“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
I’m the first to admit that I have a HUGE tendency to look outside of myself for direction and the way forward, especially when I feel out of my depth.
Like when I get kicked off (or kick myself off) of a very familiar path that no longer excites me, and enter into uncharted waters with lots of uncertainty like in new love or a new career.
It has taken me more than 1/2 a decade to hit pause on what other people have to say about how to ‘be successful’ at love and life.
To finally COME BACK TO ME and to trust that I know the way. That the deepest parts of me can and will guide me forward towards living and loving and working and being in alignment with my soul's plan.
How connected do you feel to your own intuition?
How do you know whether it’s intuition guiding you or fear that directs you?
And what do you do if you just ‘don’t feel it?’
Here’s how you do it:
The practice
How to connect with your intuition
Quiet your monkey mind
Intuition can be heard when your rational mind is quiet enough to listen to what is underneath all of the thinking.
Sit in meditation
Notice what emerges from the quiet. What messages surface? What pulls at your body?
Investigate and notice if underneath what comes up there is fear or negativity. If so, this is likely your conditioned mind that wants to keep you safe.
Listen to what it has to say with curiosity. Let it know you’ve heard it. Let it know that you will heed it’s warning. Give it what it wants or needs with kindness and compassion. Notice if it quiets down enough for stillness to arise.
And gently feel into that which lies beyond the fear.
This is where your intuition lies.
Embrace Predictability and Rhythm
Take a walk, go on a run, or let yourself putter around the house.
Sometimes, when you busy the mind with the simple, predictable patterns of life, intuition can then come through and be heard.
How to Recognise Your Intuition
Intuition speaks to us each differently.
It might come to you as:
🌼 Words that resonate deeply within
🌼 Messages from the natural world
🌼 Synchronicities that occur in our day-to-day life
🌼 Moments of inspiration or insight that seem to come ‘out of nowhere’
The quality of the communication is often clear and feels or sounds true, even if our rational minds have a hard time wrapping itself around the ‘how’ or ‘why’ of it all.
Let go of needing to know NOW
If nothing comes straight away, then let go of the need to know NOW (easier said than done, I hear you!).
Trust that the answers will appear in time.
It is an exercise in faith and allowing this one. And one that I personally have found quite challenging.
But when I am able to soothe myself and remember what I’ve learned time and again – that everything comes in the right time – then I can relax back into the flow of life.
And let things come to me.
This is a radical change from the ‘make it happen’ mindset I’m usually in.
And it takes practice.
Once you are clear on which direction to move in (thank you intuition), then you can shift into action mode with clarity, insight and confidence.
Over time, I’ve learned the language of my intuition, so when she speaks, I hear her and can trust that she’s pointing me in the direction that I need to go. Even when the way forward - her way -seems uncertain and risky.
Knowing something intellectually is one thing. LIVING IT is quite another, and an ongoing practice.
I’m walking besides you on this one. As always.
And am ready to guide you back to you, should you like support in it. As a coach and fellow traveller.