Question:
Hello Jason,
I am interested to hear your perspective on how we can best learn how to listen to our instinct/inner voice among the needs and requirements of life in general. How does one “follow their heart” when he or she is not quite sure what the heart is saying?
Thank you,
Porcelainroses
Porcelainroses
Jason's Response:
Dear Porcelainroses:
This is a great question and an important one and often a confusing one as well!
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to clear up all the confusion in this answer: I may have to return to it through the medium of a longer video.
That said: We are all made up of many psychological layers and there are many voices competing for prominence in our psyches; voices concerned with survival; childhood voices of loneliness and confusion; strident voices of the one who refuses to feel helpless; instinctual voices; and genuine voices of wisdom as well. In a sense we could say that the investigation into the origins of these voices—which could also be called “ideas,” “concepts,” “prejudices,” “neuroses,” "insights” and “fears”—is the spiritual path itself.
Although people like to think they have immediate access to the highest wisdom through contact with their higher selves or disembodied spirits, it actually takes a long time to either clear the way for these truer voices to be heard, or to let them do their job of coming through loud and clear. Being on the spiritual path means working on ourselves so that we are better containers for the profusion of help we get from all levels and dimensions of existence. I hope this helps a bit!
Bye for now.
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to clear up all the confusion in this answer: I may have to return to it through the medium of a longer video.
That said: We are all made up of many psychological layers and there are many voices competing for prominence in our psyches; voices concerned with survival; childhood voices of loneliness and confusion; strident voices of the one who refuses to feel helpless; instinctual voices; and genuine voices of wisdom as well. In a sense we could say that the investigation into the origins of these voices—which could also be called “ideas,” “concepts,” “prejudices,” “neuroses,” "insights” and “fears”—is the spiritual path itself.
Although people like to think they have immediate access to the highest wisdom through contact with their higher selves or disembodied spirits, it actually takes a long time to either clear the way for these truer voices to be heard, or to let them do their job of coming through loud and clear. Being on the spiritual path means working on ourselves so that we are better containers for the profusion of help we get from all levels and dimensions of existence. I hope this helps a bit!
Bye for now.
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