How many times has it happened that you think of someone and out of the blue that very person calls you or leaves a text, leaving you in a merry surprise? Consider this – while conversing with your loved one, at times you already get the hint of what the corresponding person is going to talk about even though it was never mentioned to you before in neither hints nor signals by them! Another situation – have you lost a valuable item about which your ‘gut-feeling’ was telling you a while ago to keep it in a safe place as something was going to happen to it, and you didn’t obey it?
That knowing of what is going to happen in the future without any logical explanation is nothing but your intuition. It is also named sixth sense, as it is free from the messages received from the involvement of the five senses of our body. In my words, intuition is sure shot knowing about something without actually knowing it!
How do intuitions help?
Gut-feeling is like a non-visual/visual glimpse of what is going to happen or what we should be doing, and is rarely wrong, that too without any logical explanation behind it. It is your inner spirit’s guide to a given situation. At times, in some turning points of life, the role of instinct is higher than the five senses and if you just go with what your sixth sense tells you, you will see that it is never wrong. For example, while buying a new house, apart from best possible locations, amenities and pricing, there is an instinctive need to see if the house ‘feels right’ to stay in. Having asked a lot of married couples on how they knew that their spouse was THE right person to get married to, most of them say ‘you just know it; it feels right; you get a click’. How is it anything less than possessing an immeasurable power? Reasoning combined with intuitions lead us to make fruitful life changing decisions, of course, if obeyed.
What happens if we keep ignoring intuitions?
Keep ignoring a person you’re connected to. What happens? That person leaves you and to re-relate with that person becomes difficult, if not impossible. The same applies here. Given the fact that intuitions are beyond involvement of the five senses, they are too precious to be silenced by waiting for radical explanations. Intuitions come and go in a matter of seconds, so if you catch them, good for you, else you keep looking for logical reasonings every time and miss out on this power of instinct. The more you miss out, the lesser and vaguer their frequency gets.
Does this mean not to use logic?
To use a sense which does not involve thinking does not mean to give up on thinking at all. It simply needs you to recognize when to believe the hunch you just got or the logic or both. You can’t survive without logic, yet I would say there are lot of happenings around us which logic fails to explain. It’s a miraculous world, after all!
What does intuition depend on?
Apart from being the brainiest social animal, we humans have been given the priceless gift of inbuilt intuition software. Being born with this instinct, we can either lose, recede or grow its power with time, depending on our style of living and majorly depending on the below factors according to me:
1. State of mind
The instincts we get come and vanish in matter of seconds. So, if we are not receptive to what the inner mind has got to say, we will not only miss out on it, but also this voice will get lower and lower and be difficult to listen to with time. State of mind is directly proportional to receptivity. If the mind is kept peaceful and calmness is practiced regularly, intuition becomes stronger and the frequency and power gets stronger and stronger with time.
2. Clarity and memory
Intuition is immediately followed by second and third thoughts which are purely logical and seem more ‘workable’. Workable options are not always the best ones for a given situation. If the mind is full of clutter, its memory won’t be up to its capacity. And since intuitions pass through the mind really fast, people need to remember to be opportunivores in the first place. There are high chances that the chronological order of the first three thoughts get jumbled in the head.
3. Spiritual awareness
A high misconception exists of equalling spirituality with religion. Every time I am asked ‘Are you a spiritual person?’, it is followed by the question ‘Which God do you believe in?’ Religion is another path of devotion and spirituality is gaining the transcendental knowledge and practicing total awareness by relying on more aspects than just the five senses of our body. Here, the inner mind is being tried to be kept at an awakened state. You don’t have to go out of the way to awaken thy self, you simply have to start paying attention to yourself, nothing less, nothing more as a starter.
You can embrace these few simple ways to work on the three mentioned factors, and honestly, it is really fun and productive in doing so.
1. Opt for mindful conversations over gossips. I can’t emphasis more than the importance of this aspect. No offence, but this has got to be essential for the ones who really want to grow in life.
2. Connect with high-vibing people often. People with higher vibes are like catalysts who help raise your spirits, and this is directly related to the state of mind which will ultimately push you to achieve higher goals in life.
3. Cleanse your circle. If your circle knowingly or unknowingly brings your energy down almost every time, it’s obvious and prudent (and definitely not selfish) to keep a safe distance.
4. Explore your creative mind. Now that you’re left with more time, identify your creative skills, explore them, use them. Do your worst dance, try drawing that childhood’s house and mountain scenery, write a sarcastic meme, sing in your bathroom – you never know what you are good at until you try and laugh at yourself to begin with!
5. Spend a considerable time with yourself and nature. The people who master being solo don’t rely as much on anyone for emotional needs and hence have better control over emotions and thought process. That is a big power in itself. Being with nature often is the fuel to that fire.
6. Yoga and meditation. This has to be an expected solution for most of our problems, so imagine the mammoth power it must be giving. It will ignite a flame in you and drive you towards peace and ultimate intelligence.
According to me, these can happily be worked on and can ensure guaranteed increase in frequency of harnessing the power of instincts. This is such a beautiful world and we have filled it with chaos. The only voice you should rely on is your own.
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