There is a voice inside of us that speaks the truth.

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It can be a tiny voice that is hard to hear.

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Sometimes, we mistake other voice for it.

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So we get confused why things didn't go well.

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For we think that the voice in our head is this special voice.

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That voice often leads us astray.

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It takes us places we thought we wanted to go.

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In reality, it takes places that other people wanted us to go.

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The voice in our head is easily influenced.

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It is influenced by so many things.

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By our upbringing, our parents, our peers, media and society at large.

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So the voice in our head is not our true voice.

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Our true voice is the voice in our heart.

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For our heart always speaks our truth.

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Yet it is so buried and so drowned out by all the other voices, it is very hard to hear.

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To hear it clearly takes stillness, gentleness, and feeling safe.

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So much of life today takes us away from these qualities.

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It takes practice, patience, and time alone to truly hear it.

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Sometimes we think the voice in our head is the voice in our heart, so we get confused.

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We get disappointed when follow that voice only to end up in place that doesn't serve us.

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And we think our heart has lied to us.

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But our heart never lies to us.

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To hear our heart we must first listen to our body.

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Our body tells us to much.

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It hold all of our history and our experience.

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And it contains our heart.

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When we are used to feeling the sensations in our body, then we can tune in and feel what our heart is truly saying.

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What it is saying from that still place.

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From the center of being.

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It speaks our truth.

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Not shouting it out loudly for everyone to hear.

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Softly, for us to feel.

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The simplest way to tune in to our heart is to just feel for a "yes" or a "no" to a question.

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Does it feel right?

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Does it feel expansive?

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Or does it feel heavy and contractive?

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It is a simple test.

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Yet there is a world of information in that little exercise.

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Listening to our heart is not hard once we get used to it.

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But hearing it for the first time can be challenging.

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For after ignoring it for so long the first sounds it may make are one of pain.

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And that pain is what has kept us from listening to it all along.

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Yet if we are to hear it clearly, we must to listen to all it has to say.

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Hearing the pain is an important first step.

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For behind the pain is so much more.

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And once we get through it, there is a world of joy waiting for us.

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Learning to hear our true heart's voice is a practice.

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One that can take a lot of effort and time.

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The rewards of making that effort are numerous.

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So let's be brave together and make that effort to hear our own heart's voice.

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And perhaps then, we can hear each other's.

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Can you hear your own heart's voice?

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Have you taken the time to stop and listen to it?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour