Doubt

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What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

This came from my much missed mentor and friend, Keith Macfarlane:

When in doubt, don’t.

I’ve followed this for the last 39 years, and I’ve realised that it works in two ways.

Firstly, better to do nothing until you know what you want to do.

It saves valuable time undoing even more chaos. I knew I shouldn’t marry my first husband, but I was under so much pressure from delighted families (except my dad who knew), that I ignored the doubts.

Secondly, watch the doubt because you can talk yourself in circles actually creating doubt.

I always ask myself whether I’m really in doubt, or am I scared to take a step.

Gut instinct v intuition

These are two different but closely related human abilities.

Gut instinct is that strong, visceral, physical reaction to an idea, that tells you your body has tensed up or filled with joy at the very thought.

Intuition is your higher or soul self coming in, sometimes apparently illogically, with the wisdom of the ages programmed into the stardust in your genes. Plus the intimate knowing of your human self and needs that are stored at your soul level.

Ignore both at your peril.

Technique

Doubt 😱

Check the gut – does it agree?

Check your intuition – what’s that still small voice saying?

Go to your heart, what do you feel? It has more brain cells than the brain and keeps it informed of your true feelings so your brain can tell you. (See http://www.heartmath.org)

Check the logic.

Check you’re not scared to take a step forward.

If the gut isn’t happy, your intuition is twanging, your heart isn’t happy. Wait until you come up with something that pleases them all.

Then check the logic adds up – this is the real world after all.

If you’re still creating mental doubt you’re probably a bit nervous that you can’t do this. In which case the final step is:

Pigeon steps.

Small step, test. Next step, test. Tune into the ultimate goal, are you on track? If ‘yes definitely on every level’:

One giant leap for humankind!

Deb xx

Published by debdancingstarhawken7

I'm a writer, public speaker, medium, and spiritual thinker. I suffered from acute anxiety from the age of 16 until I was well into my 50s, when I finally found methods that helped me to put it behind me. My struggles led to me exploring life through poetry, then plays, and over a 15 year period I made notes for a self help book which I published in 2015. Details on the book page. Although I am a psychic medium and loved the work, it didn’t feel right for me. It was an utter privilege, but my path was the exploration of what it means to be spirit in the real world and how we can make practical use of those abilities. Nowadays I write, blog, and teach soul-centred living, which is a gentle way of undoing past programming and connecting to your essential self, or soul. If you’re interested email me and we can chat. No pressure, it’s right for you or it’s not and you will know. The groups meet on line so no going out on cold, wet, winter’s evenings. On a personal note, I’m based in the UK. Married with five cats, no children, and four grandchildren, thanks to our inherited daughter, who has gifted us four beautiful little people that bring us such joy. Hope you enjoy the blogs. Deb xx

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