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The first thing they teach you in the Omen Watcher's Guild is that the universe is always talking to you. This is the exact same first thing that the Jesuits teach, except they say God. The question is whether or not you're willing to pay attention & listen to what's being said.
And darling - the Universe has a thousand tongues. The message may come from the things your friends say. It may come wrapped up in an unexpected turn of events. Answers can be found buried in books, contained in dumb tv shows, in the lyrics of the pop song that is playing everywhere you go. One way or another, the message is going to come through.
What's nifty here is that you can know this. You can have known it since you were a tiny little thing and first put together all the unarticulated clues that allowed you to know exactly what was going on in a situation. You can have this knowledge woven into your very being, and still you forget. All of the Universe's messages blur into so much background noise. The guidance that's there for the taking goes unheard.
When that happens, life doesn't generally get better. That's been the case for me; I don't know if it's been the same for you. But what's relevant here is that you can start listening any time you want to. Open your eyes, open your ears, open your heart: be present in your life and pay attention to what is going on. Some people do the whole silent retreat thing in order to quiet their mind to be better able to hear. Other people do this by turning off their phones. Still other people do this by entering the teeming crowd and engaging with humanity. I can't tell you what's going to work for you. But I can tell you you should try. There's nothing to be lost by the practice, and may be some insight to gain
