Hearing the language of the soul can sometimes feel this
way. The soul speaks to us in
metaphor, symbols, feelings and synchronicities. Of course when something either speaks to our soul, or comes
from our soul, it is imbued with tremendous feeling and its expression somehow
impacts us, and those around us with distinct profundity. It is as if a pebble were dropped into
the pool of our own being, sending ripples of recognition, remembrance and
knowing.
Cultivating your soul requires that you learn to hear and
understand the language of your soul.
There are many ways to achieve this and each person will have his or her
own particular style. It is good
to have many different channels if you will, to perceive the soul with. Here are some suggestions.
1.
Listen. Turn your focus inward and just
listen. Find the best way for you
to turn your mind down very low, and then pay attention to what arises without
expecting that anything ever will.
This is the basic method and paradox to listening to your soul. Some use meditation, contemplative
prayer, or movement. The aim is to
turn down or off the minds chatter.
2.
Pause. If your life is always overbooked, for
whatever reason, find time within your day to take pauses, to breathe and
listen to what is going on for you internally. What are you feeling? What are you noticing in your body
when you have this feeling? Five minutes is perhaps all you need for a
“soul-snack”.
3.
Honor
night dreams. Take time in the
morning, perhaps even before you open your eyes, to check in and see if you had
any dreams. Reflect on the
feelings, sensations, visions and sounds that impacted you. Leave a pad of paper at your bedside to
take some notes. The more you
write the better; however, sometimes a simple sentence is all that is needed to
retrieve the whole dream.
4.
Learn
the language of metaphor. I don’t
normally recommend “dream books”, as they can be too rigid in their rules of
interpretation. However, if you
don’t take them as “truth” they can help you learn to play with metaphor. Books that explore the metaphoric
meaning of symbols can be more helpful.
Bear in mind that what you are exploring is the archetypal level of
meaning – that is a collective experience of the symbol. You will have your own personal
experience around this symbol.
5.
Notice
your daydreams. Though daydreams
may be seen as distraction, they are an important indicator of what type of
release or experience you are seeking, perhaps in the service of feeling more
empowered or free. They may
indicate metaphorically, what you need to move towards, or what you need to
change.
6.
Notice
meaningful coincidences. Use all
of your senses to pay attention to when the outer world produces ripples of
resonance within you. What is the
feeling that arises? Is there a
sense of certainty, a confirmation of something you have been feeling, thinking
or experiencing? When you learn to
maintain a dual focus on the inner and outer experience, more coincidences may
come your way.
Learn to love your soul. It holds your divine spark and
light that is your true nature.
Leslie Helen Bambic Ciechanowski
Copywright 2009
Hi I liked the post.
I am learning thru an new experience of similar kind with a 2 year old kid I made friends with. It is so much fun.
You may remember yourself gesticulating wildly, with arms pointing to things, parts of your body, perhaps making strange sounds and talking VERY loudly, repeating the same word over and over again in hopes that somehow your volume and repetition would spark a eureka experience. Perhaps you searched madly for pen and paper to draw pictures or symbols of what you wanted.
Yes, this happens.
Thank you so much.
Jay
Posted by: Jay Parkhe | 11/24/2009 at 08:30 PM