Use Your Intuition or Lose It

Intuition is the guide that each one of us has which leads us through life. The more we listen to our intuition the stronger it becomes. However if we neglect it then it disappears altogether – or become so small and insignificant that it has almost no meaning.

There are a number of reasons for developing intuition rather than ignoring it and letting it disappear. For one – it's much easier to be "in flow" with life when we trust our intuition. Individuals who believe that all of life's events need to be calculated to an absolute mathematical formula before making an informed decision are at a large disadvantage.

In fact what I have learnt about how intuition works indicates that it's not that much different from methodical and precise planning…

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Developing Intuition

Your intuition resides in the subconscious mind. So when something happens that requires a "gut response" the subconscious mind does all of the calculation. It does all of the difficult processing. So the planning process is still there but we're not aware of it happening.

You trust the subconscious mind rather than demanding full conscious control of the process.

Each one of us stores millions of experiences within the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is also capable of processing millions of operations per second — it can compile plans and organize opportunities within milliseconds. How fast is the conscious mind?

The main point I am heading towards is that intuition is not some enigmatic force that leads us in the right direction. It's a part of each one of us. It arises out of surrendering to the universal consciousness – sub consciousness – or Super-ego (whatever we choose to call it).

Intuition Exercises To Do

For most of us the subconscious mind prompts us with constant suggestions and insights all the time. But most of us ignore them putting the needs of the conscious ego first. So after a while that part of the mind becomes quite and stops offering advice.

On the other hand the more we listen to it and trust in this advice the louder the sound of intuition becomes.

Exercise

There is a mantra that works quite well for activating spiritual sight and intuition called the "OM" mantra.

One variation is to verbalise and pronounce the 'Ooommmm' sound while visualising the colour purple spiralling in a clockwise direction.

How To Know If Your Intuition Is Right

The biggest obstacle often arises when we're forced to choose between the rational mind and the intuition. The intuition will be right. But the question is "how do I know that what I'm feeling is intuition and not an emotion of false hope for example?"

In the beginning stages of developing intuition it is difficult to discern the difference and to separate emotions that conceal themselves as intuition. However as our intuition strengthens it develops a loud and clear voice of its own that becomes unmistakable. Practising Mantras and self-trust goes quite far in developing intuition and a heightened sense of spiritual coordination and guidance.

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