Intuitional data gives us the ability to grasp a universally guided understanding or insight into matters outside our conscious reasoning from a spiritual source. Intuition transcends time and space. The guidance you receive when followed can be life changing and life altering.
On a day to day basis our intuition can guide us by
generating a good or bad feeling about choices we are considering, warnings
about people or to simply alert us to take a different route to work, only to
find out later a major car crash had occurred on your usual route which would
have delayed you for quite a considerable amount of time. It can also give you a positive feeling of
warmth and positive feeling about certain people, choices or ideas you are
considering.
In the beginning intuition is sensed most often by a
feeling, but over time we may sense in other ways such as words and pictures to
accompany our feeling senses. As our
use of intuition matures a kind of synthesis of all your senses occurs.
To be able to distinguish intuition from ego however can
take some time. An ability to maintain
a certain detachment from your own wants and desires is important.
To
awaken the intuitive impressions the best place to start is with meditation. Meditation is always one of the best means
to activate the inner voice as it is through quietening the ongoing chatter of
the mind that we begin to hear something more.
Stillness Speaks as Eckhart Tolle so eloquently stated. It is stillness that awakens the deep inner
resources that is innate in all of us.
We are intuitive beings and always have been but through our
conditioning and our absorption in our daily external life we lose sight of
what is our true essence. We all can
commune with our Source yet we assign that ability to a few whom we believe has
an exclusive connection to the Divine Source, yet the truth is we are all
capable and are born with the same gifts.
We just need to spend some time to re-awaken what always ours to begin
with.
If
you can spend at least 15 minutes a day in meditation that would be a good
start, more of course would be much better however a minimum of about 15 to 30
minutes a day is ideal. For the purpose
of awakening the intuition, I would recommend a silent meditation rather than a
guided meditation, however if it is easier to begin with you can listen to a
guided meditation and progress to a silent meditation. *See Part 3 for silent meditation
guidelines.
You
can also begin by paying attention, throughout your day, to your thoughts and
just observe them. Notice the endless
chatter that is constantly running your life.
Perhaps it is your fears speaking to you, or you have thoughts centered
around disaster thinking where you anticipate everything going wrong before
there is any evidence of anything possibly going wrong, maybe you are
constantly concerned with how others perceive you, or continually berating
yourself because of your insecurities.
Notice the pattern of the repetitive thoughts. Notice whose voice it is that is running your thoughts. Is it your voice or is it the voice of a
parent or primary care giver of your childhood. Just this observation alone can bring many insights and empower
you to control your thinking. Remember
‘energy follows thought’. If your
experience is giving you feedback contrary to your intention or desire then
examine your thoughts. 99% of our
thoughts is unconscious, in other words our minds are constantly circulating
thoughts out of habit rather than intention.
When you become aware of your habitual thought patterns you become
empowered to change them consciously.
It takes time and perseverance but it will be well worth the
effort.
Article continues in Part 2
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