Trusting Intuition

Intuition is the feeling inside your head that feels like a voice communicating with you.  It is also the little voice that is often ignored because it seems odd, to most people, to listen to a feeling.  Yet, learning to trust and honor intuition and inner wisdom enables a person to live a fulfilled life.  Learning to hear intuition and honor it can be a learned trait.

First, sit quietly and learn to meditate.  This simply means the ability to be at peace with yourself and learn to be still.  The mind will wander from time to time but with practice, meditation can be a very soothing way to connect with self.  For example, when stress or frustration spring up in the day, learn to be still and quiet instead of doing something to distract from the feeling.  Sit and be calm instead of turning on the t.v. or calling someone to chat.  Being connected to self is the first step in learning to recognize intuition.  Make it a goal to work you way up to being able to sit quietly and peacefully for 20 to 30 minutes a day.  Learning to be in touch with self enables a person to be connected to a higher source.

When meditation and the ability to be quiet have been mastered ,the next step is to learn to listen to your feelings.  This means being able to discern between a true feeling and fear.  Learning to do this takes a little practice.  Practice by being finely attuned to your feelings when you see someone.   Examine the first feeling that came up when you saw the person.  Was it genuine fondness or was it a feeling of obligation?  Did the feeling give a sense of peace or stress?  Was the first sensation pleasant or stiff?  Learn to feel and hear the feeling before allowing the mind to inject learned responses.  An example would be seeing a neighbor and not being pleased or feeling good about the situation.  Yet, we often quickly snap into scenario of being pleasant and spend time with the person.  Why do we do this?  Because it is a learned response to being a good neighbor.  A better response might be to honor the initial feeling.  Why does the person make us feel tense?  Does the person gossip, waste our time or ask for time we do not have to give?  Feel the genuineness of the moment instead of falling into a routine of obligation and respectability.  When we constantly allow our mind, good manners and obligation to override our intuition we eventually lose our connection to it and automatically fall into a sense of doing what is deemed right or respectable.  Learning to listen to intuition is much improved with practice.  Learn to look at the neighbor, sense your intuition and respond appropriately.  Perhaps a quick wave is all that is necessary after all!

Once a person connects with intuition life can greatly improve.  A sense of genuinely being in control of life emerges and the quality of life is much improved.   Instead of life being ruled by duty and obligation a live can be lived by what feels right and true.  When life becomes connected with a daily sense of being on track with the universe a sense of purpose and fulfillment will follow.  Being in sync with mind, body and universe is a tremendous improvement over habit, ritual and commitment.