Following Your Highest Path
Channeled by John Payne
 

Greetings Beloved ones, this is omni. For many of you on the path of spiritual growth, you are often faced with decision regarding your next course of action, direction of life changing decision. Often there is a tendency to get caught up in fear, in questions about what is right or wrong, what you should or should not do, and what is best at any given time. Some of you even believe that your highest path will be the most difficult one, that it will mean making sacrifices, giving up the things that you like to do, putting yourself second and tolerating difficult situations that you do not support who you are. Such beliefs in difficulty are born of the old beliefs that to serve is to suffer in some way, beliefs that you need to renounce the ego, joy, pleasure and fun.

We, the Beings of light, are only serious in our intentions, not in our demeanor. Your Highest Path will always be the path of joy. If you are stuck, or simply wondering what your highest path is, and hat actions you can take to change the direction of your life, always follow the path of greatest joy. One of your challenges in doing this is to get your logical mind to agree with you and go along with your plans. Those things that lead you onto your Highest Path will always be expansive, inclusive and will fill you with enthusiasm, excitement and joy. More often than not, it is your first impulse, the impulse of inner excitement that will lead in you in the direction of higher fulfillment. Living a life on the higher path means living a life of joy. Service to the light or to higher will does not require you to become a slave to the light. You were meant to have a life of joy and your life was designed to be filled with those activities, people and things that bring you the greatest joy.  

If you have a decision to make, imagine that there are two roads in front of you. One road leads off to one decision, and the other, to your second option. Imagine walking down both paths. Let go of any feelings of what is right or wrong, let go of all the should do�s and don�ts, and simply feel what it is that you feel. Notice your breathing, it is tight, or is it expanded. Your body will always show you through its reaction that path which holds the most light and joy for you, for your soul works through your body. Many of you place too much emphasis on serving others when deciding to expand your work out into the world, or you get caught up in what you logically think is possible for you to do in the area in which you live. Although service is the highest motivation for taking your work out to the world, and a sense of service will attract more opportunities to serve to you, you need to include your own needs. When you are doing the things that you love to do, you will automatically be more open to helping and serving individuals that you come into contact with, and humanity as a whole. When you follow your joy and excitement Divine energies will flow through you more easily and therefore make your service to others more empowering.

Many people have come to me for a private consultation and when I ask them what it is that they wish to do with their lives, most people answer that they wish to help other people. More often than not, this answer is stimulated by a need to say the right thing, do the right thing, or from a need to please a perceived higher authority. I say unto you, that the most effective way to serve other people, is to serve yourself by choosing a life of joy. Being on the spiritual path does not mean ignoring your inner impulses that take you towards joy, in fear that they are requests from the ego, but it means following the path of excitement, for that is the road that your soul wishes to take you on. You are a multi dimensional being and you exist simultaneously in the higher dimensions as well as being present on planet earth. You soul lives in a state of bliss, love and ecstasy. Qualities such as joy, enthusiasm, excitement, laughter, fun and happiness are all soul qualities.

Therefore, when deciding upon a path of service, choose the path that holds these feelings the most. Follow your excitement and joy, and all good things will come to you. As you follow your excitement, clients, patients, customers and students will be attracted to you. You will be more radiant and the light that you send out will heal some people simply by being present in your energy. Put aside all beliefs that tell you that service is hard work. It is play, and you were meant to have a life filled with joy, so go forth and do so!