The Wisdom Of Inner Listening

I find myself continuing to “steep” and contemplate upon the theme of inner listening this week, and reflecting on the many ways I’ve discovered over the years that help me attune to my deeper energies and wisdom. Capturing and dialoguing with images from my dreams, spending quiet time in nature, gazing into a fire, morning journaling & reading, sharing myself while looking in a loved one’s eyes, etc. consistently serve me well. I am always astonished at how such pure gold is available from within whenever I remember to partake.

Particularly during this time of such powerful change in our outer world, I am finding it essential to take the time to attune to the place of deeper presence and wisdom that resides inside. This morning, my inner guidance is playfully inviting me to discover new ways to open to Love each day, and providing wise counsel as I reflect upon the next directions for my outer life as we head towards the launch of a new year.

I came upon this quote, which during this time of financial realigning provides me with a wise perspective and an affirming reminder:

“To have abundance in Soul does not mean having lots of things;
it means having access to, and communication with, the essence of all things.

Once you are in touch with that, you have all things inside you.
You don’t feel any lack. You have fullness and gratitude, and you walk free,
knowing that whatever you need will come to you.”

~ John-Roger

Along the same theme, a wonderful poem about listening and opening to new life:

THE WINTER OF LISTENING

by David Whyte

No one but me by the fire
my hands burning red in the palms
while the night wind carries
everything away outisde.

All this petty worry
while the great cloak of the sky
grows dark and intense
round every living thing

What is precious inside us
does not care
to be known by the mind
in ways that diminish its presence.

What we strive for
in perfection
is not what turns us
into the lit angel we desire,

what disturbs
and then nourishes
has everything
we need.

What we hate in ourselves
is what we cannot know in ourselves
but what is true to the pattern
does need not be explained.

Inside everyone
is a great shout of joy
waiting to be born.

Even with summer so far off
I feel it grown in me now
and ready to arrive in the world.

All those years
listening to those who
had nothing to say.

All those years forgetting
how everthing
has its own voice
to make itself heard.

All those years
forgetting how easily
you can belong to everything
simply by listening.

And the slow difficulty
of remembering
how everything is born
from an opposite
and miraculous otherness.
Silence and winter
has led me to that otherness.

So let this winter of listening
be enough
for the new life
I must call my own.

Gavin Frye
Soul-Centered Counseling & Workshops

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