What is Intuition and Why Does Intuition Matter?

Intuition is the convergence of your innate wisdom with non-physical essence and your physical sensory system. When skillfully mastered intuition can enhance your mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being; connect you with your purpose and allow you to tap into unlimited benevolent resources. Sound like a lofty promise? It is and it delivers.

At a time when the world is changing rapidly, intuition is the bridge to your sanity. It is the resource for navigating changes in the most abundantly sound and purposeful manner.

Because you are not just a physical being, when you experience life through your physical sensory system and mind alone, you will feel a nagging ache for something more. That painful disconnect is created through identification with your personality as the beginning and ending of you. It is the call home to your true self. Your soul and benevolent non-physical guides are ready and able to assist you throughout your lifetime.

So why not take the time to discover who you are by learning to honor your intuition?

First, let’s be clear about what intuition is not.

• Intuition is NOT a haphazard manner for making decisions without any criteria. It does not dismiss the need for rational, real-world application.
o Intuition is the language of non-physical energy. Understanding intuition requires you to hone and test your skills. Undeveloped intuition can lead you astray.  To cultivate accurate intuitive flow you will need the willingness to make mistakes as you discern between true divine guidance and the hunches streaming through your emotions and thoughts (aka your ego).

• Intuition is not a new age phenomenon.
o Intuition is as organic as your five physical senses and as old as human consciousness. For over 40,000 years indigenous cultures benefited from understanding intuition as the source for spiritual insights, healing and living in balance with the natural rhythms of life. Mystics, prophets, shamans, midwives and other great masters used intuition to bridge the gap between suffering and awakening. Scientists, explorers, adventurers, farmers; poets, artists, builders and chiefs also used intuition to bring through new noble pathways for living. Intuition is a practical, down to earth system for accessing the non-ordinary reality for wisdom, spiritual enlightenment, healing and every day thriving.

• Intuition is not motivated by your emotional triggers and desires.
o Intuitive insight and guidance is never attached to your wants, thoughts, beliefs and emotions. It streams from your neutral eternal self and the benevolent forces of spirit existing beyond the seeds of personal desire. It does not change as you change your mind. It does not flatter or acquiesce to your ego. It will not make you believe you are superior or less deserving than others. Intuition is the truth beyond all emotion and belief that is designed to lift you from your attachments and into a freedom of flow that will enhance your well-being in ways your mind cannot truly accept. It is neutrality infused with compassionate awareness - it is never judgmental.  And it does not change its message to agree with your beliefs.  It will always pull you in the direction of true growth, fulfillment, health and peace.

Intuitive choices are holistic. Intuition allows you to move in a synchronicity that benefits your whole self – not just a part of you.  Intuitive choices will therefore benefit the whole system, not just a part of it. For example, if you are intuitively moved to go into a specific profession, when you enact this guidance precisely and consistently, you will draw from your natural interests and talents; experience deep fulfillment in your work; thrive prosperously; benefit others holistically; grow intellectually; feel emotionally uplifted and evolve spiritually. When you honor your intuitive being in this career you will not be able to exploit or be exploited; you will not pollute or use resources in ways that undermine the ecosystem.  Your intuitive process will serve your well-being and therefore the health of all.

When you choose a profession solely based on your rational mind, you may use your natural skills to earn a lot of money and even experience great success.  But when you live by your rational mind, you experience your resources, options and self as limited.  Your ego's choices will guide you to work hard for a lot; pay a price for your success.  You will thrive in some ways but always at the expense of fulfillment, physical health, balanced relationships, spiritual evolution or environmental safety. You will rationalize these costs as the "price you pay" for this chosen work and even create an economic system or other beliefs to support this paradigm as valid. That which is derived from the rational mind alone, will always benefit small facets of the physical world without any authentic consideration for the costs to other aspects of life because the ego/rational mind experiences you as separate from everyone and everything. Intuitive choices revere the whole and therefore serve the sacred balance of life.

Intuition brings your dreams to life. You were born as a multisensory being destined to fulfill your soulful aspirations that your mind readily dismisses as too hard to reach. Intuitive dreams draw power from non-ordinary resources and support your spiritual evolution. Intuitive dreams do not place you in a power position above others or create fast fixes to your life. Instead they support your expansion and will evolve you. I was once asked by a client "why would my guides ask me to do something that I don't feel comfortable doing in order to realize my dream?"  His guides revealed: "Because your not wanting to do this thing reflects your internalized fear of failure and process of evolving.  You are learning that neither has power over you.  As you enact this guidance you will become free from this belief and evolve.  This process also deepens your purpose and writing.  Your work will flourish through these steps".   Intuitive dreams do not necessarily make you the next American Idol or Nobel Prize Winner because they are not ego-centered goals but your experience in realizing intuitive dreams will be that symbolic  and fulfill you without being solely dependent upon prizes and fame. You may win an award; but the true present will be the journey.

You are not meant to struggle. Suffering is founded on the addiction to our physical world. And that can make us us feel we have to control people, places and things for our lives to be successful. It makes us feel disconnected and thrives on the belief that soul dreams will not pay the bills.  We then dismiss intuition because the mind cannot believe what it cannot prove and the world supports the paradigms founded on the rational alone.  When we seek beyond the false belief that we are a limited self and begin to discover who we truly are, we access a serenity and power existing within the core of our being. Through intuition we discover that love is a constant presence within our heart that no person, thing or circumstance has the power to thwart.  We unleash the innate infinite stream of energy that is not dependent upon external circumstances or perceptions to exist. 

Intuition will heal you by first freeing you from all that binds you to your past and your false beliefs. Intuition reveals the most relevant means for expressing your passions and talents into meaningful service. It provides real resources for its direction.  Intuition opens you to breakthroughs and is the source for discoveries and new inventions in our world. When accurately applied, intuition invites the soul of life into your choices so that all life is enhanced.

When you learn to master your intuition, you will know what to do with deep confidence sustained by a limitless source. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by life’s roller coaster ride, you will be able to navigate the ups and downs with increasing facility and equanimity.  Eventually you will only experience the present moment, so ups and downs will be meaningless. 

Though I was born intuitive with psychic gifts, I suffered for many years by not honoring my intuition.  Because I experienced innumerable abuses throughout childhood and violent traumas in my early adult life, I lost touch with my soul and fell into addictive patterns that only reinforced my sense of isolation and pain. By my twenties I felt completed defeated by life.

During one evening of basking in a familiar anguish, I humbly prayed for help. And something happened that changed me forever.  As if out of a Hollywood movie, a brilliant swirling light streamed through my living room. It was clearly visible and filled with the exquisite angelic beings who enfolded me in divine love. I was overcome with peace as their love poured into my every cell. These angels communicated in unison and encouraged me to walk a path of recovery. They shared insights about my state of being and told me they were willing to help.  By listening to their guidance, I was led to the people and places that would help to nourish my mind, body and spirit back to health. After that night, I practiced surrendering my addiction to my ego and opened to a higher truth one day at a time. I practiced listening, testing the intuitive guidance and growing my skills.  Doing so changed my life for the better in every meaningful way.

Today I still hone my intuitive and psychic skills daily. I take nothing for granted because intuition is as strong as my consistent application in every day life. My work as an intuitive medium and shamanic practitioner grew from this practice.

I currently offer Intuitive Empowerment Workshops to support others in coming home to their true essence and living life in the flow of divine guidance. I teach esoteric approaches in a practical, down-to-earth manner to help individuals of all levels of experience and backgrounds.

Imagine how your life would be better if you could easily access the help of your divine angelic guides ?

In November I am offering a weekend workshop at the beautiful Soothe Your Soul Center in Oxford, Michigan.  You may hear, feel, see, envision, dream or simply know intuitive guidance.  Intuitive Empowerment is designed to help you discover the power of your internal navigating system and learn to use this innate gift with confident accuracy. The more you tune up, tune-in and practice honing your guidance system, the easier it will be to master intuitive flow.  I hope you will  take the time to discover and develop this invaluable gift by joining us on November 19 and 20.  Call 248-236-9855 to register today.