The Universe Working Behind the Scenes

"Everything in Divine timing" I always say.  When one keeps to his goals it will soon be apparent he is on track by the synchronicities that start appearing.  People and situations will begin to show up in your life to support you and your desires.  The trouble is, sometimes we don't know what they are until later.  Lately I have been doing some things in my life that I felt called to do.  Both things were way outside my comfort zone!  However, the calling was so strong I did it, fear and all!  It was so uncomfortable for me to step so far outside my comfort zone that afterwards I would be thinking:  "Why am I doing this!  This is so uncomfortable for me!"  But a voice inside always said to me,  "You will know soon enough.  Keep on keepin on!"  So I did and still do.  Both areas have to do with public speaking.  An area in my life that was historically the worst possible thing for me to do!  I truly cannot express how scary it was for me.  I avoided public speaking classes in college like it was the black plague and forget about even giving a toast at a friend's birthday.  I would have rather cleaned port-a-johns than public speak. No joke.
     However, with all that being said, I just KNEW that these opportunities were coming my way for a reason.  I knew someday I'd understand why these opportunities kept appearing in my life.  Of course, my ego would pull it's typical tricks and try to keep my fear high and talk me out of it.  But with all my studies on the ego, I was hip to it's tricks and I made a conscious decision to not let it win.  I realized how much the ego had sabotaged me in the past and knew that I had to actually go through with these things in order to strengthen myself and keep moving forward towards my desires!  I have since joined a public speaking group and have been on a local morning television show 4 times.
     Currently, I am working on my first book.  Last weekend I attended a Writer's Workshop hosted by Mishka Productions here in Phoenix, Arizona.  It was one of the most amazing weekends of my life.  Not only did I learn so much, there were sychronicities all over the place!  Way too many to count.  I just knew beyond a doubt that I was in the right place. 
     During one of the lectures, the editors were talking about platforming.  And building one's platform involves a lot of public speaking.  A-HA!!  There it is!  The whole reason why these public speaking situations kept presenting themselves to me.  I needed practice.  I needed to learn a new skill. The universe was setting me up, grooming me for what inevitably will come up later in my journey.  My goal/desire is to write a book, but what comes with being an author is public speaking.  So there it is.
      My intention in writing this article is to encourage all of you to listen to your inner voice.  Be willing to step outside your comfort zone.  When you know you should be doing something, do it!  The universe is always working behind the scenes on your behalf.  Sometimes we may not know the 'why' of it, but have faith.  There is a reason...
Peace,  Kristen Brown

Trusting Your Inner Voice

    

This is a topic close to my heart.  I would not call myself a psychic, but I would say that the Universe speaks to me, as it does to all of us.  It is merely a matter of if we are listening.  It has been said over and over throughout history, my gut told me this, my heart told me that, this is what our inner voice is.  It is intuition.  It is Spirit moving through us and speaking to us.  It is leading us to greater things and forewarning us of possible dangers.  It is a gentle guidance and loving nudge.
     Many, many times in my life I have heard a message and hit the VOID button.  Either I did not like what I was hearing or I discounted the message because it just was not loud enough.  For me Spirit speaks to me in "whispers".  They are not literal auditory whispers, but small, quiet, peaceful messages that come into my awareness during my moments of peace.  When I was younger I received a lot during my driving hours.  The car was quiet and comfortable and I think the subtle vibration of the car lulled me into somewhat of a meditative state.
     As I got older and my car was full of kids most of the time, I lost that connection and soon learned the wonderful art of meditation and quiet awareness time.  I now try to stay in that state as much as possible to allow me to be guided through my life by Spirit.  The times I deviated away from it and let my Ego and mind chatter get to loud, I would start to lose touch with my flow and things would start to get crazy around me.  (That's another blog post!)
     This one is about being aware of that voice, those messages.  For example,  when I was a little girl, probably about 9 years old, my mom had a male friend who wanted to take me to the Ice Capades with him, his daughter and a couple other kids.  I had met him once prior.  Even though I loved my Momma so much and wanted so badly to please her, I said "I don't want to go!"  Keep in mind, I was raised with 4 brothers and a very frugal father.  The Ice Capades was something of a dream for me being I would not have had the opportunity to go within my own family, but still that was not enough to make me want to go.  My Momma kept asking me why and the only thing I could say was, "I just don't want to.  I don't like him."  My dear, wonderfully naive Momma sent me anyway.
     I went...  I sat in the backseat behind the man.  I DID NOT want to be there.  I DID NOT want to even look at him!  What was this feeling?  Why didn't I like him?  He was nice to me.  He gave me things.  He was a father.  I did not know what I was feeling and I was very confused.  During the drive, he asked me and several other kids in the car if we'd like to go to Disneyland with him?  A huge cheer went up and all the kids screamed "I do!!"  I sat quietly in the backseat and said, "I don't."
     After getting to the show and seating all the kids, he asked me to go get popcorn with him.  Being the well-mannered little girl I was, I went.  He sat me down outside Veteran's Memorial Coliseum for 2 hours and grilled me as to why I didn't want to go to Disneyland.  When I finally got to my seat inside, the lights flipped on and the show was over.  I had missed the whole thing.
     Some years later I learned this man was a convicted Pedophile and was currently serving many years in prison.  He had actually moved to Arizona to escape the same charge in another state, but it eventually caught up with him.
     My intuition had been warning me.  It was a soft message, but it was reoccurring and it was speaking to me loud and clear.  Danger!  Get away!  But being so young and not sure of what I was sensing, I couldn't explain to my mom what I was feeling.  A valuable lesson was learned from that for both me and my Momma.  When I later became a mother, I emphasized to my children (and still do) to "feel" their way through life.  When in doubt, get quiet and let the answer flow through you.  It is not always the answer we are hoping for, but it is always the right answer.
     Although this story sounds bad, it is something I consider good in my history.  There was no harm done and I do not blame my mother for not knowing.  She was doing the very best she knew how. But something I do want to emphasize is how intuition also tells us of good things!  The point is to get centered, clear away mind chatter and just be.  Spirit's messages are right there for you!  Listen and follow...
And so it is...