Paying Attention to Your Intuition

by Jennifer Baltz

Good old-fashioned common sense is important in life, because there are basic rules that govern how we live. Living sustainably for instance...if you spend more than you make, or if you use up your resources faster than they are regenerated, eventually there's gonna be a train wreck!

We have a special ability as human beings, though, that works hand-in-hand with common sense--intuition. Everyone has it, but not everyone pays attention to it.

If you think you don't have good intuition, that's probably because you don't take enough quiet time to pay attention to it. As Echo Bodine says, intuition speaks in whispers...it doesn't shout. So paying attention to your intuition means that somehow you need to create room for it in the midst of our busy world.

Listening to your intuition means that for a short time each day, you need to practice being a "human being," rather than a "human doing" as someone once said. It requires quiet time and space to recharge your batteries and reconnect with who you are. It also means asking the right questions of your inner guidance to help point it in the right direction.

There are many ways to reconnect with yourself. You can spend quiet time in nature, work on a creative project, or just make sure you get enough sleep. Sleeping on a problem works, by the way, because you give your body and mind time to recharge, and your spirit a chance to work through the situation and come up with an answer.

Meditation is another form of quiet time that can help you tap into your own answers. It can be a sitting meditation, or a moving one--like T'ai Ch'i or Qi Gong, or simply walking--if you don't like to sit still for too long.

More Intuitive Resources

Your Intuition: Meditation as a Key to Self Awareness

Using Your Intuition, Part One

Using Your Intuition, Part Two

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