There is something within you that is always guiding you and showing you the way.

When you go deep inside, strangely its not dark out there. It’s not a void. When thoughts and emotions subside, you feel a deep sense of peace. Stay with it for long and it turns into unconditional joy. Why is that? What’s creating that joy from nothing?

It’s your deep inner self, your inner voice. It connects you with source of all life. It’s telling you what you need to know and do at this moment and the next. It’s whispering into your ears, gently steering you in right direction.

It has always been there, we just stopped listening to it long back.

When we were children, we heard it loud and clear. Even at that age we somehow knew what we have to do in this life. When a moment of inspiration struck — and there were many — we just jumped into action without much thinking. We mostly failed in our little projects, but it didn’t matter because we were always brimming with joy.

Then we grew up into adults and our minds took over. We started analyzing what’s best for us and what would would give us most money, fame, and validation. We became fearful and got attached to certain ideas. We fooled ourselves into thinking that unless we have those things and situations, we will never be whole. And so we plastered layers upon layers of thoughts, beliefs, fears, and attachments on or mind. And the voice that was coming from depths of our being was shut out.

The voice is still there, but we cannot not hear it anymore. All we hear now is noise that our mind creates. Noise of comparisons with others, noise of things we missed out, noise of life we are not living. We feel terribly overwhelmed and lost. Of course, we are miserable.

So we look outside for help to find our way out. We look for mentors, advice from books, counseling from friends and family, online courses, motivational seminars and what not. We think that they can help us get what we desire. But when we are cut from source of life itself, these things won’t help. It’s like putting a bandage to relieve some pain temporarily, but it won’t stop the bleeding.

The way out is finding that voice again. It carries with it intelligence far beyond our years. Only it can bring us back on our path to happiness.

But to find it again, you need to cancel the noises. You need to surrender ideas and ambitions you have held for long. These ideas are clogging your mind. The recurring thoughts have trapped you. They are always there, just circling in loop.

As you let go of them, slowly space appears. And in that space, you will hear that voice again. The soft calm whispering voice that will shepherd you back on your path, how much ever you have drifted away.

How would you know that it’s your inner voice and not a new device of your mind again? Well, it always brings peace, never a moment of restlessness. Be with it, and it will fill you with peace in midst of a storm. Stay with it longer, and you will brim with enthusiasm and joy for no reason. And then your best ideas and creations will come. They come from the depths of your being, from the source of life itself. Universe will create through you what it wants to bring in this world.

When you start hearing that voice, you won’t need anything or anyone else. If external help is needed in form of mentors or advice or something else, it will come at right time, play its part, and go away. But the voice will always stay with you. And that’s all you need to find your way out.