Whom am I listening to? Rainy season had taken its full cover and life seemed to be slowing down. The ears were getting used to the continuous, non -stop sound of raindrops, striking various surfaces with varied intensity. Jay realized that this background sound of rain had become almost a part of an unconscious system. “Its there, but still not there, till you actually shift focus” He shifted his focus. Now he could hear different sounds of the same raindrops. Some coming from trees. Some from rooftop. Some from metal sheets and some from water flow through the channels. And yet some sounds were just there in the air. As if from the drops itself. From the rains itself. Like their inner voice He looked outside and could see tree leaves shivering under the impact of raindrops. He was listening. Consciously. He has been listening, since childhood. Sometimes consciously and most of the time in an auto pilot mode. Jay realized that what ever he is today is influenced by whatever inputs he takes from the outside world and the situations. He has been listening to parents, teachers, friends, books, religion, society, government, leaders, TV, internet, family, bosses, situations and any input of any kind . Thoughts, like clouds, were continuously changing shape and size. Sometimes very clear and then suddenly dense and dark. “What am I listening to?” He thought. “Only outside inputs?” “Have I ever listened to my Inner voice?” “Never ? “ “Or sometimes ?” Jay realized he has been hearing his inner voice but rarely had listened to it or acted on it. He had mostly acted on external inputs. “Why have I never heard my inner voice?” he asked himself. “Is my inner voice not worth listening to?” “Is my inner voice talking to me? “ “Is it positive and motivating or is it self defeating?” “Does he need to change the way he talks to himself?” Jay was not sure about his inner voice as he had never consciously tried to listen to it. He could not decide whether his inner voice was right or wrong. How could he decide if he had never consciously listened to himself? It came as a shock to him. He had listened and acted on everything but never to himself. He had rarely acted on his inner voice. He was subconsciously being led by other voices. Jay decided to listen to his voice . He shifted the focus inside and honestly decided to accept whatever his inner voce was saying. “I need to be brave to listen and analyse my inner voice” “It requires courage and focus.” Jay closed his eyes and let everything just float around his own existence. He was relaxed. He had taken the pressure off. He could listen to himself. He decided… “Today, I will listen to myself.” Just listen. “What is my inner voice saying?” Whom are you listening to? While Jay was trying to listen to his inner voice, lot of things started becoming clearer. More than often we don’t listen to our inner voice and just try talking to it. We subdue it by our inner talks. We overpower our inner voice by our talks. We need to be aware of our talks to self. Am I talking sadness to myself? Am I talking hatred or blame ? Am I talking love, positivity, trust and gratitude to myself? I become what I tell myself. What am I telling myself? I am fine monu