Have
you ever just known that something was right but couldn’t explain
why? Have you ever had a gut feeling that wouldn’t go away? In
these instances you are tapping your intuition.
Intuition
may be defined as direct knowing without the conscious use of reasoning.
Everyone has intuition. We are born with this natural ability. It has
been called our “sixth sense.” Some of us are born with
easier access to it than others, but all of us can develop and utilize
it further.
When
you say things like: “It just hit me out of the blue;” “It
struck me like a ton of bricks;” or “I just had to go with
my gut,” you are talking about your intuition. You may experience
it as a physical sensation or an emotional feeling. You may have an
image or picture come to you in a dream or hear a name or phrase in
your head. These are all modes through which we receive intuitive insights.
They come through our senses, as well as our general sense of knowing.
When
we are stressed out, we lack access to our intuitive answers. Have you
ever had a day where you felt you were banging your head against the
wall or felt blocked at every turn? That is what it’s like when
you have blocked access to your intuition.
You
receive intuitive insights when you pose a question to yourself, forget
you asked it, and then let yourself receive an answer when you are relaxed.
You could be taking a walk or even daydreaming in the shower when the
answer “hits you.”
When
you are “in flow,” life becomes easier. You may wake-up
refreshed and remember an important message from a dream. You may locate
an unexpected parking place right in front. You may go shopping and
find exactly what you’ve been looking for and it’s on sale.
You may decide, out of the blue, to call someone and discover that they
were just thinking of you. When you tap your intuition, everything feels
right and you feel “on.”
Michael Jordan, the basketball
star, refers to this experience as being “in the zone.”
At these times he knows when to shoot and when to pass the ball. Ultimately,
we all want to be “in flow” and enter our “zone.”
No matter how intuitive you are, it is always possible to increase access
to your intuition. By doing this you can increase the number of “on”
days and make your life easier and more fun.
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