Listening

It is amazing how much information we pick up through auditory senses. I mean we hear noises, music, nature, television, and of course voices. Most often those voices are in conversation we have with people in our daily lives, but sometimes they are those inner voices.

Inner voices can be our memories, our friends, our enemies, our sub-conscious, our ego, or more excitingly God, the Divine. What can be most difficult at any given time is to shut out all the rest and listen to just the Divine.

We move through our day working, playing, and sometimes struggling to make it to the next one. Always the voices are there. So which do you listen to? Are they helping you?

I have come to understand that sometimes we are listening to a recording of our past. It is one that tells us of our short comings and fills us with doubt. At the the very least it causes us to stumble as we recall past mistakes or barriers, making us unsure of who we are or where we should be heading. It's time to turn off the voices of the past and listen to the voice of God.

Not everyone is good at meditating, but you know what? You don't have to be! Just take a moment to clear your mind. As you hear negativity echoing in your thoughts, know that they are not who you are. What you have gone through in your past is a part of you, but does not define you. Quiet those voices that would confuse you or frustrate you and listen. Listen past the traffic outside, past the rumbling thunder in the distance, and beyond the negative recordings of your past.

Listen. God is talking to you.

Listen.

CJ