Do you have some area of your life where your intuition kicks in regularly, so much that you kind of take it for granted. Knowing where the parking space is, or who is on the other end of the phone, that kind of thing? Many of us do. And because it is such a normal part of our day to day life we tend to discount it, thinking that intuition needs to be something spectacular, not something that actually helps us in small, steady, consistent ways.
One of my most common take-for-granted intuitive moments is at the gym: I always know which locker is free. I go to the gym around 3 times a week, during busy morning hours when empty lockers are hard to find. I walk in, I pause and I know where to go. The only times I am wrong is when I doubt myself or test the answer.
How do I know about the gym locker being free? I never thought about it until today, I just accepted it (and then discounted it, since it only made my life more easy, it didn't contain the voice of God, a burning bush, immediate recognition of tomorrow's winning lottery numbers). Today though, I got curious. As I opened up another empty locker, I asked myself "how did I know that?" I thought back to the moment when I knew to go to that locker and realized that I saw it--there was a brief instance where that particular locker kind of popped out. at me like a figure in a 3D movie. But, very fast, and not too big. It was a subtle visual. That locker just made itself aware to my consciousness.
There are different ways intuitive understanding comes to us. The most common (not in any order of importance) are hearing, seeing, knowing, smelling, feeling it in our body (see how our physical senses support our intuitive sense?).
My challenge to me and to us all is: Can we take these small things that happen and use them to develop our own intuition? It's great to take a class or read a book, but actually we have all the information we need within us as well. If we can stop and examine our own intuitive processes while it's already happening, in an area we feel confident or curious about, maybe we can learn how to access and trust our intuition more readily for the big areas as well.
Last night, I wanted to leave work 15 minutes early, but I had this very quiet sense, maybe it was a low voice, maybe it was just a 'knowing," that I needed to stay because someone was coming in. I decided to listen to this quiet voice so I pulled up a video game on my computer and waited. 10 minutes later the editor of the local New Age magazine walked in to drop off this month's issue. We got to talking and he asked me to write an article for the magazine. If I'd left early, he would have dropped off the magazines and we wouldn't have talked.
Learn to recognize and then analyze this intuitive knowing. Not to try to control it (controlling it, trying to make it mean something, will inevitably lead to replacing our will and ego with our intuitive sense. I'll write more on this later). Just begin to be aware 1)that you do have intuitive moments that are absolutely true and 2)begin to cultivate a gentle awareness of how that knowing happens. Again, don't try to make sense of it. Just be aware of it. Maybe write down examples. Post them here.
Let's help each other develop our own innate gifts.
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