this is part of a multi-part series on discernment. what are my ways of discerning what some traditions would call “god’s will” and what others might call in alignment with highest good for me or what deepak chopra calls communication from our nonlocal intelligence? i use the terms “god’s will,” “highest good” “nonlocal communication” interchangeably throughout the series so look alive. click through the first post (how do i discern what is alignment with my highest good and why might i want to?) to see what lies ahead or what i’ve already brought forth.
in a foundational class of some kind years ago, i was asked to write a letter to god about whatever was bothering me and to have god write back to me from the future with what i needed to know now that would help me. to my surprise, when i did it words really did flow back that seemed to be completely beyond me. i hadn’t been put in a shamanic trance. i may not even have meditated beforehand. there was not trick or prep. i just sat down to write and it came.
from that point hence (hence!) when i remember to write to my spirit team (as i often think of god as a team supporting me), i always get great information back–like right away. i may not be the only person who knows about this technique. julia cameron in the artist’s way suggests using the tools of writing “morning pages” every day to get ones juices flowing. this isn’t really presented as a conversation with one’s divine self, but i have found it has much the same effect.
a mentor of mine named rev. deborah l. johnson has a series of books called letters from the infinite. i particularly like her teleseries where she reads the letters from the infinite to us. deborah has a wonderful voice and you get to experience her tremendously powerful presence that way.
as we have discussed before (in why should i practice with the small stuff?) there is no question too small to ask your higher/divine self. in fact it is great to start with low stakes questions and not dive in with “should i marry him?”
i generally store all my communications with god in a google document. that way i can access it anywhere and so can the nsa. fortunately god very seldom asks me to do anything that can be construed as seditious.
a lot of times i really don’t even have good clarity about what my questions are that i should be asking, and so it can be very free-flowing that way. i can ask “what should i be asking you?” or “what would you have me know today?” i don’t have to know, they will know.
nine times out of ten what they tell me is something like this, “you are okay. all is well. you are doing it right. this too shall pass. we love you so much.”
