If you ever attended a seminar related to self improvement matters, you realized that in many occasions the speaker will suddenly draw a point on a board. It is a moment of suspense because you don’t have idea what and why that tiny point has been carefully prepared to appear like magic in front of hundred people.
Eventually a second dot, more elevated than the first one will be impressed by the marker, and some light starts to emerge from the darkness. –You are here, the expert says, staring at the first dot, -and you want to go here, he points out with calmness and confidence. That’s true, you are always at some point in your life, your path is always evolving, whatever it is, and you must go ahead, somewhere, to some point into the future. Between the two points emerges a path, a line, and this represents that part of your life, time, efforts you have to make to reach the upper point. If you know that you have a point to reach, this is a good sign, many people are like leaves, drifting here and there all their lives without a precise direction, constantly blown by random winds. You are not, you know that there is something you have to accomplish, something you decided to do, led by inspiration and by a constant analysis of what you do really want. You know also that there are infinite lines passing through two points in space. It means that you have infinite possible paths to follow to reach your goals, but the question is how to follow the shorter line, the best solution, in less time and with the best result and experiences along the way. Something I particularly like is what is said about life goals, Is not the goal itself which is really important, but the experience you collect on your way to it. You must follow the best track, because you must experience what is best for you.
SatNav for your soul means that like a real journey, you must insert the coordinates of your actual position into your gadget and let it guide you to your prefixed destination, where you can chose to avoid trafficked motorways, visit intermediate places, set the shortest or the fastest route. You can get a sign from your soul, something that will make you create that burning desire towards your happiness. You need then a map, a system that will guide you with precision and absolute faith. Where is that special satellite system that will direct your soul through life?
1.Follow your heart
Follow your heart, make every choice with love. Love never fails. The path you will follow will never hurt anybody and will make you to give and receive love in exchange.
2.Use your brain as your best tool
You do not have to be the slave of your brain, of its reckless mantras, instead learn how to direct your thoughts with the power of focus. Your conscious mind can calculate the best and more reasonable possibilities for you, being the wonderful object it is. Focus on your goals without worries, like a laser beam through space. Concentrate on your objectives and be persistent. If you fail, be grateful, you can elaborate a better plan.
3.Trust your values
Values are beliefs at a deeper, more enrooted level. They are what really matter in your life, if you feel at any point of your journey that you are not following your values, you must revise your route, something is wrong.
4.Create joy for yourself and the others
Imagine you are in a journey following a route you don’t know, you will start to have worries, doubts. You will be concerned whether you will ever reach your destination or not, and these feeling will affect everybody around you. When you are consciously creating your reality, when you know exactly where and when the next turn will be, you feel in control and sure to reach your destination, irradiating joy and happiness to those closest to you.
5.Take care of your body
Improve your health, always. Do the best you can to maintain your body healthy, imagine a navigational tool with discharged batteries. If you realize that your batteries are not charged, spend some time to heal and regenerate, do not rush, start only when you feel ready to continue your path. It must be enjoyable, without any stress or pain. When these forced stops happen, it can be a good time to control you inner map and to check your tools for when you are ready.
6.Celebrate every little step
Every step you complete, whatever small it can be, celebrate, congratulate with yourself. It is like when you reach a service station, where you can stop, refuel and enjoy a cup of coffee. Think that you made it, what you achieved with effort is now your forever, fifty miles less to go!
Try to analyse past events with these insights, did you chose the right path? Was it a straight one? What were your feelings on your way to your goals, did something contrast with your values?
When you know where to go in life, always think about the infinite routes at your disposal, be aware of your choices, you are a powerful creator.
You said, “it is not the goal itself which is really important, but the experience you collect on your way to it. You must follow the best track, because you must experience what is best for you.”
Yes, I believe life is about the experience; the journey. They also say, “Happiness is not a destination, but a journey.” Artists say that the finished work is not what counts so much as the journey you took to make the artwork.
But be careful of #4–I’d re-word it. “When you are consciously creating your reality, when you know exactly where and when the next turn will be, you feel in control and sure to reach your destination…”
When you consciously create your reality, you don’t become psychic! You just control your reactions to stressors. Life/God still throws curveballs. What you thought would be your destination ends up to be not as significant as you thought, and you breeze past it to a new and more fitting “destination…”
Thank you for your comment, Jessica.
Your are right on your interpretation of #4, as “Life/God still throws curveballs”. What I want to explain is that what is important is to be in control, to consciously know what our actions are and to take full responsability over them. If there is a change of plan due to curveballs, we will decide with clear intention, because we are always in charge. As we agreed on enjoying the steps towards a goal, I would say that I prefer to appreciate fully what is consciously created and perceived. Don’t forget that those curveballs have been created by you with your thoughts.
Good point about the fact that the “curveballs have been created by you with your thoughts.” Taking responsibility for our life is the most difficult step for some people. But it is the most liberating! Our reactions to life’s situations will always depend upon which developmental level we have attained. In order to get to the point where we CAN consciously create our lives we must trust the advice of those who have made it (and follow the steps outlined in this blog post!) Make sure you’re 3 for 3 (as James Ray puts it); that your thoughts, feelings and actions are all aligned. (just as #3 above suggests)
Hi Elio, wonderful blog you have here. I so agree with you about following your own way. So many people make the mistake of thinking that if they read X,Y and Z an or if the attend Tom, Dick or Harry’s seminar all will be revealed and they will be given a blue print to follow that will lead them to the perfect life. I am glad to say that life is much more interesting than that. Every new experience, every new person and every new location that we arrive at has its blessings and something to teach us, all we have to do is be open to receive it.
Great post, keep up the good work.