The Wisdom of Uncertainty

           I've been working in the intuitive and psychic field for the past 10 years or so, honing my skills to read energy and hear messages and guidance from the Universe. I’m used to always keeping my pulse on “what’s up” in my own life and in the collective consciousness, and I’ve depended on that skill to give me a sense of security for a long time.

            Lately though I’ve been observing a shift in myself around feeling more and more okay with uncertainty. Of not needing to know how everything is going to turn out or what’s going on in the big picture. Just…trusting it…trusting that whether I know or not, it’s all being worked out on behalf of my highest good.

            A lot of times I think we want to know, want to understand everything that is happening to us so we can feel more in control of it and position ourselves accordingly for the best possible outcome. Clients come to me asking questions like “where should I live? What should I do for work? How will this situation resolve itself? Is this other person going to do what I want them to do or not? Will I be okay financially?”

And there’s nothing wrong with these questions. These are the biggest choices that define our life and survival. It’s natural to want to seek answers to them.

But what I’ve noticed is always a sense of anxiety lurking under the surface of these questions. A feeling of doubt that says “if I don’t do the right thing here I’m going to f*ck it all up and I’ll be left homeless and alone!” Or something along those lines. It’s fear. Most of us are living in some state of fear most of the time, whether we realize it or not.

Fear is a natural part of being human. It’s been hard wired into our biology through survival-based evolutionary processes. So it’s nothing to beat ourselves up about, it’s not our fault! It’s just how we are wired.

I feel and know though, as so many of us are clueing into, that this evolutionary process isn’t done yet. We are in fact entering a new chapter of it as we speak.

This new level of evolution is a spiritual one, and says that we don’t need to be driven by fear to survive anymore, instead we are moving to a Love and compassion-based way of being (not to sound too horribly new age…but it’s true!)

And the one main assumption we need to make in order to allow ourselves to shift out of fear and into love in the most natural and graceful way possible is that – no matter what, everything…and I mean EVERYTHING… that happens to us happens on behalf of our highest good.

If we really, really accept that this is true, that we are always supported by Life – even when how Life supports us isn’t the way our egoic mind wants to be supported (that’s the crucial piece to see) – then the feeling that our fate is in doubt fades away. We start to see that Life has our back, and we are always going to become whatever we are meant to become, regardless of how much time we spend worrying and seeking to understand it all.

What it boils down to is:

            Our way vs.

            Life’s way.

And guess what? Life always wins! And thank God! Because who among us actually really know what’s best for us?

So many times I’ve looked back on situations that my ego thought were really unfair or uncool, but now that I’ve been through it, I can see the lessons my soul needed to learn and am grateful that it turned out that way.

“Well played God…well played!” I say!

According to ego, the goal of life is to get and achieve everything we want. Then, (says ego) we will be happy!

But the goal of life according to our Soul is about growth, learning lessons, and opening up to our true potential for creativity, kindness, and love.

So Life brings us the situations that support this intention – the intention of our Soul. And sometimes, often actually, we learn and grow best through challenge. Situations that stretch us and dare us to step out of the shadow of fear and open into deeper love for ourselves and others is what the Soul lives for!

Situations where we are called on to forgive others. Situations where we have to ask for help and learn to receive. Situations where we have to step up to the plate and be totally honest and vulnerable. All of that is like candy to our Soul! Yuuuummmm!!

So, what would happen if instead of asking “what’s going to happen?” we asked, “What am I learning from this? How am I being asked to grow and stretch myself right now?” And allowed the unknown to be just that – unknown. Trusting that if we are meant to know, if it will support the intention of our Soul, then we will! That information will come to us one way or another.

What I’m seeing now is there is often more wisdom in uncertainty then in knowing. Being okay with uncertainty, trusting that even if we don’t know, Life does, and we are forever intertwined with the Divine web of Life, unfolding in the most miraculous ways. We can never be separated from it, because it’s who we are at our most basic level.

When we step out of the shadow of fear and accept the will of our Soul, life becomes a constant adventure! Not knowing becomes a thrill, because we know it means that we are on the edge of the next miracle about to unfold!

So here’s to us! Daring to live wide open in the vast unknown of Life! Totally and miraculously supported in every way. And the more willing we are to love ourselves through the process, the more we are able to see and acknowledge the support that’s always here.

Peace and Namaste,

~Jessica