Saturday, May 3, 2014

DEVELOPING AUTHENTIC INTUITION

Those with intuitive foresight have a great advantage in life; they avoid many problems and prepare better for what lies ahead. What allows some to do this while others cannot?  As I see it, it’s a matter of developing five key abilities which produce authentic intuition.

The first is the ability to be CALMLY DETACHED.  Consciously or subconsciously, any strong wishes, hopes and fears that we have will tend to mislead us, resulting in incorrect expectations. Thus, until we learn to calmly detach from such biases, we can’t correctly sense what lies ahead.

True intuitive awareness comes by ‘hearing’ the subtle prompting of an intuitive ‘voice’ that our usual mind-chatter otherwise would normally block out. So to perceive true intuition, we need to learn to QUIET OUR MIND. This is the second ability. These two skills allow us to be extremely clear and perform the third -- FOCUSING RECEPTIVELY.

These are three essential abilities.  But in the early stages of intuitive development, usually two more are also needed -- RECOGNIZING INTUITIVE AUTHENTICITY and TRUST.  This is because as soon as we receive an intuitive flash, often a fear, hope or wish may immediately jump in and undermine our confidence in it.

Here’s where practice and trial and error play important roles. The more we practice this process and test the truth of our findings, the better we get at sensing, recognizing and trusting our authentic intuitions. And the more we develop authentic intuition, the more successful life can get.
 
Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.

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