I really like that too, Alysia. Very simple....choose love.
It is interesting to me that it was not like it was myself saying to myself: I choose peace. Or: Peace is the answer. It was just a suggestion in my mind: accept peace. And my mind, in response, had a "okay" millisecond, and then, there it was, peace, comfort, quietness, and, yes, the mind chatter just vanished.
I guess the key word was "accept" for this particular message.
hi blink, if I can commune with you for a moment, you give me a feeling of joy.
So, to me, it felt as if it was coming from "somewhere" but I don't know where.
However, I do know where it comes from. It is the higher self which knows that I am listening.
I believe that the higher self sometimes intervenes at just the right moment, and I'm not sure how that "portal" works.
well, maybe its that we're getting used to being plugged in. I always liked your name Blink, because I have a blinking on/off type of perspective to higher thought, I like to observe the on/off peace switch in my mind.
I think that learning to listen and to trust that voice is such a challenge in this world with so many distractions. We are bombarded with messages of all kinds every day if we allow ourselves to be open to them. Many of these are from humans with an agenda of some kind which may or may not resonate with our best interests.
just sharing, that I understand what you're saying about distractions. what I did in the past concerning all the distractions, it is like the bulk folder in my email, thankfully few get into my main inbox and yahoo lets me put them in spam folder; the mind is kinda like that too, once I have the IP address, that same spammer is never to be seen again. I often would reflect on my zodiac sign, the one pointed archer symbol. I would remind myself I wanted to concentrate on my focus. it might be an affirmation that helps do that, but like you, it's often unbidden thought that would just pop up.
But this particular message did not seem to have any agenda except to offer me comfort and security. It was personal.
I had a particular personal message often coming in just before I awaken in the morn, the inbetween state. these are the best times for me. one time I was battling with a belief system, in conflict in full waking consciousness, and I am one who often imagines guides around and about, other times I would say, yes, this too is my higher self communicating, this time the message was to speak to the one who was causing my conflict, so it seemed, but not really, speak and correspond with this one, to "offer gentle nonresistance" should I be crashing gracefully. well, yes, it was easier to pick myself up off the floor then, to not be in conflict, I ceased to resist the fact my face was in the carpet to see I did need this person to grow thru this. then love could survive.
So it is easy to trust. I am familiar with affirmations that one might say to oneself to help in various situations. But it was not like that.
Perhaps the element of trust opens a door. This particular cd, The Secret, takes me on a voyage which feels like a smooth transition back to the very highest Self, the Eye of God/All that Is. It holds my relaxed mind for a time in that feeling of utter wholeness and allows me to, for lack of a better word, resonate with the unity of all.
Some people might listen to it and become outraged because in the final moments this cd actually says "I am God" and I imagine that many people's fears or ego's might become wrapped around that statement and block them.
But it is really about unity, and about awareness of the ever-present potential and love and peace of the Creator, and our actual relationship with Creation.
Our choices and our realities radiate from our thoughts, and, therefore, we must be careful what we wish for, and choose well.
But the assistance is here, waiting for us to realize it. Definitely, the still, small, quiet voice will be the one I listen to.
The Secret arrived it seems just at the right time for many of us. thanks for your inspirational post!