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Decisions, Decisions...
Trading in the vehicle does not mean the journey has ended. Physical death is not a destination. Rather, it just means that we have need of another vehicle that is more suited to cross the terrain in the next part of the journey. But whatever vehicle we use, whatever terrain we encounter, there is a crucial factor that remains constant in our ability to be progressively mobile in our explorations. That factor in progression is the need to make decisions.
Without decisions, we are lost in limbo, in a gray, nowhereland where nothing happens. It is a state without movement, where you do not go forward, backward, inward, outward, up, down or sideways. It is not even a hell, because at least hell can be a destination. Indecisiveness is halfway to nowhere. It is an incomplete sentence, a joke without a punch line, a story with no conclusion, a song with only one note.
I learned in my early years that making a decision, any decision, right or wrong is better than no decision. I can learn from a wrong decision and backtrack to correct it. If I can't backtrack, I can learn from it and make the right decision next time. Sometimes a seemingly wrong decision will even lead me to paths that will result in something unexpectedly good. To not make a decision is to stall the process. To flounder in confusion, hesitancy and incompleteness.
It is a lesson we learn when we were younger, but like many things it can come back in other forms as we get older. When we put something off, it is the same as an indecision. When we wait for a sign from God, it is an indecision. When we say that we'll let it play itself out, it is an indecision. We do these things more often than we think, especially when it seems we do not have enough information. This is an understandable situation, as we do need information to make the best decisions. But to wait leisurely for the information to set itself down on our laps is not a proactive choice.
Making the right moral decisions are the stepping stones to soul evolution. By making quality decisions many times, over and over, we are creating the building blocks of our souls. A correct moral decision made once or twice can be the result of a temporary state of mind, to make it repeatedly is to prove to the universe that we are firm in our convictions. Often, these loyalties to spiritual convictions are tempered by making errors in judgment, seeming mistakes. We learn what to do right often after we learn what to do wrong, because the painful consequences of the wrong decision points to the correctness of the right decision. But, first, we have to make those decisions. That's where it all starts. We have to abandon fear and indecision and venture out on a limb. It might seem like a risk, but it is an action that is not just necessary, but mandatory, if we are to achieve self-mastery.
Once we have achieved a modicum of self-mastery, we are co-creators with God, partners in creating our lives, and you know that God has made his decisions. You can bet he is doing his part, and magnificently at that! So, if anything is stalling, if something in your life is not going well, you can be sure that it's your end of things that needs shoring up. It's most likely because you have not made your decisions. You haven't completely made up your mind. So waiting for a sign from God won't work because he may be waiting for a sign from you, that you've made your decision.
Often, people can't make the decision because they don't have the necessary information, and they don't have the information because they haven't decided. It's a Catch 22. A feedback loop. And the best way to get out of that cycle is to just simply decide. Don't be afraid of making a mistake. There is no such thing. To the soul, a mistake is but a learning experience. The only real mistake is in not trying. So when it comes to relatively simple everyday decisions, try things out, experiment, give it a shot, just do it! Decide.
However, there are decisions that have extreme consequences. Decisions that could take away a person's life or health, even your own. Or a decision which could influence the course of a life. Such momentous decisions should be made with care and with much meditation and reflection. But upon sufficient due deliberation, refrain from agonizing over it. Once you achieve enough clarity, abandon fear, just let go and decide. The decision is yours, the consequence is God's.
It is usually the questions of material loss or gain that require the gathering of data and the sorting out of alternatives in order to chart the best course. When it comes to making moral choices, most likely you already know within what is right. The difficulties that most people face are whether to choose between spiritual gain or material gain - a handful of gold or a heartful of soul? Or even more of a conundrum - a ton of gold or just a smidgen of soul?
These are personal choices. We learn our lessons as we make our decisions.
The more people there are in this world that can make the best decisions, the better our planet will be. These decisions and choices are the ones we make everyday, the little ones that upon repetition become the living flavor of our daily lives. To make good choices are to send ripples of love and good will out from you to the edge of the universe and back. These acts of love generate other acts of love which will eventually make perfect this universe of universes. Acts of evil have a ripple effect also, but as long as there are souls that can convert the negativity into positivity, the total sum effect of love will win out. In the living spiritual universe good makes more good and even evil is turned into good. It is through creatures such as us, high and low, that these conversions are made.
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