Friday Inspiration—Getting Back on Track

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“Insofar as we're not conscious, we're not free.”
~Gabor Maté

Just about every day I speak with people who tell me how they get off track. They get lost in disappointment when their expectations aren’t met, feel trapped in their inner critical voice, bring irritation into their relationships, or believe the thoughts that tell them they’re inadequate.

The possibility of freedom disappears as the machine of compulsive, unconscious behavior takes over. Yes, we’re acting and speaking, carrying on with the moments of our lives, but we’re not actually aware of what we’re doing. We don’t have the space to realize that we’re living from fear and confusion.

We're like robots, lost in the forest of our habits with no access to our humanness, our compassion, our sensitivity, and our capacity to be aware. Sound familiar?

In a blessed moment of grace, we wake up to realize we've been disconnected from ourselves.

Like a breath of fresh air, we’re now primed to get back on track. Turning away from the mind and outer world, we look inward—with loving curiosity—to notice what emotions are present and how we feel in our bodies. We have the space to come home to ourselves.

That’s how we begin to know what we’re actually doing and what’s driving us.

As a support to get back on track, inquiry may be helpful. Consider these essential questions that take you out of the confusion of conditioned reactions and into the depth of aligned knowing. From a quiet space within, ask yourself:

• What is the truth arising in this moment? How do I want this moment to be?

• What do I value?

• What am I moved to say or do?

A while ago, a client came in humbled by the power of these questions. She told me that in the prior week she posed them every time she felt irritated and discovered that they brought her back on track where she could open fully to her present moment experience.

She saw that her personal needs and reactive emotions were not aligned in those moments, and she reconnected with a generous, loving heart, a relaxed mind, and the true desire for her own and others’ happiness. She left the drama of her thoughts so she could discover calm…and clarity.

Then she had the insight to apply these questions to all moments, no matter what the situation. She couldn’t contain her excitement about the possibility for her whole way of being in life to be profoundly affected—infused with awareness, love, and truth.

By asking these questions, we go beyond the blinders of our patterns and find ourselves present, aware, and fully alive.

As an example, consider a relationship you’re in where there is friction or disconnection. Your conversation with this person loops around in the same dissatisfying dynamic.

Now with a fresh view, how do you want your next interaction to be? From your deepest truth, what is most alive in you?

Embodying these insights, how can you show up differently? Can you take care of your inner reactions, listen deeply with curiosity, be a bit more vulnerable?

When you’re triggered, lost, and things feel challenging, try asking these helpful questions.

They just might bring you out of the fog of conditioned habits and home to yourself. And here you are, aligned with truth, with eyes and heart wide open.

With much love, 🩵
Gail

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