Dear Joshua,
A situation came up today that I would like to get your take on.
My son and daughter in-law's dog comes over on Tuesdays and Thursdays ~ play days with Wally. The dog has been fighting a recurring rash ~ my son/daughter in-law have yet to figure out what it is from. The rash had gone away with medication and it came back this morning. So when the dog came today ~ he had the rash.
My first inclination was to get on the computer and do some research to figure out what is going on. Then I stopped and thought ~ is this my need to control? To fix the situation? To take charge?
How do I know when I am inspired to help and when I am trying to control the situation?
With Love and Gratitude
~ Wendy
Dear Wendy,
You can tell whether it's an inspiration to improve something already wonderful or if it's an urge to fix a problem you do not like by testing your emotional state of being. If you feel annoyed, you are in a lower emotional state of being and from this state you will receive urges to change the condition in order to make yourself feel better. When you are happy, elated, and feeling good, you will receive inspiration that is aligned with how you feel and the actions will make you feel even better. Inspiration comes from love and urges come from fear. Inspiration moves you toward where you want to go and urges are there to alleviate the bad feeling you have in the moment, but are not generally aligned with who you really are or what you really want.
When you saw the dog and his rash, you felt negative emotion, not the dog, and you dipped into a lower emotional state of being. Your first thought was to fix the condition you did not like so that you could feel better. You might believe that you were trying to help the dog, but from this lower emotional state, all you were really trying to do was alter a condition so that you could feel better. You believe you have control over the conditions and you do, but not by following urges. You control the conditions by consciously choosing a perspective that allows you to feel good and then by taking inspired action that comes from that good-feeling place.
What you could have done when you saw the dog was do whatever you could to feel better without trying to change the conditions. You could choose a higher perspective. You could stop and think; "This rash is a sign of resistance. I wonder what he is resisting? It's going to be interesting to see how he figures it out. Maybe it's related to stress. I am going to shower him with love and make sure this day is not stressful for him."
From this stance of love, curiosity, and appreciation, you return to feeling good and now the thoughts you receive to do something will come from a higher realm. This inspiring thoughts to take some action will lead to your highest good, not necessarily the dog's. The dog is always taken care of by Source and when he feels the instinct to act, he will do what is necessary when the time comes.
Just remember that when you feel good and get the idea to take some action, it's inspired action. When you feel not so good, the urge will come to change the condition. Fight those urges. They are not helpful. Do not give into them. Figure out a way to feel good mentally first and then receive inspiration to act and push through your irrational fears and take that action. As soon as you get to the place where you feel good more and more of the time, you'll easily discern the difference between urges and inspired action. There will be no confusion.
Joshua
