dailydatewithgod

As human beings, we have unconscious biases.  Many are built-in and some develop over time. Some of them come about simply due to our minds’ inclination to categorize.  Categorization is an essential element to our survival and ability to handle all the incoming information.  It is our minds’ way of taking care of us and allowing us to live most efficiently.   Unfortunately, these biases can cause our minds to create reservations which impact our actions.   Our minds are very good at making stories up about how perhaps we should hold back to be safe and ensure survival even if it is an idea about not having judgments based on the bias.   We do not have to concern ourselves with dangerous tigers in the wild who will kill us.  So instead we have reservations about the validity of an idea coming from someone we have not met but does not look like someone from our tribe.  God invites us to investigate if our heart has the same reservation.  Pausing to take a breath opens the energy around our hearts. Giving ourselves permission to close our eyes and listen to the idea without the interference of what we are seeing can help us to determine whether the same reservation is in our hearts as well. We can notice if there is a difference and determine if we want to act from our mind’s reservation or not. Equally, there can be things we become aware of for which the mind does not have a reservation but it does not resonate with our heart.  We find ourselves moving into action based on what is considered acceptable by our tribe.   On my daily dates with God, I learn to explore my reservations with curiosity. It becomes a way of knowing the truth of who I am. Making room to pay attention to the reservations of our hearts and minds gives us access to knowing more completely the wholeness of our being.  Learning to be who we are designed to be wholly, allows us to be the unique gift to the world we are designed to be.