"How can I be more spiritually connected? How can I hear the voice of
my spiritual guidance?"

I frequently hear these questions from my clients and from people who
attend my workshops and intensives. Everyone who is on a spiritual
path wants to experience the presence of Spirit in his or her life.
We want to know that we are not alone. We want to know that we are
being loved and guided in our highest good each and every moment of
our lives.

How can we have this experience?

Sometimes we have this experience accidentally. We might be feeling
particularly open - like when we are walking in nature or hugging a
child or a pet. At those times, we might feel a wonderful warmth
within our heart and a deep sense of wellbeing. Creative ideas or
profound wisdom might pop into our mind when we are in this state.
This is an experience of the Presence of Spirit.

But it is not enough for many of us for this to happen occasionally.
We want this in our lives all the time. What can we do to consciously
open ourselves to an experience of the Presence of Spirit?

The love, compassion, peace, joy, and truth that is Spirit is here
all the time. It is what we live in and is the essence of what lives
within us. But in order to experience it, we have to be open to it.
Our hearts and minds have to be open to receiving the Presence of
Spirit.

Whether or not we have an experience of the Presence of Spirit
depends upon our INTENT. When our intent is to protect against pain
by trying to control ourselves, others, and outcomes, our heart
closes. When our intent is to learn about loving ourselves and
others, our heart opens. We cannot experience the Presence of Spirit
when our heart is closed.

Our desire to learn with our spiritual Guidance about loving
ourselves and others opens the heart and invites in the Presence of
Spirit. Our intent to learn is the most powerful doorway to the
Presence of Spirit. Once you have chosen the intent to learn, there
are other doorways that can facilitate the opening of the heart.

Gratitude and Appreciation

The choice to express gratitude and appreciation for the everyday
blessings in our lives opens the heart. A sincere prayer of gratitude
for the food you eat or the beauty of nature, or a sincere "thank
you" for another's kindness will open your heart and bring in the
feeling of fullness and wellbeing that is the experience of the
Presence of Spirit.

If you are having trouble opening to learning, you might try focusing
on what you are grateful for and what you deeply appreciate. This may
open your heart enough to move into learning about love.

Acceptance

When you choose to accept what is rather than continue to attempt to
control things over which you have no control - such as how others
feel about you or the outcome of things - you will feel a sense of
inner peace. This opens the door to being able to learn about the
part of you that keeps trying to control. Learning about the
controlling part of you rather than judging this part of you opens
the heart and allows in the love and compassion of Spirit.

Kindness

Kind acts toward your self and others will open the heart. Kindness
is an invitation to the Presence of Spirit to fill your heart.
Choosing kindness is a powerful doorway to the Presence of Spirit.

When you choose to express gratitude and appreciation, and you choose
to accept yourself and others, and you choose to be kind to yourself
and others, and you choose to open to learning about loving yourself
and others - you will experience peace and joy, which are clear
indications of the Presence of Spirit.

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