Namaste Reflections: Listening to the Body

Do you ever have aches and pains that just won't go away -- that seem insistant on being with you for more than just a day? Have you ever considered if your body is trying to "tell" you something? Over the last couple of decades I have come to appreciate that this is what is happening. And, I have been able to go even a step further -- I know that it is really my body being used by God to get my attention and make me listen to what She has been saying to me.

In one case I suffered from double vision -- but only of light producing images -- for several months (I had been told earlier in prayer to leave my job; I had not done so as I was in a very good job and making a very good salary). When I finally resigned from the job, the double vision went away and I was contacted to enter into my first church as a minister.

I have come to understand that when God speaks, we are expected to listen and to follow. Sadly, we often do not have the ears to hear, and so we suffer, not understanding that God is there. I have learned to ask -- is this pain or this dis-ease something that carries a message from you, oh God, to me? And, when I ask and listen, I always get an answer. It is not always the answer that I want to hear. That does not matter -- but, what does matter is whether I do all I can to walk at one with God.

Sometimes we overburden ourselves with all that is presented us in this world. It can be harder to know and understand what to do when so much is tied to the heart. It is then that we especially need to sequester ourselves to be in total communion with the Divine. The answers will come -- but not necessarily as we expect or when we expect. But, when we finally "know" and listen and follow there will always be deep peace to follow -- and maybe, just maybe, that pain will go away.

Be a companion with your body today and see if it is speaking to you!