Grow More

Once on the journey of personal and spiritual growth it is easy to get into the ego trip of having done lots of work on yourself and to think that it's done. The job is finished.
Unless you are about to leap out of your body and transcend to the next realm, trust me, you still have many more opportunities for growth and learning.
So if that it the case, how do you figure where to go next? What area of my sub-conscious mind could I look at to reveal hidden beliefs and emotions that are still active in my experience?

My discovery on this is really easy. There are two ways to know what more I can be working on:
1. When my emotional guidance systems kicks in and I feel tension or pain in my body. You know when you get that feeling in your gut, or your heart rate increases or you want to snap a smart answer back at someone for what they did or didn't say.
2. When an area of my life isn't going the way I want it to. Perhaps I get a run of bills that weren't expected, or appliances start to break down or I find myself constantly having little bickering arguments with people, in my head or out loud.

Our outer world is an absolute reflection of the inner landscape. If we have issues about money, judgement, openness and expression, trust, health or relationships, a quick look around at our life will tell us what is working and what isn't. The feelings your body creates are often subtle. For many of us we don't listen to our body with the little things and then they grow into far bigger issues.
Like all things this is a practice. The more you take a moment to check in with your body and listen to the things it is telling you, the better you'll get at hearing.
Turn within and get in touch with what you are feeling when something triggers you. Perhaps you are in a conversation and you intuitively sense that the other person doesn't like what you just told them, but for their reasons they don't express that fully back to you. Your guidance system will tell you something is off and you may go into reaction about that, start making up stories in your head about what they are thinking and not saying. Equally you can think about what it is about this situation that you are reacting to. Are you feeling insecure, do you have self doubt on the subject matter, do you think or feel that you may have done something wrong, in which case guilt may play a part.

As soon as you feel disharmony in the body, you know there is something for you to learn. The better you get at recognising this and taking 100% responsibility for what you are feeling, the quicker you will be able to surface the hidden thoughts and beliefs and start work on healing them.

No one 'makes' us do, think or feel anything. We always have choice in how we react and respond to others and to situations. To the level we can accept this and make it the way we live will be the level of continuous growth we will experience in all areas of our life.

Today I listen to my bodies guidance system and turn within. I choose not to blame others, instead I give thanks for the gift of growth that they bring me. I trust universal intelligence to bring me the perfect opportunities for my continued growth and learning.