Mind-led life vs being-guided life

When life seems to be going well, goals are being achieved, and everything seems to be going your way, it can feel like you have it all together. You're controlling everything, and it seems you'll achieve whatever it is that you want. 

But what often ends up happening is it all falls apart. Now all of a sudden, whatever you were relying on is gone. In that moment, it's instantly clear where your source was placed. And where it wasn't.

Even though it's painful, that's a beautiful space. A potent space. A space to perceive beyond your normal awareness how your life is put together.

I was recently talking with a friend who's experiencing that now. His experience is that when he's able to drop into his spirit, there's continual peace. But whenever he returns to the mind-led way, there's anxiety or depression. It's caused him to be much more aware of the difference between when he's running his life by mind and when spirit is flowing through.

This awareness of what realm you're living from — mind or spirit — is critical to transitioning into a more aligned life. When you don't know which "operating system" you're using, you just default to whatever happens to be running. A lot of times that's the mind and ego playing all the tricks it can to foster your egoic identity and attempt to control everything.

Here's some key differences between a mind-led life and a spirit-led life:

Transitioning from a mind-led life to a spirit-led life can't be done by mind; you can't just try to do the spirit life behaviors and achieve that result. 

Rather, what's needed is choosing to make this shift and allowing your being to lead the human into it. It's a path of genuine trust that is developed the more you know the space of your inner being. 

When you learn to access your inner voice, this makes a huge difference, because your inner voice can directly guide the human through this transition.

Wherever you are in your journey, know that you're loved at each step along the way. You're never obligated to go beyond. But when you're passionate and eager and ready to embark on a more aligned lifestyle, your inner being can show you the way.