Intuition

Gut feeling, inspiration or luck?

Intuition is the knowledge that comes to us out of blue. Intuition is the whisper of our inner still, small voice. It is a burst of genius, an inspired thought, a hunch or a gut feeling. The intuitive function is a process of the right hemisphere of the brain. There are different ways people experience intuition. To some it is experienced as a physical sensation such as tingling of the skin, a weight in the stomach, a headache, a change in heartbeat or respiration, goose bumps or a shiver, a darkening or dulling in of eyesight, or sympathy pains. When experiencing physical intuition, people often use
expressions such as "gut instinct" or "I feel it in my bones.

Sometime intuition is experienced as a thought which comes out of nowhere, an intuitive leap. Sometimes it is a strange feeling, a sense of "wrongness" or even emotional distress.

Some see visions of images that might be literal or symbolic. Visual intuition is particularly important to painters, sculptors, architects, and people like Albert Einstein (who developed many of his theories by visualizing light beams and other images). And some hear a still small voice.

The first step in developing practical intuition is to recognizing your intuition. How does your inner voice speak to you? Listening to, trusting, and acting on your intuitive inner guidance is an art. Like any other art or discipline, becoming intuitive takes a certain amount of practice.

The practice of Meditation and learning to work with your Chakras will greatly improve your efforts. Here is an easy exercise.

Sit in a quite room and allow your mind to become as blank. Relax as you slowly and deeply inhale, then exhale.

Visualize a giant blank screen as you breathe. As you relax see the curtain before the screen draw back. Now mentally ask a question. Take note of any images or sounds or and feeling your experience. You will either: hear the answer, see it in your mind's eye, get a feeling about the answer, or else simply know the answer.

Keep a journal of your findings and note any reoccurring patterns. Patterns are one way to decipher our intuitive voice. When I was younger I experience a pain in my left arm right above my elbow that always meant "No" now I hear words and small phrases inside my mind.

Deciphering intuitive messages

While Yes and No answers are simple to apply. (I often feel a 'no' in the sudden ache of my right arm and a 'yes' in a light tingling of my left.) Discovering the meaning of a single word or phrase can be a challenge. One of the first audio messages I got was "Deepak" It echoed over and over very insistently "Deepak' until I had to stop what I was doing and go look for a book I had checked out at the library. While I was looking for that book I found another book I forgot I had about angelic experiences and the things I read there in those pages where exactly what I had been experience that week. It was an incredible affirmation, as if the universe was proclaiming that I was on the right path.

Practice Makes Perfect and here are some specific exercises to increase your confidence in your ability to tap into psychic guidance:

Meditate It quiets the mind and increases your vibration, both necessary for increased intuition.

Listen to your body. An ache, tightening or pulling away is an indicator of things not being right or a "no", while expansion, tingling and relaxation is yes..

Pay attention to what catches your eye or ear. Don't worry about what it means, just notice. If you are able, jot the thing that you notice down and look for patterns.

Don't dismiss those intuitive hunches and always ask questions. What's really going on here? What do I need to know?

Then be open for the answer….

Ask a question about something before going to sleep. Pay attention to the first thought in your head right after waking up. Pay attention to your dreams. Dreams are your intuition at work and the first step is dream recall or remembering your dreams. If you have difficulty remembering your dreams when you wake, affirm that you WILL remember. Repeat your affirmation out loud several times before you close your eyes and silently as you drift to sleep. Take notes the moment you wake up. Often it is easier to remember dreams in the first few minutes after waking when your awareness hasn't become fixed into its normal patterns of perception. Reread your notes later in the day to help bring as much of your dream memories as possible into your normal waking awareness.

As you remember your dreams more, make special note of the symbols that appear in them: people, animals, objects, places. Write down the symbols that seem to you to be the most powerful, those that evoke the strongest feelings, and those that keep reappearing in your dreams. Explore their meanings.