Inspirational Overwhelm.
When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.
Question:
I really enjoy reading your books. I find them exciting, hugely insightful, peaceful, and the words I read really resonate me. However, I sometimes feel overwhelmed when trying to implement the teachings into my life. I feel that to follow these teachings and still go about my day to day business is hard work. I feel like I have so many things to remember from your teachings and I feel down on myself for forgetting some of them.
My goal is to live from the level of the soul as much as I can. With this in mind what should I focus on most from day to day? I want my mind to be as clear as possible.
Response:
You make a good point about how self-help and guidance books can sometimes seem like too much information to apply in the midst of daily life. You don’t need to remember all of the information and you don’t need to do all of the practices. Trying to remember and apply everything you think you should do will only make life stilted and artificial.
To actualize your goal of living from the soul, just do some simple meditation or spiritual practice daily and then live your daily life spontaneously with the intention of being as conscious and open as you can. Whatever knowledge or guidance that is appropriate and applicable to your present needs will present itself.
All the knowledge and practices from the books and workshops you have immersed yourself in has now become the palette of colors for your life painting. Now you can live your life with the freedom and creativity of an artist painting a blank canvas, using whatever colors, whenever you want. Your obligation is not to follow rules and lists, but to listen that inner voice to express your true nature and purpose in the moment. That is more like an artistic expression than it is remembering lists and formulas. So don’t worry about remembering all the stuff you’ve read, be awake to the present moment and enjoy participating in the creative dance of your life just as it unfolds.
Love,
Deepak
That' the only way I can.. Stay present, and stay in the now. Smile, see love in everything, make the best decision I can, live in gratitude.
That' the only way I can.. Stay present, and stay in the now. Smile, see love in everything, make the best decision I can, live in gratitude.