Inspiration, Your Ultimate Calling

By Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

My Conversation with My Spirit
Before Manifesting into
 a Physical Particle  

“What happened?” asked the man.

“You must have gotten into a terrible accident.”

“It was no accident,” said God. “It was you!”

“Why do you blame me?”

“Because I came punctually at noon and started eating. Then you came and beat me. You clubbed me and broke my bones.”

“But you didn’t come!”

“Are you sure nobody was eating your food?”

“Well, yes, there was a black dog.”

“Who is that, then, if not me? I really wanted to enjoy your food, so I came as a dog.”

Everyone and everything contains God or the Source, so be on the lookout for the God-force in every living thing. Explore how this force has delivered to us many blessings in disguise.

We came from a world of pure Spirit and allowed that Source to take over without any interference or questioning on our part. As long as we were in-Spirit, our Source materialized in a multitude of ways to handle everything. Then, almost immediately after our birth into form, we initiated a program to deny Spirit and emphasize the ego.

But now, as you read these words, you’re on the threshold of dropping ego identity and returning to a life where inspiration awaits you. Here are some suggestions to assist you in crossing that threshold.

— See yourself as a single cell in a body called humanity, and vow to be a cell that cooperates with all adjacent cells with a sense of belonging to the whole. View uninspired thoughts and actions as impinging on your well-being and that of all humanity.

— Make a concerted effort to allow the natural-healing and well-being capacity of your body to play itself out. Refuse to focus on what’s wrong in your body and in your life; rather, shift your thoughts to those that allow you to stay in harmony with your Source energy. For example, rather than saying, “I feel sick (or tired),” say, “I want to feel good, so I’ll allow my natural connection to well-being to take over right now.” Your reformed self-talk invites the flow of inspiration.

— Inventory all the people who were negative and/or destructive elements in your past, and search for ways that their actions might have been helpful events and attitudes that were just disguised as impediments to happiness. For example, my stepfather’s alcoholism and drunken ways, which I despised at the time, were powerfully instrumental in helping me deal with my own addictions later on in life. Abandonment, abuse, and disloyalty can be painfully difficult and valuable teachers when you see yourself as having experienced them for a greater good.

— Imagine a conversation, just before your conception, with the creative Spirit that you materialized from. Review the parents and siblings you selected, as well as the timing of your birth. Find ways that those participants in your life were aligned with the deep inner urge you had as an exclusively spiritual entity to accomplish a calling. Try to make sense of what may at first appear to be a jumble of unrelated items in your life. If this exercise satisfies and inspires you, there’s no need to convince anyone else.

Be mindful of the perfection of the Universe and the creative Source behind it by noticing whenever you bang your elbow, stub your toe, get hit by a falling tree branch, and so forth. When such events happen, stop and ask yourself, “What was I thinking in that precise moment, and how is it related to what appeared to be an accident?” You’ll discover a pattern: What you’re thinking is usually mysteriously tied in with what’s taking place from moment to moment. Do this to create a constant awareness of your Source and the direction of your life.