This Can Be the Hardest Thing to Remember as You Move Along Your Spiritual Life

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Episode 547 went into some emotional and raw territory for me. I share generally about how there are moments on the spiritual path when everything you believe in is tested at once, and I relate this to my own hardest times.

You can pray, meditate, and do all the inner work. And you can still find yourself standing in a place where none of the available options feel right and you're backed against a wall. This is often where your faith deepens or fractures.

One of the most grounding truths I return to again and again is this simple remembrance: God is in everything and uses everything to help us.

When Spiritual Beliefs Are Tested by Real Life

On the spiritual path, it can be tempting to believe that alignment means ease, flow, and outcomes that exactly match our preferences. But real life doesn't always play out that way, especially when it involves the wellbeing of the people we love most.

When my child required a major surgery a year ago, I found myself in a deeply conflicted place. I had spent years exploring alternatives, energy work, supplements, exercises, prayer, and every noninvasive option I could find. Surgery was not something I embraced easily or quickly, particularly with my general suspicion of the medical establishment.

Yet in our case, eventually, it became clear that there were no remaining options.

This is the place many people find themselves at some point in life. You feel out of options, and the looming decision feels heavy. The fear is palpable. And spiritually, you may wonder if you have somehow fallen out of alignment.

That was truly one of the most challenging times of my entire life. What helped me move through that experience was the understanding that divine intelligence has not disappeared when circumstances become hard. God does not operate only through meditation, sacred rituals, or peaceful moments. God moves through surgeons, instruments, medicine, technology, and people doing their best within the physical world.

Instead of praying for a different outcome that miraculously took away the difficult decision of my child having this major surgery, my prayer became this:

God, move through everything. Be in every person - the surgeons, the nurses, the anesthesiologists. Bless every instrument. Guide every decision.

This shift brought into peace, when I had predominantly been feeling afraid and hopeless.

Prayer and intention are not passive. They are active forces that shape how experiences unfold.

I visualized divine light filling the operating room. I blessed every person involved in the surgery. I held the knowing that guidance is present even when I had no way of knowing the outcome.

Don't worry about "doing it perfectly." Just be s sincere, open, and trusting.

Healing the Past Through Conscious Awareness

One of the most powerful realizations on the spiritual path is that healing does not move only forward in time. If you are carrying regret, doubt, or lingering emotional pain about a decision you made in the past, you can still work with it now.

You can go back to a memory with love instead of judgment. You can bless it with awareness instead of regret. You can bring divine intelligence into memories that feel unresolved.

This is where practices like Ho’oponopono can be deeply transformative. This ancient Hawaiian prayer goes like this:

“I’m sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.”

These words carry profound healing when spoken with intention and presence. Really miraculous things have happened through this powerful prayer.

One of the great illusions we face is the belief that once something has happened, it is fixed energetically forever. However, consciousness doesn't work that way. You have the ability to influence your inner world, your emotional body, your memory field, and your future responses. When you bless your experiences instead of resisting them, something shifts. You become clear, peaceful, and filled with trust

God Uses Everything

Even when outcomes do not match what we hoped for, or the path feels harsh or unfamiliar, or decisions feel forced. Divine intelligence is still present. God is still there.

If you are navigating a difficult chapter, facing a hard decision, or questioning whether you made the right choice, let this be your reminder:

You did the best you could with the awareness you had. God was there with you. And God is still there with you now.

And everything can still be used for healing, growth, and expansion.

Bless you.