I am sitting here thinking I have something to say, I now I can hear you ask and what is that?, and to be honest I am also thinking the same thing at the moment I just knew that I had to start typing and see where it took me, I have not done this for a wee while so let see shall we, I hope you will stay with me during this journey to see where it takes us.

What do we wait for when we go into the silence?, are we waiting for the answer to a question to be given to us if so where does that answer come from?, there are those around us who will say it comes from a small voice inside and others who say it comes from a higher source, I myself believe it comes from the latter and is there for all of us to hear if and when we so choose to listen to the guidance it is giving, it will not force itself on us, it just sits and waits for us to ask the question patiently it waits for us to come with our enquiring minds our little earthly brains, that sometimes can not work things out for ourselves, do we just naturally expect the answer to be given.

So many will say that they do not hear the answer, and here is where I ask the question, how often do you talk to spirit?, do you only talk to them when you want to know something or do you as it should be that you make time in your day to talk to them, and do you actually give them time to talk to you just talk not giving you answers to anything just talking, do you always need to be given something?, and if so what do you give to spirit?, do you actually believe in spirit?, or do you believe that the answer comes from within yourself?, if it comes from within yourself where within you does it come from?, is it the soul that is so often talked about or is it just a knowing within that you have the right answer as you are the questioner and therefore know the answer that you seek, if so why ask the question in the first place?, if this is so how do you know that the answer you have been given can be trusted to be right for you?, or will you always give yourself the correct answer?, how many times have you thought you have the right solution to things only to find that you are up the creak without a paddle so to speak?

And this is where I feel that the little earthly brain comes in, it sends confusing thoughts if we go with the first solution we receive then it is usually correct, it is when we ponder on things for too long that we start to get confused and doubt our own judgement, do we listen to outside influences too much and let them confuse us in our decision making, or are we so steadfast in our judgement that outside influences do not sway us from our decisions, and guilt where does that come into the basis of our answers, we are often told to be true to ourselves, if we are true to ourselves then all will fall into place, but is being true to ourselves being selfish or is it as we feel that we must follow a certain path no matter what happens, if it feels good do it is a saying that comes to mind, if we feel good about something should guilt come into it?, or is guilt just something that we feel if we are not following the correct path for us, if this is true should we listen to that guilt and stop what we are doing or should we take the guilt and work out why we feel this emotion within us, and here I ask where did the question of guilt come from, maybe some might say it came about perhaps if I am feeling guilty, I ponder for a moment no I have nothing to feel guilty about, in the context of this ramble it is just another question to be asked, so many questions and all the time in the world to be given the answers, lol, and there again what is all the time in the world is the world going to end?, if so when?

I will go for now and let you if you so choose to read and reply I will be fascinated by your response.

Love, light & blessings

Laughing BlossomXXX

Well Laughing Blossom, that is certainly food for thought

I for one often chat to spirit on a daily basis without any particular reason for doing so. I don't expect a reply to this idle chatter, but when things suddenly happen out of the blue, I think, someone up there was listening .
I sometimes find it difficult to "hear" what I'm being told, as you said, start analysing anything and it is lost. Sometimes too much in my head

Being true to yourself does often comes with sacrifice. Do I deserve to do this or that at the expence of anothers happiness, love, money or whatever.
If I want to do something that will make another person unhappy, then I feel guilt.
Not guilt because I am being selfish, but because I care about the other person feelings.

Perhaps the strength we need, to move on regardless, is part of our learning. Part of our journey. Might also be part of the other persons journey, who knows.

As for when the world when end? Your on your own
I ain't even going there

love and light
JuniperSKy

Dear LB when you start rambling you certainly go for it girl.

I can only speak for myself here, but when I meditate and ‘go into the silence’ I do it for the peace and serenity it brings to me. I don’t always go with a question to ask but quite often when I am finished meditating I find I am left with many questions depending on the content of my meditation. I make time to sit in stillness with my higher self and if we converse then that’s a bonus. I am aware that I can ask for guidance from my higher self, but that is something that I can do at any time as you do not have to be sitting in silence to pose a question or receive an answer. I am constantly asking questions so if I had to wait until I could ‘go into the silence’ to do this I would be gone a very, very long time. (hubby would send out search party!)

I have found that when I am asking myself about what I should do next that I seem to have the answer before I have finished asking the question and that can be quite un-nerving, as in the past I would have brushed that answer aside. Justifying this action by reasoning that it couldn’t possibly be right as I hadn’t taken any time to think it through and weigh up all the pros and cons.

That’s where the logical brain and a lifetime of conditioning creeps in and takes over from the truths you already know. Thankfully I am further along my path now and know that I don’t have to follow the crowd anymore because if it feels right to me then it generally is.

And guilt ? Now isn’t that just something that others project onto us because of their own conditioning, because they haven’t come to realise that they have free will too.

ahhhh LB,

for me, to sit in the silence is that, to be nowhere and yet at the same time to be anywhere, how often do we, when we have the opportunity to be in the silence, find ourselves filling that space?

Silence to me is the space in between sounds, the gap between birdsong, the spaces between the crackle of an open wood fire, even the hum of a motor has its moments of silence whilst it is running, listening to a tibetan singing bowl after it has stopped being worked and the sound fades into nothingness

Good topic

SPof52