The Voices
Over the years I have bounced from agnostic, to atheist, to deist, to theist. In no particular order. I'm sure for those familiar with those terms that you would hope I wound up theist. The truth is, that in various stages of life I have found myself debating with the voices in my head for the validity of each one. There are implied truths of theism I can adhere to. There are scientific facts that can easily shift my thoughts to atheism, as well as the other aforementioned positions.
As I work diligently to find my equipoise in life the voices in my head tend to work overtime. What I find fascinating is that regardless the proposition I pose to myself, the voices always have a counter argument. There are times in which it is relevant to have contradictory paths for the voices in your head to chose. HOWEVER there are also times when I wish the fork in the road was much more defined.
Okay, you can begin to see, that as I listen to the voices my head spins at a warp speed trying to fend off the internal debate. I, like you, I assume, tries to silence those damn voices, before they take control of the very person we are attaining to become.
Let me share some other times the voices in my head can confuse my belief. Just when I think I am about to summit a mountain, the voices remind me, that I am tired from the climb, and I need to rest. I relax in my due process and before you know it the knowledge I was desiring to acquire has been filed away for future arguments. Or, how about the times you are placing trust in a friend, relative, acquaintance, or maybe even a decision you have made. The voices,for me, try to mitigate my position to where I have so much doubt that I second guess the conviction I thought I had.
I bet you are listening to voices right now that are telling you how unworthy you are. Just when you feel like you are out of the tomb and ready to face the world with certitude, the voices become so convincing that you find yourself falling back to where you came. Let me ask you something. Have you ever felt so good about a relationship that you simply could not wait to see the person every day of whom you have grown fond? As the wonderful feeling of togetherness heightened your feelings, something quite odd begins to happen. The voices tell you emphatically, "BE CAREFUL, you know that he/she is not telling you the truth". Minute by minute, day be day, you start sabotaging the beautiful relationship you once had. Doubt, bitterness, anger, jealousy, etc, throws cold water on your parade. All because you listened to the voices in you head.
The list of things the voices in our heads have done to block or success and trust in life is lengthy. The goal is to silence the voices that make us doubt our existence, or better yet make us question our own intelligence.
Sometimes I believe that those damn voices are so jealous that they will do whatever whenever they can to ruin the life we have. To me, and this is just my opinion, we have to enrich our minds with enough positive thoughts that when something negative does arise we can find the opportunity or grace disguised to make sure that the voices in our head sit down and shut the heck up.
There have been various times in my life to where I allowed the voices to silence my positions on many things. Most of you know that I love to study religion and spirituality. I believe that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. In these cases the voices blended themselves into societal norms or environmental conditioning. Other words the voices tell me JUST HAVE FAITH. I admit, I have fallen into that trap before. For me that is not a safe place to be. I need verifiable proof when those extraordinary claims are made. I will discern at what time, if ever, faith will be my deciding factor. I strive to silence the voices when they say GO WITH THE CROWD. When we do that, we get lost.
To bring this to a summation I would like to talk about love. Some will tell you that the voices in their head convinced them that, this is the chosen one, only to find out that ONCE again the voices were wrong. Remember you listened to your heart and left your head at home. The voices, like electricity, travel through the path of least resistance. Relationships require a collusion between heart, body, and mind. We have to strengthen our heart and mind just like we do our bodies through exercise. The voices grow stronger when our heart and mind atrophy.
My goal for you is to seek to love who you are, where you are, with what you have. The more love you allow in, the more your voices will seek to only share the good with you. The way you see the world isn't the way the world is, it is the way you are. I'll make up a number here, I believe that 90% of the world is amazing and beautiful, yet the voices make sure we only see the 10% and miss out on the awe factor all around us. When you begin to fill your tank with love, the way you see the world will open up in new and exciting ways. The best part is this, as your heart and soul seek out the warmth of love too, you will begin to see life through a fabulous set of crystal clear lenses. You are worthy, you are capable, you are beautiful, you are fascinating, you do deserve the best, you are smart enough, so never allow anyone or any voice to convince you otherwise.
I may doubt somethings, but I will never doubt this, you were created for love by love to give love and be loved. Train those voices to see the best, when you do, you will trust fully when they give you a warning that danger lies ahead. When the voices are trained to love, then love is exactly what they do.
Peace and blessings
Dale
As I work diligently to find my equipoise in life the voices in my head tend to work overtime. What I find fascinating is that regardless the proposition I pose to myself, the voices always have a counter argument. There are times in which it is relevant to have contradictory paths for the voices in your head to chose. HOWEVER there are also times when I wish the fork in the road was much more defined.
Okay, you can begin to see, that as I listen to the voices my head spins at a warp speed trying to fend off the internal debate. I, like you, I assume, tries to silence those damn voices, before they take control of the very person we are attaining to become.
Let me share some other times the voices in my head can confuse my belief. Just when I think I am about to summit a mountain, the voices remind me, that I am tired from the climb, and I need to rest. I relax in my due process and before you know it the knowledge I was desiring to acquire has been filed away for future arguments. Or, how about the times you are placing trust in a friend, relative, acquaintance, or maybe even a decision you have made. The voices,for me, try to mitigate my position to where I have so much doubt that I second guess the conviction I thought I had.
I bet you are listening to voices right now that are telling you how unworthy you are. Just when you feel like you are out of the tomb and ready to face the world with certitude, the voices become so convincing that you find yourself falling back to where you came. Let me ask you something. Have you ever felt so good about a relationship that you simply could not wait to see the person every day of whom you have grown fond? As the wonderful feeling of togetherness heightened your feelings, something quite odd begins to happen. The voices tell you emphatically, "BE CAREFUL, you know that he/she is not telling you the truth". Minute by minute, day be day, you start sabotaging the beautiful relationship you once had. Doubt, bitterness, anger, jealousy, etc, throws cold water on your parade. All because you listened to the voices in you head.
The list of things the voices in our heads have done to block or success and trust in life is lengthy. The goal is to silence the voices that make us doubt our existence, or better yet make us question our own intelligence.
Sometimes I believe that those damn voices are so jealous that they will do whatever whenever they can to ruin the life we have. To me, and this is just my opinion, we have to enrich our minds with enough positive thoughts that when something negative does arise we can find the opportunity or grace disguised to make sure that the voices in our head sit down and shut the heck up.
There have been various times in my life to where I allowed the voices to silence my positions on many things. Most of you know that I love to study religion and spirituality. I believe that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. In these cases the voices blended themselves into societal norms or environmental conditioning. Other words the voices tell me JUST HAVE FAITH. I admit, I have fallen into that trap before. For me that is not a safe place to be. I need verifiable proof when those extraordinary claims are made. I will discern at what time, if ever, faith will be my deciding factor. I strive to silence the voices when they say GO WITH THE CROWD. When we do that, we get lost.
To bring this to a summation I would like to talk about love. Some will tell you that the voices in their head convinced them that, this is the chosen one, only to find out that ONCE again the voices were wrong. Remember you listened to your heart and left your head at home. The voices, like electricity, travel through the path of least resistance. Relationships require a collusion between heart, body, and mind. We have to strengthen our heart and mind just like we do our bodies through exercise. The voices grow stronger when our heart and mind atrophy.
My goal for you is to seek to love who you are, where you are, with what you have. The more love you allow in, the more your voices will seek to only share the good with you. The way you see the world isn't the way the world is, it is the way you are. I'll make up a number here, I believe that 90% of the world is amazing and beautiful, yet the voices make sure we only see the 10% and miss out on the awe factor all around us. When you begin to fill your tank with love, the way you see the world will open up in new and exciting ways. The best part is this, as your heart and soul seek out the warmth of love too, you will begin to see life through a fabulous set of crystal clear lenses. You are worthy, you are capable, you are beautiful, you are fascinating, you do deserve the best, you are smart enough, so never allow anyone or any voice to convince you otherwise.
I may doubt somethings, but I will never doubt this, you were created for love by love to give love and be loved. Train those voices to see the best, when you do, you will trust fully when they give you a warning that danger lies ahead. When the voices are trained to love, then love is exactly what they do.
Peace and blessings
Dale
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