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my mind for the time being.
    Listening is not always easy; there are many distractions in life. That’s what I had learned even as a little girl. And sometimes it is difficult to fully understand what we do hear inwardly. This is a lesson we all have to learn through experience, yet it is unquestion-ably worth our effort.
    The next class was advanced English. Soon, armed with a quote from Thoreau’s Walden ,I approached the board again. As in the previous class, I prepared to write an excerpt I knew well, this time about the pursuit of meaning in life. Yet, Thoreau’s familiar words were not what came forth.
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    altogether, on a different subject. I did not even understand the meaning of what I wrote .
    What on earth is going on here? I wondered. Now I definitely felt concerned. But, trying to suppress my rising anxiety, I thought, How foolish! I can’t be afraid of chalk and a blackboard or of my own brain.
    As I put quotation marks around the text, I again announced that, for the moment, I would not be revealing the author and the source of the writing; it was just for discussion. Again, the exchange was enthusiastic and stimulating. This group of bright students managed to do almost all of the talking with very little direction from me.
    Uncharacteristically lost in my thoughts, I puzzled over this mysterious incident that had now occurred twice in my classroom. I looked at my hand that held the chalk. Did it suddenly have a life of its own?
    W as I being guided inwardly to an entirely new understanding of spirituality? Hour after hour, new quotes appeared on the chalkboard for each new class.
    I decided to keep the writings on the board. By the end of the day, I had used all the boards in the room to write the quotes that had come to me. Now quiet and alone, I stood dumbfounded in my empty classroom, surrounded by the prolific handiwork of some unknown fount of wisdom, and marveled at what had just happened.
    Something very unusual was occurring. Was this inner guidance? If so, it was beyond anything I had ever imagined possible.
    Compelling messages, some long and some very short, were pouring into my classroom, each seemingly customized for a specific group of students. As much as I might have liked to believe I was the author, I knew Inner Guidance_CH 01-05.p65
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    I was not. How was this happening?
    It was a great mystery to me, and as I drove home from school, I hoped I would eventually discover the answer.
    B y the end of the first week, I had no answers, only many more questions. Other writings continued to flood into my classes. The students were becoming very inquisitive. I knew I had to tell them something soon; however, I was uncomfortable exposing this mystery before I had more personal understanding.
    Armed with a journal of all the quotes, I went on a search for the mysterious author or authors. I pored through books in the library. I was confident the texts must be there somewhere. I could at least guess at sources and pore through books. Then, perhaps, I would be able to solve the greater unknown—how and why I was able to receive this material and share it with my students.
    It was a frustrating search. Realizing I needed help, I decided to contact a university librarian one afternoon.
    I presented her with my list of “quotes,” with little explanation.
    She took up the challenge at once. This was before personal computers and the Internet, but she had access to a university computer. She could input key phrases and search for a possible author and source.
    Many days passed before I heard back from the busy woman. In the meantime, this new form of inner guidance seemed to be in high gear. Hour after hour,