Dear Soul Arcanum:
How do you differentiate the voice in your head that sounds like you, and the voice of God? If you would be so kind as to help me figure this out, I would be very grateful. God Bless!
Jason
Dear Jason:
This is one of the trickiest and most important psychic processes to master, for the answers and insights we receive may come from a number of possible sources. At one end of the spectrum we have ideas we would not consider at all spiritual, such as the attachments, fears and delusions of the ego. At the other end, we have what you label the “voice of God,” which I would call spiritual guidance of the highest nature. In between, we have all sorts of impressions we might label “psychic,” which will vary in quality depending on their source.
These include but are not limited to our own intuition and instincts, information stored as energy in others’ auras, input from discarnate spirits of all sorts, the guidance of spirit guides and angels, and the wisdom of our own higher selves. I don’t think that I have ever heard the “voice of God” as you put it – my only clear personal experiences of God have been profound feelings of healing, peace and bliss – but this is probably a matter of semantics. I suppose I both believe that God (whatever God may be) does not converse with us about our temporal concerns, and at the same time, I believe in some way, every voice is the voice of God.
There are a number of ways to evaluate the psychic impressions you receive for their power and wisdom. The first thing to examine is the quality of your perceptions. Any ideas or impressions that are dark, fearful or discouraging are of a lower nature, and ideas, impressions or suggestions that are uplifting, encouraging, enlightening and healing are from a higher source. Guidance from a divine source just feels right. At the same time it often seems rather obvious, for at some level, we already know the truth – we just have a habit of slipping out of higher perspectives when we’re caught up in ego issues and mundane concerns.
Further, the results of processing and implementing the guidance received will clearly demonstrate its true nature, which will help you learn how to recognize higher wisdom in the future. When we are properly attuned and channeling healing energy or guidance of a higher nature, all involved will be uplifted and renewed. If anyone is drained, exhausted, depressed or discouraged, then something is amiss.
Also, if accurately interpreting and following the insights or advice given leads to anything but positive transformation, then the source of that advice is not of a higher nature. Divine wisdom will always direct us to act with love, integrity and respect for all involved.
If you approach the pursuit of spiritual guidance properly, you should have no problem aligning with a healing, enlightening source of wisdom. To put it simply, we will attune to information and guidance of a “higher” nature when we are in a high spiritual vibration, and we will attune to information of a lower spiritual nature when we are in a lower spiritual vibration. Often, this is referred to as either being centered in “spirit” or caught up in “ego.”
To align with top notch spiritual guidance, the first thing to do is determine your motivation for seeking it in the first place. When we are motivated by worldly or selfish concerns or the desire to impress others, we tend to be caught up in ego, and by now, hopefully you can predict what will happen as a result.
If our desire is to grow in spiritual wisdom and understanding, to help others and ourselves to move closer to God, or to make the world a better place to live in, we will align with higher wisdom. Basically, the more spiritual our desires/questions, the more spiritual the answers will be.
When I do readings, I always consciously shift into a very high vibration before asking for Spirit’s guidance, for this lifts me beyond the range and input of the ego. I do this via a ritual that I have developed and practiced for many years. Every good reader I know has some process designed to put them in the high vibratory state of “reading mode.”
In my own ritual, I light incense, put on some wonderful spiritual music, sit in meditation for a few minutes, and then say a special prayer. This prayer is not about the words, however – it is about the feelings/energies it evokes. During that prayer, I give thanks and affirm that the guidance that I am about to receive will be filled with the love, truth, wisdom and understanding of the highest. As I am saying these words either out loud or to myself, I am holding the person I am reading for in my heart, and I am surrounding them with divine love and envisioning them uplifted, empowered, healed and fulfilled.
This shift into a higher vibration causes a total transformation throughout my being. My body relaxes, my breathing slows, and the whole world suddenly seems brighter. I perceive life as a wonderful place of endless possibilities – a place where everything happens for an ultimately beneficial reason. When I have completed this shift, which generally only takes me about five minutes, I am in a state of deep peace and bliss.
Once I am in this high vibration, everything just flows. I truly believe that anyone who can get into this state of consciousness can tap into enlightening spiritual guidance, for at this level of being and awareness, one has only to ask a question to receive an answer.
It is far easier and more natural for some people to shift into a high vibration like this than others, based simply on their everyday habits. If we make a habit of seeking spiritual growth on a daily basis, if we constantly cultivate a high vibration in everything we think, say and do, it is easy to make such a shift.
Further, by living a spiritual life in general, we lift ourselves above the tricks of the ego and the influence of lower spiritual entities, and align our hearts and minds with the divine. Some positive habits to adopt include eating a fresh, whole food diet and taking good care of our physical bodies, practicing kindness and compassion, studying spiritual teachings, and regularly engaging in spiritual practices like meditation. When we take a spiritual approach to all aspects of our everyday lives, we make it easy for the divine to communicate with us on a conscious level.
There is one more quality that is essential to aligning with divine guidance, and that is what we may call positive belief or faith. It is of course first essential to believe that it is POSSIBLE to access divine guidance – otherwise we are closed off from that experience. Beyond this basic belief, spiritual faith plays a powerful role.
Many psychics can get into the high vibration they need to read for other people, but they can’t read for themselves because their own wishful thinking clouds their view. In order to be objective about our own lives and concerns, we must have faith in a higher plan, for that will allow us to relax our attachment to any particular outcome. When we trust that everything will work out fine one way or another, it is naturally easier to hear the truth.
Before you do anything with the advice I offer above, I recommend you simply pray to always receive spiritual guidance of the highest nature. Meditate daily with this desire in your heart, and ask Spirit to help you fulfill it. This may sound too simple to really work, but in my experience, nothing has proven more powerful than a heartfelt request for spiritual guidance.
– Soul Arcanum