“Sometimes I stand still and wonder why the things in life change,” an awakening soul wondered.
“Because some part of you changes,” the inner voice answered.
“No no no… I am not talking about myself. I am talking about various unexpected situations in life when things change, when certain unpredicted turns happen, when suddenly you get hit hard with the bat straight to the centre of your head. This kind of change,” the awakening soul tried to explain its point of view.
“Things change in life because you change,” the inner voice repeated its previous words.
The awakening soul seemed to be puzzled. It wondered whether it was not explaining itself well enough or the inner voice was talking about a totally different matter.
“You see,” the awakening soul began once more, “I strongly believe that there are higher energies that direct one’s life and no matter what one does, says or thinks if things were meant to happen, they happen…”
“If that’s what you believe in,” the inner voice interrupted.
“What do you mean by saying that?”
“Whatever you believe, it shall manifest itself,” the inner voice answered.
“Just like that?” the awakening soul expressed its shock.
“Yeap. Just like that.”
“Impossible!”
“So be it!” the inner voice answered.
The awakening soul started getting irritated.
“Can you stop talking to me like this and just come to the point?”
“I was doing that before you even asked.”
“OK, let’s go back to the beginning of this conversation,” the awakening soul suggested peacefully. “I was just saying that often it feels that I have no control over my life, that no matter what I do, it seems nothing goes right and things tend to turn against me, and often it seems that when situation changes, the rest of the world changes as well.”
The inner voice smiled and kept its silence.
“So what I wanted to say was,” the awakening soul continued, “throughout my life I learned that at times I might be hit hard with the bat straight to the centre of my head and I must accept it and just move on.”
“If that’s what you say,” the inner voice replied.
“Hm… What are you trying to suggest here? Does it mean that things could be different?”
“Always.”
“How come?”
“All depends on your decision, your choice.”
After a few seconds the inner voice continued:
“Look, things are much simpler than you currently think, but even that can be changed at any given moment based on your choice and with that the rest changes automatically.”
The awakening soul listened intently. This time it had no intention to interrupt.
“First, you have to really understand that you have a full control over your life – to be more precise, you have control over your first step, first thought, first intention, first move. Once the wheel gets moving, it automatically employs millions of universal forces to assist you in your pursuit. Now to stop it or change its direction, it is a different matter, but again once more you have a full control over your first step, first thought, first intention, first move, and then the wheel start rolling again. And there is never a second step… Every step you ever make is the first step. However, on both sides you must accept that with it certain outcomes will come which you probably were not able to foresee, but even then whatever there will show up, you called upon it. So your job is to accept whatever there is before you even start the journey, before you even ask. Many living souls ask for things without even thinking and appreciating what forces and energies they employ in their lives, and then later they get surprised with certain outcomes, and if they don’t like them, they immediately go looking for others to blame. The favourite one they and you most lovingly choose to blame is Life, of course.
“Second, situation or certain circumstance in life cannot change without your consent, without your command, without your choice whether you do it knowingly or unknowingly. Situation or certain circumstances arise because something in you changes. You change, and so Life dances according to your music.”
“Just like that?” the awakening soul enquired in absolute disbelief once more.
“Just like that,” the inner voice replied. “That’s why one of Chinese proverbs says ‘Be careful what you ask for in case if it manifests’, and many of you including you ask without thinking ahead.”
“In what ways do I ask?”
“The strongest and the most powerful way of manifesting things into physical being is through your feelings. This is one way of asking. The other way is to think about something and then blend feeling with that. One way or the other the feeling is the main driving force.”
“So as I understand, no matter what happens in my life, I call it upon myself?” the awakening soul tried to clarify the matter.
“Yes.” The inner voice confirmed.
“But what about those things that I see all around me saying: impossible, no way for it to happen, there is no way out of it, forget it, and so on? What about that?”
“Ignorance could be a very good assistant here for you. Employ its abilities and keep moving forward. Trust your feeling. That should be more than enough. If your heart is peaceful, then don’t second guess. Anyway, heart never guesses, but mind does. Be gentle with that inner child of yours when changing your ways of living and being. It has gotten used to living, thinking, feeling and being in a certain way. Be understanding and patient, but yet push forward…gently gently. Be patient. Trust your feeling. The way will be made if you just trust your feeling.”
“I have one more question for you,” the awakening soul asked for a bit of more attention.
“Yes.”
“So therefore, how much control over my Life do I have after all?”
“For as long as you walk making your first step consciously, you hold Life in your hands.”
