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Establishing consistent soul contact

 

Soul contact helps us through challenges.

Consistent conscious (mindful) contact with your soul, continuously gets you where you are meant to be, doing what you are here to do.

You may wonder "What kind of contact am I 'supposed' to have?" or "How do I get in contact with my soul"? and "Does soul connection mean that I won't meet any challenges in life"? Life will not be 'trouble free' and you will not live a life with no challenges - challenges in life are what helps us grow and evolve, however trying and difficult they may be. 

The difference is, however, with soul contact, i.e. living in tune with your soul, you have the opportunity to see behind the challenges you encounter, you can learn to navigate the challenges from a higher perspective - and you will get better and better at seeing what the challenge is representing in your life.

 

There is a reason for every challenge you meet.

Challenges are our chance to grow, to learn something about ourself, to do things with more compassion for ourself and for others.

Emotions and feelings arise, and reacting to things that happen, is part of being human - but our ability to zoom in on our soul perspective zoom out on the bigger picture, makes all the difference.

When we are able to do that, we will feel a connection to something bigger than just our own life - we feel a connection to that "something" is all around us and permeates us. That 'something' that helps make sense of things.

One of my own life 'themes' or overall challenges, was a tendency to be 'manipulative' or 'bossy' to get my way in certain situations - knowing this about myself helped me to be very conscious of expressing my soul in everything that I did, so I wouldn't act bossy or manipulative, but instead acting from soul, ie. with heart. Soul is not bossy or manipulative. I know that I have to be aware of this trigger in order for things to run smoothly for myself and for those around me. Taking the time to consciously get in touch with my soul every day is a habit that has to be cultivated. It helps to stay grounded and to be in tune with my higher self. Knowing about our challenges and how to circumvent or navigate through them is a tremendous help for us to make things run more smoothly. We can take one challenge at a time, step by step improving our ways, bringing out soul.

When you connect with your soul consistently, and become mindful of where you place your attention, you realise that you do have a say in what goes on in your life.

Keeping your thoughts positive and your self-talk caring and loving does make a difference in your life. It pays off to hold a vision of what kind of life you would like to create.

 

Soul/Mind/Body Trinity

You are here as a soul, wrapped in a body, equipped with a mind as a 'control center'. Your main essence and core is what we call soul.

There are many ways to get in touch with your soul. Many spiritual leaders and light workers say that:

  • thoughts are 'mind'/ego,
  • soul is 'heart' and
  • actions happen through your 'body'.

Your body is the 'vessel' you use to consciously act on and manifest what your soul is here to do. So, if you look at yourself as that 'trinity' of soul, mind, body, it may be easier to differentiate the different levels of yourself.

So, in order to "hear" your soul, i.e. your heart, you have to quiten your thoughts, i.e. your mind, so that you can use your body to act out what your soul is here to do.

 

Establishing contact with soul

There are many ways to connect with soul. Some of them are - (you can add your own intuitive ideas):

  • laying of tarot or oracle cards
  • guided meditation/drumming meditation
  • lighting a candle
  • sitting in the sun
  • being by the beach
  • taking a shower
  • going for a walk

or any other activity that is kind of routine for you, that lets your mind wander. A quiet conscious mode keeps your ego on the backburner for a while.

What is Ego?

Ego likes to be in control. It has a certain 'formula' figured out to keep you "safe and alive". It doesn't always work in the most fruitful or sustainable way, though, as it cannot always imagine all possibilities.

Ego is more mechanical than imaginative.

Ego does not like change, because when there is change, it has to find new ways to keep you at equilibrium, alive and well.

When you want to connect with soul, tell ego to 'take a break'. When your ego is calm and 'knows' that you are ok and in control, you can go ahead and notice the answers that soul brings you.

What is Soul?

When you ask your soul for advice and insight, inspiration can flow freely, creativity comes through like lightning, and this is the time when you suddenly get a spark, an idea, an inspiration, a hunch to see something differently, a solution to a problem you've been trying to come up with etc.

Soul guidance makes you feel well and joyful inside. Soul makes you know with your gut feeling that something is right. Soul always guides you in the direction that is for your highest good. 

 

Building trust in your own self

Consistent contact with your inner essence, your soul and heart, will help you build up TRUST. Trust in a benevolent force, life force, that is the life essence, energy, whatever you call it, that we are all part of and made up of.  You can build up a trust in this force, which is also you, when you will see synchronicities happening, things coming to you, people coming to you with the right information, a call you will get, a different thing you will notice on your way, that are actually signs for you to follow. Signs from your soul.  Soul speaks in signs and symbols and a gentle 'voice'.

Tuning in consistently, and noticing what happens around you and what you attract, will help you to start seeing YOUR influence on the interaction between you and the world, and people around you.

 

Marianne Johansen, 2019

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