Intuition - is it real

Let's start with WHAT IS INTUITION? A few words that come to mind are: hunch, instinct, insight, sixth sense, extrasensory perception, and psychic abilities. According to the American Heritage Dictionary INTUITION is a noun: 1-a) The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition. 1-b) Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight. 2) A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression. WHAT INTUITION IS NOT. It is not tangible and easily measured. It is not just good rational logical conclusions and deductions. It is not just a good guess. It is not fortune telling, or party tricks, although it can be used to foresee the future. IS IT A LEARNED OR INNATE SKILL? It is not a gift, it is not granted to just a few, it is not something that we learn at a workshop - although it can be enhanced with practice and trust. Children utilize this ability easily, it is only after we are either told by some archetypical person in authority that it does not exist, or we become caught up in the fast pace of this world and bury it within ourselves that we believe that we are not intuitive. WHAT IS AN INTUITIVE? An intuitive is someone that uses their Intuitive abilities. A Medical Intuitive is someone who specializes in using their intuition to diagnose illnesses or at least tell you what they perceive is happening within another's body. Caroline Myss and Barbara Brennan are well known Medical Initiatives. I believe the the largest challenge we have in utilizing this skill is in knowing the difference between what is happening within our own minds versus insight. Since many of us live in our heads, we are consumed by our millions of thoughts every second of the day and often into the night. The trick is to quiet the mind and then learn to listen from within rather than from without. I explained how to become a radio receiver and tune into the correct station or to receive the correct vibrations in the July/August issue (see archives). Relaxation is absolutely necessary. If your body is bound in the fear that you cannot do this or you will make a mistake, then that is a self-fulfilling prophecy Trying takes you out of your intuitive mind and drops you directly into your very busy conscious mind. The idea is to "tune in" not "zone out", but most of us spend the majority of our time "out of tune" period. In that same issue I also discussed thinking you are imagining or "making it up". This again is perfectly normal. Only in the movies it is so clear cut or your get all the "bells and whistles, neon lights, weird music, spooky voices, etc. In reality it is just the opposite. It is the still quiet voice, feeling or knowing that is the real intuitive communication. IS IT INFALLIBLE? YES! Never try to convince yourself that anyone's intuition is always accurate or infallible. If someone tells you they are always correct, run do not walk, the other way as they are working directly from their ego, not their spiritual self. Always keep your feet planted securely on the ground. Do not judge but always use discernment. Intuition is a fantastic tool with which you can gain new insights and new perspectives. Also, do not disregard it as being valid, just because you cannot wrap it up in a nice little box of rational, logical, objective ideals. YOU ARE ALREADY AN INTUTIVE! We can all improve our intuition by learning to expand our awareness and by learning to consciously direct it where you want to gain deeper insight and more information, whether that be to your higher consciousness or to an animal's. Wherever you direct your attention to, you become aware of. Wherever your awareness is direct to, that is what your body is connected to intuitively and your body will start to receive information from that thing you have your attention on - regardless of the distance! Telepathy is not bound by time nor space, miles or inches. It is all the same if we are in the same room or you are 1/2 way around the globe from me. The key to any intuitive ability is a quiet receptive mind. A mind trained in almost any profession will almost always develop intuitive abilities. A trained mind will become the filter through which intuitive impressions are received Intuition comes from the spiritual level or God, where everything is already known. It just takes practice, practice, practice!