Guidance is All Around Us

“If you allow yourself to expect guidance, guidance will show up.”    
 - Richard Bartlett 

A few years ago, I took a class on reading Tarot cards from my spiritual mentor. It was not your usual class because she was not your average teacher.

She saw guidance from Spirit all around, everywhere she looked, and she taught her lucky students to do the same, starting with Tarot cards.

We learned in that Tarot class to pay attention to what jumped out at us from the pictures on the cards. She taught us to look carefully at the card and then close our eyes, noticing what appeared to us in our mind’s eye from the card.

Then we analyzed the metaphor of the symbol of the picture that appeared in our mind’s eye. What did it symbolize to us?

I was delighted to spend time with my spiritual teacher as she pointed out symbols and messages from Spirit throughout the day, a license plate number that had special meaning to her, a particular weather pattern, the unexpected behavior of a bird or animal, these all contained messages to her from Spirit.  

It could be anything in the environment that caught her attention. She expected guidance to be all around her.

Symbols and metaphors are the language of the subconscious, the superconscious, and Spirit. They are the language of the heart.

What we find ourselves paying attention to in our environment is a message, a symbol, guidance from our intuitive inner Selves. That part of ourselves that is aligned with Spirit.

But here’s the hard part for me - just as with interpreting the Tarot, we need to discern the difference between what our minds are paying attention to and what our hearts are guiding us toward.

Our minds pay attention to ‘to do’ lists, judgments, self-criticism, our inner chatterbox. Our hearts pay attention to wholeness, balance and trust. We're looking for the heart's guidance.

What does your heart tell you is needed to be in your wholeness today? Guidance from Spirit is all around you, like the symbols on the Tarot cards, written in the symbolic language of the heart.

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Your Spiritual Toolbox
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Is there a situation in your life about which you would like guidance? Try this.

Find a spot to sit quietly outside. Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Relax.

Align yourself above and below, connecting with your Higher Self and with Mother Earth. ( If you are unsure of how to do this check out the Spiritual Toolbox in the blog Got Empowerment?)

When you are feeling relaxed and aligned call upon your Spiritual Support Team for guidance concerning that situation in your life.

Ask your team to show you something in your environment that can support you.

Now open your eyes and gaze about you. Keep your gaze soft, looking all about you. If there is something that particularly draws your attention that’s fine. You can look at that.

Close your eyes and see what images appear in your mind’s eye. It may or may not be what you expect.

What does that image remind you of? What does it look like? What does it symbolize to you? That image has a message for you. What is it saying?

Something may or may not catch your attention at this moment. Don't be concerned if nothing jumps out at you right away. 

Guidance will come.

Go about your day. Pay attention to what catches your attention. Look for the symbolism.

​Expect  guidance and guidance will show up.