Learning to trust our intuition is an art form, and like all other art forms, it takes practice to perfect. Shakti Gawain More Quotes by Shakti Gawain More Quotes From Shakti Gawain As human beings we have vulnerabilities. We also have power, but we can't just be powerful all the time. Shakti Gawain human-beings powerful humans We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression. Shakti Gawain feelings long people There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of use as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition, an inner sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment. Shakti Gawain intuition intelligent knowing Listening to your internal guidance system will lead to a rich, fulfilled, happy life. That's been my experience... and millions of folks can attest to it in their own lives as well. Shakti Gawain guidance listening happy-life The very actions themselves can be a meditation. For me, walking is certainly a meditation if I walk for awhile. First my mind is busy and I'm thinking about different things and after a while that starts to fall away and I start to become very present in the moment. And that feeling of being present in the moment is being. That's when we know we're connecting with being energy. Shakti Gawain meditation fall thinking In many other cultures, and certainly in the Eastern world, there's great value put on being, contemplating, and even withdrawing from the world at certain times or for certain periods of time. But we don't really have that in our culture, so it's difficult for many Westerners to learn how to sit down or lie down and just be quiet without going to sleep. We're just not trained to do it. Shakti Gawain other-cultures sleep lying We shouldn't ignore any guidance that comes from the mind - we should listen to our minds AND balance mental messages with intuitive messages. We need both to navigate our way through life. Shakti Gawain balance mind needs I'm especially interested in relationships since that is a part of life that causes enormous pain for many people. Shakti Gawain pain causes people By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force. Shakti Gawain intuition force inspirational I believe we are all geniuses-each in our own unique way. Shakti Gawain genius unique believe I was looking for what the meaning of life was. Shakti Gawain meaning-of-life As long as we focus on the outside, there will always be that empty, hungry, lost place inside that needs to be filled. Shakti Gawain focus long needs Personal healing on all levels - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual comes when we get in touch with our disowned energies.... Through integrating all aspects of ourselves, we become whole. Shakti Gawain emotional spiritual healing Every creative genius has been a channel. Every masterwork has been created through the channeling process. Great works are not created by the personality alone. They arise from a deep inspiration on the universal level, and are then expressed and brought into form through the individual personality. Shakti Gawain creativity inspiration personality True healing comes from owning and accepting all of life's energies within ourselves....When they are allowed to be expressed, they take their places as important facets of our nature. There is no split between 'good' and 'bad.' Shakti Gawain important energy healing When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom. Shakti Gawain light share people Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing. Shakti Gawain ambition idols wings Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority. Shakti Gawain playing-it-safe pleasing-others firsts If I could identify one core problem about the world, it's that we've been taught to distrust ourselves. Shakti Gawain taught trust world We don't have in our culture a healthy understanding and respect for the value of Being, which is simply being present in the moment, not trying to go somewhere, not trying to accomplish anything but, just present. Shakti Gawain healthy understanding spiritual
