling that can be sustained in the long term, something is indeed amiss in our life that needs to be addressed sooner not later. Our feelings are unique to us. Denying them is denying our ‘self ‘ and it is painful and an annihilation of Who we Are. To conclude, I am not sure what exactly my feelings and my soul are presently trying to communicate to me, but I intend to listen closely and to watch for signs that I know will appear. When the student is ready, the teacher appears~author unknown. Another wise saying comes to mind as I wait at the fork in the road: the path is smooth, why throw pebbles in your path? Honour your feelings-they will never betray you.

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