I believe, discovering your personal Intuition involves practicing a particular kind of alertness called, MINDFULNESS. Here, we learn to become detached observers of our experience, employing a habit of watchfulness over every occurrence as we proceed through our daily lives. This Mindfulness involves close observation of what happens in the outer world, but also being attuned to the various thoughts and feelings that show up in our minds. The idea is to stay impartial and patiently monitor everything you feel or think, including ideas, images, emotions, and automatic reactions. Be the objective viewer without getting distracted by memories, worries, regrets, unfinished plans, or any other ego concerns. When distraction does occur, catch yourself and return to the observer position quickly. Once we practice this enough, we cease to be continually swept away. We can then concentrate on distinguishing and sorting through the ever-changing array of mental sensations that stream through our minds. It is especially important to let go of what I call “useless memories and ego chatter” in our heads—for example, what I should have said to a person who insulted me. Also, and perhaps most crucial, we must discern between ordinary, calculative thoughts and the more mystical, Intuitive thoughts and feelings. Here’s the key difference: calculative thoughts are the words we consciously think to ourselves when processing a general problem. This is a significant thought process, but they are not Intuitions. Intuitions are spontaneous notions that appear to come from nowhere. They seem just to occur to us with a hint of inspiration and discovery, yet we didn’t think of them, in the calculative sense. While our egos may well be in the habit of taking credit for such thoughts (“aren’t we smart”), upon closer inspection, we can see they are obtained from some deeper source within us...
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:29:49 +0000