Connecting with Our Inner Spirit

from Christine Harvey

Yesterday someone asked me how she could feel more centered, more connected to her spirit, more confident in her talents. How could she feel less disjointed, and less pulled in all directions?

Here was my answer. Some years ago a colleague of mine in England was running a metaphysical healing program and invited me to attend. I was amazed when he brought a woman up to the front who was migraine sufferer and asked her if she was willing to bring on her migraine as an experiment! “Don’t worry,” he said, “we’ll make it go away too.”

As she proceeded to bring on her migraine, he asked her “What is your inner voice saying to you?” She reflected, then replied that it was telling her, “This is terrible – you have company coming, you can’t afford to be sick now!” That seemed to make sense to all of us in the group. We could all relate to an inner voice like that.

But next my colleague did something that shocked me. He asked her, “Now tell us what your OTHER VOICE is telling you.”

My instant reaction was this: “Your ‘other voice!’ What in the world could THAT be?” I’d never heard that we have a second voice. Just as I was asking myself if it could be true, the woman proceeded to tell us that her other voice was saying, “This is good – you need a rest anyway. You’ve been working too hard recently.” We could immediately see the opposing views of these two voices. It felt like an inner struggle of some sort.

Well, I had no reason to doubt that woman on that day, as she was so genuine. Years later I read in the book called ‘The Course in Miracles,’ about our two inner voices. One they attribute to the ego, whose sole purpose is to keep us off balance in life, and the other they attribute to our pure ‘knowing self.’ They talk about the inner struggle between these two voices and suggest that the sooner we learn to differentiate between the two voices, and listen to the pure knowing self, the sooner we’ll feel inner stability.

3 SECOND FOCUS TIP- Let your mind do a balancing test right now. Where do you feel on a scale of 1-10 in your inner tranquility? If you are feeling completely tranquil, you’re probably listening to your pure inner voice right now. If you are feeling a bit pulled in all directions, you are probably feeling the pull of the two inner voices. Start today, as suggested in ‘The Course in Miracles,’ to differentiate between the two voices. Start to feel connected to the pure voice – the one that comes from the love for humanity. Ignore the one that likes to make you feel doubtful and off balance. Do this every time you feel off balance, unsure, or lacking in confidence about your abilities. Practice this constantly and before long you’ll have developed the muscle of connecting with your spirit, and then you can go to it constantly. Try this and see YOUR results.