As Rumi told God: “Nibble at me, don't gulp me down.”

Many of us spend decades chasing those elusive “right” answers, and the whole time life just seems to get more and more complex. This complexity is a gift. Not knowing the right answers is a gift. Problems without apparent and immediate solutions are gifts. It is these gifts that bring us to the place where we want and need a spiritual solution. It

The truth is, we create ourselves by what we choose to notice, feel, think, say, and do. The operative word is choose. Everything, as the masters and teachers of the Akashic Record remind us, is a free will choice.

Some writers find that talking with others helps them clarify and cement their new insights. If you typically “think out loud” or “brainstorm” this way, choose your partner carefully. You'll know you're speaking with a true friend of your soul if the conversation expands and enhances your insights and leaves you feeling stimulated and uplifted. On

Read this list of permissions. Check the ones that make you want to pump your fist and shout, “Yes, I do!” Skip the ones that make your eyes go wide or your stomach jump. As you read, you may think of some new ones. Add them at the end.

Read each item on this “I deserve” list and check off the ones you deeply believe. It

What do I need to let go of right now? What do I need to release? What am I finished with? What is finished with me? What will happen when I let go? Am I afraid to let go? Why am I afraid? What's holding me back?

“Think of it,” Brian said, “as you are sitting around with all the parts of yourself. One part might be a chairman of the board, another part a small scared child, another part a huge yelling parent. There's a different level of empowerment when one sees that all the parts are integral to the whole.”

Each question is a bridge between where you are and where you want to be, what you know and what you want to know, who you are and who you want to become. Notice, too, that these questions can be repeated a day, a month, a year later. These are soul probes that penetrate further and further into your core each time you ask them. These are not quest