It’s taken me days debating what to write about in my first blogpost on this site. Anyone can pick a topic and go punch—punch—punch on their computer keyboard. But to engage your time in worthwhile and enriching ways, this weblog will speak only to select topics, and that in nonstandard ways. We will pick issues that resonate with you, our reader, in real, deep and positive ways. We will be deliberate and selective; recycling ideas is not our goal. So, to start us off, we will discuss an innate feature of our unconscious being—intuition!
Humans have an amazing ability to perceive. I don’t simply mean the gift of sight that allows us to visualize life around us; I mean the indistinct awareness that often manifests in a sense of foreboding for trouble or danger. We are all born with it. In some people, this ‘knack’ (let’s call it that, for lack of a better word) seems to grow and increase. For the majority, however, it diminishes or dies out.
Have you ever felt an irresistible urge you to keep off a matter? Have you ever met someone and you instantly “knew” they were a potential for great trouble? Did everything in you want to run as far from that person as possible? How about this; did you ever see something or someone that wasn’t unusual in any way, but every fiber of your being shouted for you to stop and pay attention? Did you pay attention and later marveled at what would have happened if you had ignored? Did you disregard and later suffered serious consequences?
Intuition is an interesting phenomenon. You cannot cite it in a law court as evidence to convict or acquit a person. But the best decisions you will ever make in life rely on it. You will possibly never see a job advert seeking candidates with sharp intuition. Yet, for those who hone it, this special gift becomes a reliable guide that tells you to apply for this or that position regardless of your qualifications. Intuition doesn’t just operate as a siren for danger, it often guides decision-making in relationships, planning, investment and a host of other terrestrial engagements.
Intuition is a gift of life. It comes packaged with every newborn baby girl or boy. But like every other natural ability, it must be developed to be fully appreciated. Incidentally, training one’s intuition does not take much. Simple sensitivity is all it requires. It’s like maintaining friendship. If you are kind and respectful to a friend, you get to know him or her more and more. You get to learn more from the relationship. Contrariwise, if you have a friend who you ignore, neglect or humiliate in any of various ways, that person learns to avoid you. In the same way, insensitivity can frustrate your intuition to the point that it’s no longer audible. That’s not a good place to be. Though we are all wiser in hindsight, experience usually costs more than we want to pay. Someone said, “experience is a harsh teacher; it gives the test first and the lesson later!”
Are you in a relationship and wondering whether to stay or quit? Are your options too difficult to choose from? Are you pulled in opposite directions by equal forces? Are you a sandwich between the devil and the deep blue sea? Perhaps your intuition needs servicing. There are ways to do it, and they aren’t necessarily difficult. We will discuss some of them in our future posts, but we’d love to hear your personal experiences first.
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