‘Freeing your Intuition: a beginner’s guide’

‘Freeing your Intuition: a beginner’s guide’ by Gillian Stokes

What is intuition: Most people will experience at least a few intuitive revelations during their life. You may hear an inner voice, or feel a physical vibration in your body, accompanied by a sense of intense clarity.

The limits of reason: Our predetermined mental pathways limit the answers that our reason can supply to the problems we analyze, since we cannot accurately anticipate what we have no knowledge of. It is natural to favour the facts which lend support to our pet theories, but we are alert and pay attention to our intuition, we can learn new and perhaps more helpful solutions.

Question your attitudes:

1) Do you always have more faith in science and reason than religious or spiritual explanations?

2) Do you assume that experts will always know more about your body than your own senses tell you?

3) Are those in authority always right?

4) Do you trust strong hunches, if you have them? Were you told to accept your attitudes by parents, church, state, educators, the medical profession, all those whose authority over you as a child you did not question?

Who needs intuition: Intuition adds value to every life. It aids problem solving and enhances your creativity.

Free your Intuition: Intuition can be coaxed, but never commanded. There is no profit in using conscious deliberation and determination, however stern or sincere.

1. When you have a specific area of concern it helps to have prepared the ground first by exercising as much conscious effort upon the problem as you can. This rational effort will form the framework for intuitions.

2. Concentrate on the topic. Bring all your powers of reason to bear on it. Think about the problem at every opportunity and analyze it to the best of your ability.

3. Organize your time to allow for free fermentation of ideas. Quiet reflection is as valuable as analytic thinking. Activities such as reading, watching a film or TV, listening to music, gardening, taking a bus or car ride, walking, swimming or soaking in the bath may lead to intuitional breakthroughs.

In particular:
a) Stay open to possibilities, suspend disbelief and allow yourself to be surprised by potential solutions.

b) Assume your problem can be solved and that you have the necessary creativity and expertise.

c) Do not feel that something must be received today. A tense mind will act as a closed door to intuitions.

4. Intuition functions best when the rational mind is at rest, in free fall, or at least focused on another issue. Have patience. You need to suspend your reliance on rational and analytic thought and must be willing to accept the possibility of learning from intuition.

5. Remember, the process is effortless. Effort involves the will and conscious thought, which blocks intuition.

6. Trust that you have sown the seeds and give them a chance to germinate.

7. Make space for spontaneity. This may involve going to open spaces in nature where you will experience fewer distractions. Learn how to stop thinking, for a while. It will enhance your receptivity to intuition.

Intuition at work: Since complex problems are more effectively dealt with by holistic thinking, if we hold loose guidelines for achieving goals, we allow space for intuition. Here are some tips:

a) Be protective of ideas, however crazy they seem initially.

b) Avoid censure and ridicule. It staff feel uncertain about making contributions because of the possible repercussions, you may lose their valuable ideas.

c) Keep all options loose. There will be time for evaluation before implementation.

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