Using Your Intuition, Part 1

by Jennifer Baltz

Life isn't as simple as it used to be. We have evolved our society to a level that often seems out of touch with the basics of living and learning in a human body. Yet as spirits, we are creating bodies that are much more sensitive on a psychic (spiritual) level than in generations past. The combination of a sensitive body and a complicated, artificial lifestyle can create tremendous pain, feelings of unreality, unwellness, unconsciousness, and boredom.

It's no small wonder that the "new age" and human potential movements have soared over the past few years, as sensitive people search for their own inner guidance. But meditating on a mountaintop isn't practical (or effective) for most people. The real challenge is how to integrate intuitive awareness into your everyday life.

Are You Sensitive to Energy?

When you're sensitive to energy, you can pick up the emotions and energies of other people. Sensitive people often "match" what is going on around them. So you might find yourself feeling the same emotions as a friend who called you feeling down. Or picking up stress from people at work. And this sensitivity is a form of intuition. You're picking up what is going on around you, without necessarily realizing that it is just something you picked up...that it's not you.

We often take these kinds of spiritual experiences for granted. Knowing something "off the top of your head," seeing something "in your mind's eye," "gut feelings" and many more experiences are all examples of intuition at work. Sometimes at the time, they don't make sense, only to become much clearer later on when your experience is validated. For instance, you have a feeling to take a different route home, only to turn on the TV later to find there was an accident along your normal route.

Often things we pick up don't make sense at all--they just feel overwhelming--that's called "psychic clutter." Go into a busy supermarket or chain store and you'll see what I mean. We are constantly being bombarded by information, demands, expectations, and the emotions of others. And for a sensitive person, this can be overwhelming. Taking quiet time to recharge can help you find your grounding.

We are constantly learning and growing...or at least we need to be. When we get stuck, the higher part of who we are finds creative ways to get us moving again. It starts out as a whisper..."Hey, you--maybe you should try going this way." And if we don't listen to the whisper, it gets progressively louder until an event happens in life that really gets our attention. The more you listen to your intuition, the easier your course-corrections are going to be.

Kids Start Out Clear

As a child, your path was pretty clear to you. Most very young children remember who they are as a spirit and where they are headed. Recently, I heard the story of a two-year-old who climbed into her mother's bed one bright morning and asked "Mommy, do you remember me?" Her mother was startled as the little girl continued: "You know, it was a long time ago, back when we were sisters."

Another time, I heard two little boys playing outside my window. One boy asked his friend "Do you remember what it was like before you were born?" The other one paused only a second. "Yeah," he replied, with absolute certainty, and they both went on with their game.

As children we remember, but time goes on and we absorb other people's concepts, criticisms, and the "white noise" of society into our consciousness. This foreign energy is intensely painful to both body and spirit. Gradually, we find ways to escape it and spend more time out of our bodies. This can take the form of daydreaming, marathon shopping, watching TV, or more serious escapism such as unhealthy foods, cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs.

The farther you wander from your body, the harder it is to communicate with it and create what you want through it. Life becomes stuck, and your spiritual goals do not move forward. You wander off of your path--and start living and doing what other people want you to do. Sometimes, illness or tragic events are the only way you as a spirit can get through to your body to say "Stop, you need to go this way."

Creating Body-Spirit Communication

When you are in communication with your body, life flows better. Your intuitive abilities begin to clear, and you can use them to make your dreams come true. Bodywork and spiritual readings can be helpful, but it is important to learn how to create that communication for yourself. As a beginning, try this short exercise:

Sit down in a quiet place where you won't be disturbed. Take ten, slow deep breaths and begin to relax your muscles. Notice where there is tension in your body and begin to let it go. Now, say hello to your body. Yes, that's right: "Hello Body!" Notice how it responds. Do you feel an emotion? Pain or stress in some part of your anatomy? Bodies communicate through emotion and physical sensation. Ask yourself what your body is trying to tell you, and write down the answer. It may not make sense now, but write it down anyway.

Do this exercise every morning and evening, and you will begin to receive a wealth of information about who you are and how you can create more with less effort. Honor what your body tells you. The more often you say hello to your body, the better communication you will have with it, and the more you can create through it.

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