So many of you place tremendous expectations upon yourselves. You are trying to achieve a level of perfection that is nothing short of applying a conditional love model before you will give yourselves the unconditional love and approval you deserve.

Dear Ones, hear us when we say that perfection is nowhere near a necessity for your growth and evolution! All that is required is a desire to evolve and an overall consistency with your efforts. All great change comes from an accumulation of actions that are in line with your intentions. ~Archangel Gabriel

While you are waiting for the perfect partner to show up, while you are waiting to be happy when a wish comes true…..life is happening all around you. You cannot continue as a casual observer…..your active participation is required! Step up, step out and begin decorating your own house. The Universe always provides miracles when you least expect them. ~ Creator

That funny tingling in your tummy, a quick urge to do something, that squeaky little voice ringing in your head!

All of you would have experienced such feelings some or the other time in your life. And that is what precisely you would call a gut feeling. While instincts are natural, these are not exactly your thoughts. These can be considered as ne among the thumb rules of your survival.

Here are 5 such instincts that you should never ignore in your life!

1. “Something is not correct with my body” or “I don’t feel well”!

Your body gives your cues, every now and then. And, the signals are clear indicators of how it feels at a particular moment. Listening to your body is one of the first lessons taught in a yoga class. While a feeling of not being good is an indicator that your physical balance has be thrown off, it also, at times, points fingers at your psychic energy levels. You will experience these kind of feelings if you are in a place surrounded by the wrong energy people.

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. Those persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ~ Elizabeth Kubler Ross

Life isn’t always easy. In fact, some of the most powerful and transformative moments of our lives often come wrapped in the form of pain, struggle, and defeat. It is often in these times of the most strenuous of our circumstances that we ask, “why me?”

For many who have been on a spiritual or self-improvement/awareness journey, we often believe that we should be immune to feeling any sort of pain or negative emotions. We think with all of our new found wisdom and higher perspective on life that we, if anyone, should be the ones who are strong enough to handle any of life’s circumstances.

Michael Sanders, Contributor
Waking Times

In mid-2012, I was struggling with extreme fatigue. I was working as the Vice President of an advertising agency, I was the co-founder of a startup, and I was training athletically and intensely about 14 times per week. In a nutshell, I was inflicting a lot of stress on my body and constantly working towards something without taking the time to appreciate the present moment. My libido had vanished, my vigor gone, and feeling happiness had become difficult.

Consulting with a naturopath, I developed a daily meditation practice; I started to play more; and I adopted a more free-flowing and relaxed lifestyle.

In August of 2013, I ventured to Burning Man with my best friend Sid: an experience so profound and magical, that I plan to go every year for the rest of forever.