THOUGHTS REGARDING DECISION-MAKING

ONE SHIP SAILS EAST, ANOTHER WEST,
BY THE SELF-SAME WINDS THAT BLOW;
'ITS THE SET OF THE SAIL AND NOT THE GALE,
THAT DETERMINES THE WAY THEY GO.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

WHY DO SOME LEAD LONELY LIVES WHILE OTHERS FIND JUST THE RIGHT COMPANION? WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE POOR MEMORIES WHILE OTHERS CAN REMEMBER WHATEVER THEY WISH? LIFE DOESNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US, WE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OURSELVES BY THE POOR ORDERS THAT WE GIVE OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. IT IS UP TO US TO TAKE DOMINION IN A DECISIVE WAY. THROUGH SELF DIRECTION WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO START AN ENTIRELY NEW TRAIN OF ACTION IN OUR EXPERIENCE. WE ARE NOT AT THE MERCY OF THE PHYSICAL OR MATERIAL EXISTENCE. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFINITE; BUT EVEN GOD CANNOT WORK FOR US UNLESS HE WORKS THROUGH US. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER OF CHOICE. EACH MUST CHART HIS COURSE AND LISTEN FOR RIGHT GUIDANCE IN ORDER TO MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS. THESUBCONSCIOUS MIND RESPONDS TO FEELING. MUCH OF THE DIRECTION WE GIVE IT IS BY FEELING. HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS LIFE THAT WE ARE LIVING. DECISIVENESS IS A MATTER OF FEELING. REFUSE TO LET OUR SELF FEEL UNEASY, MUDDLED AND INSECURE. KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANSWERS TO EVERY PROBLEM AND THAT THESE ANSWERS ARE AVAILABLE TO US. AS THE POET SAID, WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR FATE AND THE CAPTAINS OF OUR SOULS. IT IS TIME WE REALIZED THIS AND TOOK DOMINION, THAT GOD-GIVEN DOMINION OF SELF DIRECTION TO WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED. IT IS ONLY THROUGH SELF DIRECTION THAT WE CAN TAKE DOMINION OF OUR LIVES AND THEN DECISION MAKING WILL BE A CINCH ONCE WE TAKE ITS CONTROL. MANY PEOPLE ASK FOR GUIDANCE BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND WITH THEIR WAKING THOUGHT THE ANSWER COMES.

AFFIRM MANY TIMES DURING MEDITATION AT NIGHT:

"PERFECT INTELLIGENCE WITHINME, MY DIVINE AND PERFECT SELF, I AM DIRECTING YOU TO MAKE THIS DECISION FOR ME. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSAL ALL-KNOWING MIND, THAT KNOWS ALL ANSWERS, THEREFORE, YOU KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE THE WAY THAT BLESSES ALL, THAT BRINGS EACH FACET OF THIS WORK INTO DIVINE PERFECT HARMONIOUS ACTION. MY DIRECTION IS - LET THY PERFECT WILL BE DONE IN AND THROUGH ME. LET THE RIGHT DECISION BE MADE IN AND THROUGH ME. LET THY PERFECT WILL BE DONE IN ITS PERFECT WAY."