Joel Dennis Anastasi, Spiritual Journalist and Author
Jeff Fasano, Trance Channel, Photographer
Author of Journey of the Awakened Heart
www.Facebook.com/JourneyoftheAwakenedHeart
Journey of the Awakened Heart
LESSON
FOUR
DEVELOP DISCERNMENT
TO MAKE CHOICES THAT SERVE YOUR HIGHEST GOOD AND THE HIGHEST GOOD OF ALL
TO MAKE CHOICES THAT SERVE YOUR HIGHEST GOOD AND THE HIGHEST GOOD OF ALL
INTRODUCTION
Your confidence
is growing in your ability to make your
own decisions.
You are becoming
more conscious of your behavior patterns and attachments and how they have influenced your choices.
You are now
ready to release them.
Instead
of repeating past behavior patterns, you are recognizing that you have many choices available to you. You are now ready to
make different choices based on discernment.
Discernment involves consciously connecting
with your senses to discern what is true for you—what resonates for you as
it relates to your choices and decisions and what does not.
As your consciousness
shifts, what resonates for you
will shift and change as well. That is why it is important before acting or
responding to a situation to:
. Take a moment
to center yourself (breathe).
. Enter into neutrality (release achieving a
particular outcome).
. Ask appropriate questions.
(What are my feelings
telling me? What do I resonate with? What message am I getting from my heart? etc.)
EXERCISE
ONE: DEVELOPING DISCERNMENT
Developing discernment requires developing the ability to
be receptive—to be present in your physical body, so that
you can be open to the guidance you
receive from your senses, your feelings, and your heart.
. Relax your
body and breathe. (See grounding
exercise)
. Mentally scan
your body and notice any tension, tightness, or constriction. Allow it to be.
. Visualize a pulsating, golden light
gradually expanding from your heart until it fills your whole body.
. Ask your heart about the question/issue for
which you are seeking discernment.
. Ask your body, Does the response resonate
with me, or does it not resonate with
me?
. Feel your body’s response:
- Positive:
a feeling of expansion, lightness, clarity, comfort, and resonance.
- Negative: a feeling of tightness or
contraction, discomfort, or dissonance.
As you practice this technique, you
will increasingly pay attention to your senses—what
your feelings and your heart are telling you. You will gradually build confidence in your ability to discern.
EXERCISE TWO: PRACTICING DISCERNMENT
How
do you discern when you are confronted with many choices?
The key is to feel your feelings, get in touch with your senses, let go of any attachment to a
particular outcome, and decide what
you resonate with.
1. Consider some new choices
for a change you have decided to
make. Feel your feelings and ask:
. Do I have total freedom to
make this choice? (Or am I still attached
to a particular outcome, concerned about what others
think, stuck in my head, etc.)
. Have I
recognized and freed myself from
repeating past patterns and attachments?
If you can honor and recognize these factors, you are now
at a level of consciousness where you can take responsibility for your choices.
2. As you take full responsibility for your new choices, ask yourself:
. Which choice
is the choice of my mind?
. Which choice
resonates in my heart?
. Which choice
offers the greatest opportunity to
use my gifts and talents in a joyful
way?
. Which choice
is most likely to make me feel joyful
and fulfilled?
3. Use your tools, breathe, and be willing to
be in the confusion or chaos until discernment arrives.With the clarity of discernment,
you will feel and be empowered.
Learning to discern and to choose what truly resonates for you is the best way to
serve your highest good and the
highest good of all.
SUMMARY
The
further you progress in this program, the more we will be challenging your conditioning.
Repeatedly,
we will be asking you to pay attention to your heart, your intuition,
and what resonates for you.
When
you are connected to your heart,
paying attention to your intuition
and to what resonates for you, you
will be using discernment to create the
life path that is right for you.
LIFE MASTERY
