How do you continue to follow the light?

How do you continue to follow the light when there are so many distractions?

BeiYin: When you ask this question the way you do, then this tells that you have a religion or spiritual background and so the word 'light' is loaded with concepts and images. I don't feel like answering it, unless I put the question into another form. Like: "How do you continue to follow your inner voice, feeling, sense or intuition, that gives you direction in a world of confusion, darkness, corruption and manipulation?"
Question: You are right, my background is Catholic, but still I like the word 'light' and want to stick with it.
BeiYin: Thinking about your question, I can say that if one 'follows a light', then this means that it is dark otherwise one could not see any light. Every thing else probably will not have *light* only that what is reflected when there *is light*. So if one really follows the *light* then there can't be any 'distraction' unless one is not capable to distinguish what is *light* and what only reflects light. If there is a difficulty showing up, then the first thing would be, to question the appearance, to investigate and finding out about the true nature of what you are following and then you can decide and then it will show, if you are really interested to 'follow the light' or this is just an entertainment and 'distraction' among others...
Question: OK, then tell me how you in your life deal with distractions and what gives you the right direction.
BeiYin: Answering my question how I put it, I say: I have come to the ability to relate and respond to what ever shows up in my daily life, by being aware and very critical about the many games that are going on in this society and in people who follow all kind of goals. These goals are often or mostly mixed up and are followed parallel with each other, although one would think that they exclude each other, like being on a materialistic level and wanting possessions and worldly properties and on an other level following religious belief systems that deny these materialistic goals. Or one likes to be excited and follows entertainment and then mixing these with spiritual colored entertainment. Or one is pretending to help people in need and at the same time making money with it. So knowing all this and being critical, I can distinguish and make a clear decision in favor of the *light*.
Question: Yes, that's how you deal with what shows up in your daily life, but how do you manage the conflicts you have when dealing with people and situations?
BeiYin: In the same way I am dealing with what shows up within myself, by being aware of my own doing, thinking and feelings. These are mostly responses, one can also call them 'reactions' to conditions or situations that I encounter and when I'm aware of my reactions, then I can question the situation and decide. In this way I can follow what is *right* for me. Certainly my mind is helping me but mainly to give understandable sense to my intuition.
Question: I guess that you will not always immediately have an answer to a situation. What you are doing then?
BeiYin: When I don't know in a difficult condition how to respond, then I wait and observe. In my experience the best way is, to find a quiet space preferable in nature, for example walking in the forest or at a lonely beach and then I am not too much impressed any more from the situation and can respond.
Question: So you withdraw yourself from a chaotic situation or people who are out of balance?
BeiYin: The most disturbing distractions are not coming from outside but from inside turmoil, so if you ask me what I do about this then I tell you, that I have been meditating since many years and there is hardly any distraction left. I don't need to hold on any concept or belief to follow *light* because it shows up even where one wouldn't expect it. Being aware of ones *light*, then one can let it shine and it not only is reflected from the outside, but also people are responding with their own *light* that before was covered.
Question: You mean that people change their usual behavior of being angry and defensive? People normally are holding back with their expression and a real communication seems difficult or impossible. Do people change this?
BeiYin: Indeed, it is incredible to experience this in ones daily life when meeting all kind of people. It is not a question of behavior in a certain way that triggers a positive reaction, it has mainly to do with the energy one is representing and then being aware of the energy that comes from people and then not reacting on this. The big daily game among people is that with their expression, verbally or just with their energy, they are provoking others and then receiving a reaction that gives them the 'right' and the opportunity to react even stronger. That's the daily reality among people, right? So, by not allowing to be provoked, but staying with oneself and ones *light*, one creates a different condition and indeed people are responding.
Question: You say that this is a question of *energy* and being aware of it. How can I find out more about it and practice it?
BeiYin: Again like in other occasions, I suggest to watch videos at YouTube about Cesar Millan, the 'Dog Whisperer', who is working with dogs that have a bad behavior, but mainly he helps the owner of the dog to be aware of their *energy* and then change this and then the dog changes nearly by it self the bad behavior. Really surprising and one can learn a lot from it!
Question: I will watch these videos. But what else can I do, because I can see that it has mainly to do with my own development?
BeiYin: The most effective that will further you in your learning, growing and healing process, is that you meditate regularly twice a day for twenty minutes. This will give you a base on which you can go on and find out about every thing and it will give you the strength and motivation to continue in a creative way, even under the most difficult conditions.
This is an interesting and very complex and essential subject, thank you for asking...