Digging for Answers
In the previous episodes, we looked at how our environment feeds us, and we zeroed in on the role of friends in our life. Now because we are made up of spirit, soul and body, it follows that we are being fed not just from the outside, but from our spirit and our mind. How do you know where to receive advice from if your mind is saying one thing and your spirit is saying something else? The mind gives instructions in several ways, but emotions are the most obvious. The spirit also gives instructions using such tools like our intuition. When we decide out of fear, for example, we are following the leading of our mind. In the same way, intuition can guide us in the right direction. The spirit is the part of you that has always existed; it is alive and connected to God. Your soul is the container for your mind, this is where we experience emotions, and more, and the body is the physical part of you. I believe our spirit carries the highest calling for our life, and it is embedded with our gifts and assets and well as our purpose. Instruction from your spirit Ever found yourself doing something that made no logical sense, but you just had to do it, and it worked out? That was probably your intuition- this is one of the functions, if you like, of your spirit man. I rely on intuition when it comes to hiring staff or working with suppliers. If I sense a question mark, no matter how perfect you seem, I don’t even stay long enough to figure out what the issue is. Each time I ignored my spirit’s warning, I have paid for it. And if you’re a Christian, then you’d know that the spirit of God also guides your decision making in a way that’s difficult to explain to others. Instructions from the mind. Your ideas are designed to become a thing. Still, if you live with the wrong mindsets or your emotions are leading you, chances are, you will be a carrier of ideas and not a doer. Several factors stop us from taking action. Feelings like fear top the list, then you’ve got to drill down to find out what type of fear it is. When I started my business here in England, I faced several obstacles. I had to overcome getting manufacturers to agree to me selling their products in the first place. I spent time navigating objections, and before long, I became pretty good at turning a no into a yes. Changing the minds of these manufacturers became a challenge I set, and each time I won, I’d feel a false sense of accomplishment. My intention- without meaning to, shifted from building a business to winning this challenge. If your project doesn’t seem to be yielding results, the obstruction is probably in your mind. The ideas your spirit carries comes with a desire to be physically expressed. Ideally, it should be expressed through work, but often we choose to talk about it. Instructions from your body I have tried and failed to get my body to the place I want and understand now that I’d been looking at ways in which I could change the outside. For me to have a different outside, the inspiration and change will have to come from the inside. It helps to have an intrinsic reason for toning up and getting fit, my belief on the inside will no doubt spill on to the external, and I’ll get myself to the gym. And stay there. So I came up with a list of deeper reasons to tone up, and this will help you if you need a compelling reason too: A fit body will increase my confidence as I know my clothes fit well. Confidence will help me take steps I’d rather avoid. Fulfils the goal of the physical appearance of my future self. By exercising now, I am becoming that successful, healthy woman. Fitness allows me to accomplish more as I’ll have more energy physically. I don’t want my active mind to be trapped in a body that cannot carry out those ideas. My fourth deeper reason is that by exercising, I show myself who is boss- me, not my flesh with its craving. Me, my spirit. The real me, I’m the one in charge. Your body exists to do the bidding of your spirit and not the other way around. Too often, we live for the cravings and impulses of our body, and we respond to it as though it is the boss. Believe the mind Is the engine room of our lives. Exercising a body that would rather laze around brings you full circle, it makes you the physical version of the picture engraved on the palms of God’s hands. Instructions can either come from your spirit, which is your highest self, your soul which is the engine room, or your body, which is designed to follow commands- and not to give them. I believe the instructions from your spirit are the most reliable and most fulfilling. Dig deep enough and you will find the answers waiting. References: What I know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey Episode 3 The Practice of Authentic Living John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. The Holy Bible, NLT
