Spiritual Thinking is a simple way to make decisions.
Psalms 25:4
4 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.
Psalms 86:11
11 Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Isaiah 30:21
And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know my plans for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not evil, to give you a future and hope.
Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no guidance, a person falls, but there is safety in an abundance of counselors.
God, the Divine Mind, is in each of us all the time, and it is our job to seek His help. To get His help, we have to not only affirm that He is all in all and is the only power for all-cause and effect in this universe and contemplate with understanding all prayers and meditate with that understanding. When we do that, we synchronize our human thoughts derived from our ego with the Divine Mind. This synchronization, called Spiritual Thinking, enables us to hear God’s input into our mind and opinions derived from the human brain. As a result, the ideas become much more straightforward, and we can see further and get clear insights.
When this happens, our decisions are much wiser with a clear path. The next question will be how we know the findings are correct. If Spiritual Thinking had become habitual for us, we need not worry. If you still have doubts, there is an easy way to know. When the decisions are based on God’s input, we also feel calm and harmonious with that decision. If you still experience discord, it is still based on your human thoughts, and you must continue praying and seeking God’s input again. Only when the decision gives you peace and harmony. Even if the path seems scary, you can rest assured that you have to walk that path. But if you remember that God will not leave you astray and will hold your hands until you find that you are successful. Since He knows all your thoughts and actions, you can be sure that things will be acceptable to listen to His voice. He never speaks with a loud voice, as heard by Moses in the Movie Ten Commandments, but His whispers are still very clear. Some people refer to it as the inner voice, and that is what it is, God’s input. Let us assume that you have done everything and you still come up with two or more options or choices. What do you do? Pick the one that seems to fit your needs the best at that moment and go with it. Since you already have spiritual thinking, you would have acknowledged that God is all in all; he will hold your hand, let you know if that is wrong, and change your course. This is pretty common. Without any pressure or discomfort, you will be guided to change course, leading you to the right path. It has happened to me several times. I will give you two examples.
About three decades ago, when my career was blocked in all directions, I had to do several different jobs to help my sick wife. I was driving a limousine, taking executives to the Airport for travel and bringing back others from their trips. One time the Limousine company I worked for suddenly asked me to drive a bus to the Airport, ferrying about 25 German citizens who had come for some sales training. I was in Norwalk, Connecticut, then, and we had to go to JFK Airport. This was way before all the TSA requirements. Etc, and as long as we got to the Airport 30 minutes before departure, it was ok since there were no security checks. Since I was given two and a half hours for a fifty-mile trip, I gladly accepted without ever having driven a bus. Unfortunately, as soon as we got onto the New England Highway, Interstate 95, we heard that about 25 miles ahead, a tractor-trailer had jackknifed and toppled over to the side and was blocking all three lanes of the Highway going towards the Airport. Since that was the only way, especially for buses and trailers, we stuck on the Highway for about twenty miles until we entered the State of New York.
Since the traffic had stopped, we were allowed to go on the shoulder to the next exit. We took the door and moved over to Hutchinson Parkway which was meant only for cars because of the low clearance on underpasses. I took that anyway, exiting and entering the parkway to avoid the low tunnels. It led to Throgsneck Bridge, heading to Long Island. The traffic was hefty since it was a Friday afternoon. And I had never traveled this way to the Airport. However, purely on instinct, I kept driving in the Direction of JFK Airport while the Germans were cursing and yelling. Fortunately, since I did not know German well, I could not figure out what they were saying, and I kept my focus. Suddenly out of nowhere, I saw a green sign saying, JFK Airport next exit. I took that exit and took the Germans about twenty minutes before the flight and explained to the Airways what had happened. They were accommodating and got them all into the Plane in time, and off they went, thanks to Divine Mind holding our hands all the way.
The second example was when we lived in Madison, Wisconsin, and my daughter Jyoti was applying to all Graduate schools. She was being considered for a prestigious Jacob Javits scholarship and had to attend an interview in Ann Arbor, Michigan. So I took her and my wife and drove to Arbor on a Friday in January. The weather was fine going in. We stayed at a motel in Ann Arbor and attended the interview on Saturday afternoon. The interview went well, and we left early evening for Wisconsin. They predicted hefty snow that night, and we thought we would beat it since it was only a seven-hour journey. Unfortunately, we were caught in a snow blizzard two hours into the trip, and the visibility was practically zero. We exited, thinking we would check into a Motel for the night. But as we got off the highway, we were almost stuck on a foot of snow, forcing us to get back on the Highway. We just kept praying and driving slowly until we saw that the snow was headed to the back of us toward Ann Arbour. After another 10 miles, it was raining briefly, and then everything was obvious. They had already plowed the highway, and we headed into Indiana with clear weather. The rest of the way was straightforward until we reached Madison at about 1:00 AM. This is a clear example of God; Divine Mind corrected the course holding our hands. The two examples above demonstrate the power of Spiritual Thinking in pointing us to the correct decisions. Thus Spiritual Thinking is a simple way to make decisions.
You can learn more in the book ‘Think Spiritually: spiritual Thinking for Life’ available at Amazon.com.
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