Your Voice of Certainty

What the heck is going on?  Your life is spinning out of control, you have no idea where to turn and who can help you out.  No matter what, there is a calm inner voice you can turn to for guidance.  By creating an inner guide, you are providing yourself with a wonderful tool for accessing your own intuition and exploring your growth.

Your intuition is one of your strongest assets.  You have a greater knowledge of your talents, strengths, weaknesses, needs, and desires than anyone else could ever have (psychic powered friends excluded).  So it's important to use that knowledge to make yourself happier and successful.  Unfortunately accessing your intuition can be tough. When your head is spinning amongst the toils of deadlines, relationships, and traffic jams, it can be tough to locate that little voice in the back of your head.   By creating a visual representation of your intuition in the form of an inner guide that you can look at and talk to, you take things out of the realm of the mystical and into the world of the helpful.

Visualizing your inner guide:
Close your eyes for a moment and picture yourself in five years.   This is the you that's overcome many of the difficulties you're facing and looks back on them with amusement.  It's who you've always wanted to be, how you conceived yourself when you were at your best.  So your guide is smiling, relaxed, and completely open to helping you with whatever you need.  Dress your guide in the clothes that fit your image of your future self - perhaps a nice cotton shirt and some Birkenstocks or a suit and tie.

You may be tempted to visualize your favorite teacher or friend, but allow yourself  to model the guide after your image. Your guide is the You that you'd like to become.  The one that's learned the tough lessons and can help you avoid some unnecessary hard knocks.  Best of all, your guide completely understands what you are going through.  While even your best friend will be busy from time to time, you can consult your inner guide by ducking into a quiet corner, closing your eyes, and starting up a conversation.

Traits of the guide:
Each person's needs are different, but there are certain traits that nearly anyone will want to develop.  Your guide is always willing to help, glad to share the lessons they've learned and assist in your growth.  Your guide speaks with a calm conviction, providing simple, poignant answers that put your mind at ease and provide just the right focus.  Your guide is compassionate, appreciating any difficulties or suffering you may be experiencing and appreciating the challenges common to all human beings.  In addition, assign any attributes that you would like to - if you'd like to be in shape, visualize your guide with a healthy body.
 
Starting the conversation:
Find a quiet place where you can relax and remain undisturbed for some time.  If you have a cell phone, turn it off so your attention is not anticipating an incoming call.  Now close your eyes, visualize your guide, and say hi.  When I do this, my guide responds by saying hi and radiating a feeling of unconditional love.

Asking a question:
Now that you've made the initial connection, it's time to begin working with your guide.  Go ahead and ask a question and then see what your guide says.  The answer may surprise you, they often come with a twist - after all the guide has five additional years of wisdom under their belt.  For example I was recently in the hospital, so I spent some time working with my guide.  Reflecting on all the drama I was seeing on TV and the personalities embroiled in conflict, I wondered how I should take it all in.  My guide simply said, "Isn't this fun?"  I had gotten so lost in my head that I was missing the crazy ways that life turns.

When you ask a question, there's no reason to be satisfied with the first answer you receive.  Keep questioning and digging in until you're satisfied that you understand why the guide's logic.

Tuning the guide:
The guide performs another important role as well, that of helping you become the person you want to be. Your guide is a living example of what that looks like along with the knowledge of how to get there.  To master a particular subject whether it's work or relationships, you should be able to know what to say or do in any situation without requiring thought.  If your guide doesn't speak with the cool confidence of a ninja master, keep tuning until the answers are just right.  You'll feel it once you have it dialed in.

In addition, sometimes your more negative personality traits will creep into your guide.  When that happens, recreate your guide without them.  The guide provides an important contrast between where you are now and where you're going, so he or she should be as close to your ideal as possible.  If your guide provides a lot of egoistic answers (ones that focus too much on yourself), keep tuning.  For example if your question is "Where should I work?" and the first answer you get is "the highest paying company in your field", you may find that requestioning comes up with something like "a company that rewards their employees for innovation".  The latter tends to feel more right and is a sign that your guide is where you want it to be.