Living with your Intuition

Posted on February 13, 2007
Filed Under Embrace Your Highest Path and Purpose, How To Develop Your Intuition, Spiritual Development |

We live in a world that prizes rational thought and logic.  We are taught early on to think about the consequences of our actions, to carefully weigh the pros and cons of our decisions.  So it can be quite scary when we begin basing some of our decisions on the information we receive from our intuition.  We like to think of ourselves as rational people.  But, when it comes to personal decisions, the rational mind is simply not the most appropriate tool for the job.

Rational decision-making allows us to abdicate a degree of responsibility for the outcome of our choices.  Just think of all the unknown factors that the rational mind cannot possibly be aware of.  You cannot rationally “know” that your new boss will turn out to be an alcoholic.  You cannot “know” that the house you just bought will have ongoing and costly plumbing problems.  You cannot “know” that your new dog has a rare genetic disorder and will need expensive medications for the rest of its life.  And so basing our decisions on logic and rational thought alone actually allows us to blame some of the consequences of our choices on “life” simply happening to us.

Of course, we don’t actually make our personal life decisions only rationally.  The publication Scientific American reports of a study at the University of Washington that clearly showed that test subjects made the personal, seemingly rational decision to wear a seat belt while driving in the part of the brain that governs emotion.  Our feelings play a larger role than we care to admit in how we make our life choices.  And, to some degree, your intuition is communicating you through some of those feelings.  But, depending on our level of emotionality in the situation, our subconscious itself may also be responsible for the feelings that contribute to our life choices.

But now we begin consciously accessing our intuition.  Suddenly, more information is available to us.  But this level of information also brings with it a higher level of responsibility for the consequences of our choices.  We can no longer say “there’s no way I could have known …”  Reason, logic, and even some of our emotions may tell us that the new job we’ve been offered is the opportunity of a lifetime.  But our intuition tells us clearly that the situation would not align with our highest good.  Our intuition may tell us that our highest path and purpose is not what seems the easiest or most logical choice.  Our intuition may advocate changes we are not sure we’re prepared to make.  And often, we are not given the satisfaction of even knowing that we made the “right” choice.  And yet, once we begin to listen to our intuition, it gets louder and louder until it becomes hard to ignore.

Some people in your life may also not appreciate your intuitive decision-making.  Your husband may not understand why you don’t want to accept the job offer with the big salary.  Your friends may question why you suddenly don’t want to buy that nice house, after you’ve already put money in escrow.  Your kids may have already fallen in love with that dog!

Allowing your intuition to contribute to your choices and decisions takes courage.  Accessing your intuition makes you highly responsible for the consequences of your choices.  Many people prefer to live half-blind, because they do not wish to take full responsibility for the outcome of their decisions.  It is up to you to decide whether you want to take the blinders off, gain the greater perspective, and then act on the information you receive.  It is pointless to learn how to unlock your intuition if you are not going to put this resource to use in your life.

I can say from personal experience that I have never regretted any decisions I’ve made based on my intuition.  However, I can think back to quite a few instances when I’ve regretted ignoring my intuitive insights!  Accessing your intuition expands your horizons and puts you more firmly in the driver’s seat of life.  You have a greater perspective from which to make the choices that define your life’s path.  And the guidance you receive from your intuition can allow you to live in full alignment with your Soul’s highest path and purpose.  It takes courage to live with your intuition.  But the rewards are worth it!

Blessings,

Andrea

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One Response to “Living with your Intuition”

  1. Gravatar Claire Loughheed on February 17th, 2007 4:27 pm

    Thank you for this. I have been struggling for some time with my abilities to communicate with the dead and the fact that the facility for doing this is getting stronger all the time. I haven’t had the courage of my convictions around this skill–it being a bit off the wall to most people–but clearly it is time for me to embrace this gift and ask the universe to show me how to move forward. Otherwise, as you say, it’s pointless to have this gift if I don’t use it. Onwards!

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