One needs a very quiet mind, a calm heart free from fear and desire to receive the true Guidance. The Mother has never advised journaling, etc., to receive guidance. Very often, the subliminal mind begins to give messages and one may easily get caught in an intermediate zone full of false suggestions mixed with some true ones, which are easily mistaken for the Divine Guidance.
One must first cultivate inner Peace, take decisions with the help of the discerning intellect and offer it to the Mother. The true Divine Guidance emerges only when the mind falls quiet and is free of preferences.
The other way, an outer way of getting the guidance that The Mother has advised, is to stay inwardly concentrated, pray for the guidance, and then open one of the books of spiritual wisdom, books that contain the spiritual consciousness and power, for example, Savitri or any of the books of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. Open it randomly and try to decode the message through the page that opens.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
