The Key to Understanding Your Soul’s Direction

4/19/2016

If you had to walk around a mountain, wouldn’t you like a guide on the top that can see everything and guide you through the best possible route? And how about a guide like that that can guide you to your most fulfilling life?

You already have that guide inside of you guiding you all the time. Your guide is your Soul and all you need to do now is to learn how to feel and understand Its direction.

Our Soul is our direct connection to our Creator, Source, The Universe, Holy Spirit, God, or whatever you want to call It.

The key to understand your Soul’s direction is to recognize how it feels, where you feel it, and what your feelings mean.

How does the direction feel?

The direction is mostly felt in your stomach or gut. Some people feel like a knot, like a “bad feeling”, some feel nauseous, some just a tightness in that area.

Let’s do this exercise so you can recognize how it feels.

First drink a cup of water
Take at least one deep breath and relax as you exhale
Pay attention to how your stomach feels as you say or think about each one of these words:
Love, Safety, Peace. Good so far, right?
How about these? Problems, Fear, Bad. Not so good now right?

If you can “feel” the difference as you repeat these words, then you are ready to “listen” to your soul. If you cannot feel the difference yet, try again but this time drink more water, rest a little, and relax more.

We all have the capability to listen to our Soul’s direction, we are hardwired for that. So, don’t worry if you cannot feel it yet, keep practicing and in no time you will.

There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen.
-Rumi

What does your Soul say?

Once you recognize the difference between the sensations you get while you think or say the words above, then it is time to understand what our Soul is trying to tell us.

If it feels good in your stomach (no bad feelings) your Soul is telling you “I agree”
If you have a bad feeling in your stomach, your Soul is telling you “I do not agree”

Your Soul is not telling you Yes or No. It is not telling you to do it or not do it, it's just guidance. You decide whether you do it or not, that's why you have free will, and It will never judge you.

What does it mean?

If you have a bad sensation in your stomach, pay attention to what you are thinking, believing, doing, seeing, saying, or listening, because your “Soul does not agree” with it.

If you have a good sensation in your stomach, it means that your “Soul agrees” with what you are thinking, believing, seeing, doing, saying, or listening.

If we listen to the guidance our Soul is giving us, life will feel so much better. It will feel like you are dancing with the Universe. Like you're dancing a beautiful synchronized dance with everyone else around you.

The continuation of good sensations in your stomach is what takes you to the fulfilling life you are looking for. -Claudia LeBaron

Simple right? If you already understand your Soul’s direction, I congratulate you!
If not, fantastic! Today is the best day to learn.

Now tell me, do you have another way to interpret your soul’s guidance?

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Rachel

4/20/2016 03:28:05 am

Terrific post Claudia, and great guidance in listening to our gut feeling. I also use muscle testing to listen to my body.

Claudia LeBaron Islas

4/20/2016 01:23:16 pm

I also use muscle testing when I feel I need a clearer answer. I'm actually writing about that in a future post when I start the energy healing topic. Thank you for reminding me Rachel :)

Reba Linker link

4/20/2016 03:34:48 am

Thanks, Claudia, this is so important - to learn how to identify the soul's communication. I agree with much of what you wrote. Sometimes, though, there is a certain kind of fear response that I believe it is so important to bust through - the fear of doing something new that will ultimately be for your highest good. Maybe you could help identify the different sensations between the different kinds of fear: one saying to stop, the other saying that you must go forward with courage! Love & blessings, Reba

4/20/2016 01:30:32 pm

Very good observation Reba. I will address the different types of fear in another post. For now I just wanted to cover the basics of Soul communication. I appreciate your feedback and comment. Take care :D

Melissa Rapoport link

4/20/2016 04:33:35 am

"Your Soul is not telling you Yes or No. It is not telling you to do it or not do it, it's just guidance. You decide whether you do it or not, that's why you have free will ..." Love this, Rachel! So often we are looking for the the "telling" rather than focusing on the "listening." Great post that I will happily share with others. xo

4/20/2016 01:25:16 pm

Thank you so much Melissa. I appreciate your comment and shares! ;)

Andrea link

4/20/2016 06:20:50 am

I think it's important to have a variety of ways to communicate with our inner guidance... and I appreciate you posting these thoughts.

4/20/2016 01:31:34 pm

Thank you Andrea! ;)

Lore Raymond link

4/20/2016 06:42:41 am

Wishing that all young girls and women could read this now...oh, how it would change their journeys!

4/20/2016 01:34:42 pm

Wouldn't that be wonderful?. I think more and more people that know this information will write more about it. You can help too Lore! ;)

Alex Bratty link

4/20/2016 07:00:20 am

Great piece - thanks for sharing!

4/20/2016 02:03:42 pm

You are welcome Alex! ;)

Lea Tran link

4/20/2016 07:56:13 am

Thank you so much for this useful post. It is so important to learn how to listen to our soul :)

4/20/2016 02:18:33 pm

Yes it is! You're welcome Lea ;)

Pamela link

4/20/2016 08:42:27 am

Hi Claudia,
I enjoyed your post and the practical strategies you gave to connecting with your soul. This is such a powerful learning! I call this in my book "Listen to and Trust in Your Body's Wisdom". Keep sharing your valuable wisdom! Warm Regards, Pam

4/20/2016 02:20:40 pm

Thank you for your comment Pam! :)

Laurie Seymour link

4/20/2016 09:53:12 am

Paying attention to the sensations of the feeling body is an important place to start connecting with your own inner guidance. This is the beginning of a wonderful new relationship that can indeed extend to hearing the truth of the inner voice. Thanks for an interesting post!

4/20/2016 02:24:16 pm

Yes, the best relationship ever! Thank you for your comment Laurie :)

Sue Kearney link

4/20/2016 11:26:49 am

Ah, the depth behind "gut feeling." I get it. Beautiful, Claudia. Thanks.

4/20/2016 02:28:08 pm

Your comment brings a smile to my face. You're welcome Sue ;)

Tae link

4/20/2016 01:50:39 pm

Claudia, my stomach has been talking to me for years. I just chose to ignore it. Lately, I'm learning to pay attention & not discount what my body is telling me! Thanks for this great advice!

4/20/2016 02:35:27 pm

I think we've all ignored our Soul's guidance at one time or another. The good thing is that once we know it is life direction we are receiving, it's difficult to ignore it anymore. Thank you for your comment Tae ;)

Kelley Grimes link

4/20/2016 03:20:44 pm

Connecting with ourselves regularly is essential to listening to and trusting our soul's wisdom. Creating a relationship with our mind, body and spirit is so important in making empowered decisions. I teach mindfulness strategies to pause and reconnect with our true selves and believe there is so much wisdom to be learned from our whole selves! Thank you!

4/20/2016 03:30:09 pm

I'm glad you do that Kelley! We definitely need more Teachers to teach mindfulness. Thank you for your comment ;)

Jeff Jackson link

4/25/2016 02:15:04 pm

Thanks, Claudia. This came at the right time. I need (as perhaps we all need) to do this regularly.

4/25/2016 02:23:36 pm

I love serendipity! Yes, you are right Jeff... we all need to pay attention to our Soul's direction. Thank you for your comment :)

Psychic Nest link

5/4/2016 08:50:30 am

Hi Claudia,

This is a wonderful post! It is funny but I used to do that when I was a child. I would drink water then saying different words. I would usually giggle to "Love" and "Fun". Isn't amazing how much in tune we were with ourselves when we were kids? We never questioned things, we just did what was right for us.

My gut feeling brought me to your page today. I knew that you have something interesting to share again!

Zaria

5/4/2016 02:22:29 pm

I'm glad you find my posts interesting. Thank you for coming back Zaria!

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