How often do we hear “Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself”? Trust your gut instinct, they say. Ok, intuition is one thing, but how do you know it’s not just anticipation or anxiety that may lead us to a wrong choice?
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Intuition, What is It?
An intuition is the whisper or scream that tells you whether to leap or be still. Your intuition is your internal GPS system or your “God Placement System” coming from the inside.
You are guided by your intuition, which is a mixture of spirit, emotion, and logic.
But we rarely listen to our intuition. In our heads there is too much noise that prevents us from hearing our intuition. There are doubts, worries, judgments, and fears about what other people think of you.
Your intuition may be telling you that you love to dance, causing you to want to dance or even sing. It may tell you that dancing or singing will be a lot of fun for you. Intuition may be telling you to love somebody. Your intuition is telling you that you should write that book, or you should start that business. You are so excited about what it is telling you!
Then your chatter begins. Suddenly, it asks ‘But what if it doesn’t work out?’.
Never discredit your gut instinct. You are not paranoid. Your body can pick up on bad vibrations. If something deep inside of you says something is not right about a person or situation, trust it.
Now, how do I learn to trust my intuition?
Just as discussed previously, it’s important to trust what your body and spirit are saying to you! Take these steps now to improve your ability to rely more on your instincts.
1. Become aware of the difference between your brain and your intuition.
The first thing you need to understand is that your brain is designed to protect you. It is designed to give you the ability to go back in time in your mental file cabinet and see what you did last time you tried something similar. You may not have had a good past experience or it may have ended in a dangerous situation where you were judged by others.
The brain is designed to protect us! That’s what your brain does, it protects you.
However, your intuition is what ignites your passion. The spark that ignites your desire. This is the love that ignites your passion. This is what drives me forward.
It’s that bit of radicalism or ‘I want to leave my mark on the planet’. But your brain isn’t designed to have ideas like that. As your intuition kicks in, your brain can start working on ways, but you have to start with your intuition. It comes from your gut.
You go here whenever you feel something. You don’t say, “I feel so special.”. It isn’t your duty to dismiss doubt. Your task is to ignite your passion! Your task is to turn up the faith. You need to turn up the possibilities.
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2. Plan well in advance
because the best plan is always the one you make. It doesn’t matter if you upgrade it or if you need to modify it, but if you fail to plan, then you’re planning to fail.
All dreams, all passions, all desires follow with the plan because that is where your brain gets excited. “Yeah!” your brain says. Let’s do it!”. It’s time to believe in yourself.
There may be dreams and goals that you set, but if you don’t set a plan first, you will not achieve them. After you didn’t do the details, you stopped believing you could do it.
This led to your biggest mistake. It led you to give up. Your hope ended. You stopped pushing yourself. You stopped listening to your GPS or God Placement System that said you were sent here for a divine assignment. Over time, your assignment may change as well.
Guess what, the assignment that you had 50 years ago may differ from the assignment you have today.
It’s your job to turn down the volume in your head-judgment, fear, worry, and perfection. Your mind needs to be turned down and your intuition, soul reflex, and God placement system, in that heart space, should be turned up. Turn up the volume there and ask, “What do I want?”
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3. You Must Know What You Want
Ask yourself: What feels good to my soul tonight, today, tomorrow? And then be quiet and still. I believe in prayer and meditation” is my belief. I grew up knowing nothing but prayer.
Afterwards, I discovered that prayer is asking God or the divine (I’m not forcing my beliefs on you, but I call Him God) for direction, and that meditation is being still and quiet long enough to hear God’s response.
Most of the time, we don’t hear our intuitive spirit because we aren’t still enough, and we aren’t still long enough.
Take some time for yourself and ask yourself the following questions:
- “What brings me joy?”
- “What gets my soul excited?”
- “What do I want to do for the next 6 months or six years?”
- “What makes me feel passionate?”
- “What sets me on fire?”
Then, stay still. And then listen.
But the most important question is: will you take action on what you hear?
