Intuition: Our Intuition Is Our Guide
12/10/22 10:50 Filed in:
Intuition
Are we aware of our inner voice? Do we pay attention to it? (By the way, I'm not talking about the one who puts us down!) I'm talking about the one that softly whispers ideas and suggestions to us, the kind that the other voice might try to shut down, crying “Are you mad”!? This requires stepping out of our comfort zone, and that is to be avoided at all costs (even if the cost is living a life of mediocrity instead of the one of our dreams).
Sadly, the latter voice is the one most of us are aware of and pay attention to. The more gentle one, the one that is our intuition, is often ignored (if we can even hear it at all). The great pity here is that it's our intuition that really has our best interests at heart. Our shadow voice (the louder, more aggressive one) does have our welfare at heart too, in a protective way.
What's wrong with protecting us? I know we’re thinking that! Well, it limits us and ultimately erodes our well being at a soul level. And believe it or not, that's not good for our physical or emotional well being! If we're unfulfilled at a soul level, slowly and imperceptibly we will develop a nagging feeling of general discontent which have a rippling effect on our mood, self esteem and ultimately our physical and mental health.
The gentle voice of our intuition will, if listened to, stretch us beyond our comfort zone, yet never more than we are capable of. It will challenge us, yet also support us. It always has our best interests at heart, at every level: physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. It will not only gently nudge us in scary directions which will yield huge and unimaginable rewards, yet it will also gently nudge us when it’s time to stop or turn around.
When we tune into our intuition and allow ourselves to be guided by it we will be surprised at how much easier formerly assumed challenges will become. And how much good fortune lands in our lap (we call it synchronicity). And how good it feels to be at ease with ourselves and all our life experiences, even the ones we wouldn't choose!
If we're not used to listening to our intuition, learning to tune into it will require time and patience. At first, we may be unsure which voice is which (especially as our shadow voice often sounds very reasonable), and using our intuition is very much like using our physical muscles. We need to use it regularly in order for it to be in the shape we want.
So how do we get to know our intuition better? First of all, start to watch out for hunches, feelings, ideas that crop up. Pay attention to the voice that accompanies it. Is it gentle, positive, supportive?
If it's aggressive, domineering, or using scare-mongering tactics it's more likely to be our shadow voice. If we're getting a feeling of warning, is it a loud and threatening one? (shadow). Or an insistent knowing one? (intuition).
The scary thing about trusting our intuition when it's new to us, is that it's not based on logic and often what it suggests to us cannot be justified logically. Yet with practice and trust, we'll learn that knowing that something is the right thing to do, is in our best interests. It'll be easier to shrug off our own shadow voice and that of others (who will fear for our best interests on our behalf).
The key to developing this essential trust in one’s intuition is to start small. Don't make life-changing decisions based on our intuition if we're not familiar with it (we might still be confusing our two inner voices). Do ask our intuition to guide us with smaller decisions, and wait for the gentle knowing feeling to arrive. Don't expect an instant answer, yet watch out, for it will come and we'll know it when it does.
Over time, as we tune in more and more, we'll find that we suffer less and less with worry or anxiety. We'll trust all will work out well, and often we'll find it works out better than we could ever have imagined!
