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One way to help aid your true intuitive sense to emerge is to disengage your conscious mind to allow access to the subconscious, thereby freeing you from the worries and concerns of your everyday life. Techniques such as meditation, yoga, and receiving or giving bodywork are very helpful methods for achieving this state. Another helpful way of tapping into your guiding force is to keep a "synchronicity log" for two to four weeks. At the beginning of each day, think of a problem or issue about which you want some clarity and write it down. During the first week, pay attention to what "coincidental" occurrences happen that have to deal with your issue. Write down daily what does or doesn’t happen, and at the end of the week, reflect on what occurred. For the second week, repeat the intention with the same or different issue, but during each day, pay attention to written signs that seem to repeat themselves. For example, your intention is support for weight loss. You go walking downtown and see a sign in a store advertising Thin’s Paints, and as you go into the store, you see a flyer for a weight loss support group. You can repeat this exercise for weeks three and four as well. Use synchronicity and intuition to your advantage. Reflect on your issue each day, and see if you get any impressions of what people you should talk to and places you should go. Another exercise I like to use comes from Nancy Rosanoff. It is amazing how simple and profound your results will be using this method, which is designed to build a bridge from your everyday, normal awareness to your intuitive, introspective mind. For this exercise, it is best not to read ahead, but to complete each step before moving on to the next. Step 1: Clarify a particular question, situation, or decision you need more information about. Write it down. Step 2: Give yourself a few moments to sit quietly undisturbed while you reflect on your question. Step 3: Walk around your home or office and pick up three objects (large or small) that grab your attention. Lay the objects out in a row, starting with the object that feels the most significant and so on. Step 4: Take a moment to breathe deeply, reminding yourself as you breathe that there is wisdom in your toes. With the next breath, remind yourself that there is wisdom in your legs, wisdom in your belly, and so on until you have gone through your whole body. Step 5: Look at the first object, letting it symbolize the overview of your question or situation. This object is familiar; you know how and why it is used. How does this knowledge apply symbolically to your situation? Now pretend that you've never seen this object before. Look at its shape, color, size, and texture. What could it be used for? How does this relate symbolically to your question? Be sure to record all of your impressions. Step 6: Take a few more deep breaths, reminding yourself again that all parts of you have wisdom, and look at the second object. Let this thing represent what may block you, what fear or resistance may emerge as you begin to follow your intuition. Let the intuitive information emerge from within you as you look at the object, asking the question, "What can you tell me about my fear and resistance?" Intuitive information floats to the top of your consciousness from deep within you. Write down all of your impressions. Step 7: Breathe again, tapping into the wisdom within, and look at the third object. This item will represent the possible action you could take. Let the object communicate to you symbolically. Imagine yourself as this object. How would you like to move? What is the most appropriate action to take? You know that you are acting on intuition when you have the sensation of being illuminated and electrified from within; your personal passion, purpose, and power are also awakened. If you are lacking in these latter experiences, wait. Don’t act on the information. The guidance you are receiving may be wishful thinking or projections from the past. Intuition always serves the good of the whole, yourself, and others. Eileen Wurst, M.A., is an "anti-career" counselor, specializing in helping individuals obtain clarity for their life purpose. She is also a Reiki Master/practitioner through the Seattle Holistic Center in Seattle, Washington. To contact Eileen, call (206) 523-8999, e-mail <hicrystalsky@aol.com>, or visit her Web site at <http://www.crystalskystudios.com/>. |
Every
human being is born with the gift of intuition. Whether or not
you decide to exercise its function and make it stronger, as
with your muscles, is up to you. Intuition "works"
when you put your five senses aside. Then it can become activated,
providing a completely natural guiding force. Intuition is our
sixth sense, but is often stifled by our culture’s over-dependence
on the five senses of the material world. When you tap into your
intuition, decisions that seemed difficult to make suddenly fall
into place.