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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Albert Einstein
There are a few things I know in life for certain – one is that I have an inner compass that tries to keep me on course. It warns me if I’m heading down a tricky path, not in Jiminy Cricket style, but more as an inner knowing. What I also know about this compass is that ever time I’ve gotten into trouble in my life, it’s because I’ve not heeded that sotto voce. Every time some minor catastrophe has come my way – a speeding ticket, an unnecessary argument – it’s because my mind vetoed the silent voice with a “What do you know?” or my body would say, “I want to do it anyway.” The result - the frustration from ignoring my inner wisdom.
I first became ubër conscious of my intuition when I became a mother. I would seem to be able to predict the difficulties my babies would have. My inner voice would warn, “Better move that before . . . “ and Shmack, my son would trip over a chair. I became quick to heed this voice and I learned to trust it more. It seemed to say that there is a force that wants you and your children to be safe and happy.
Most men I know prefer to call this instinct their gut. I was just listening to an agent at school who said his gut told him whose work to pick up. Guts do sound more masculine than intuition, but I think they’re the same divine guidance finding it’s way into human form.
Post breakup, I’m finding it challenging to keep believing in my own guidance after all, it was myself that got me into this whole sordid business in the first place. Yet I try to remember that our society often promotes the idea that anything that breaks down is a failure but sometimes without the breakdowns there are no breakthroughs.
And maybe the role of my intuition isn’t really to keep me safe. When I graduated from high school, the yearbook quote I chose was, “A ship in a harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” So even on stormy high seas of a breakup, my intuition acts more like a compass, guiding me through. It’s the soft voice of the jedi heard through the loud breathing of Darth Vader.
If you're not already aware of your gift of intuition, start to become acquainted with your own soft voice of knowing. Ingrid Bergman said, "You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide." Learn to shut out the loud voices of "should's" and "must's" and tap into your inner well of knowing.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Albert Einstein
There are a few things I know in life for certain – one is that I have an inner compass that tries to keep me on course. It warns me if I’m heading down a tricky path, not in Jiminy Cricket style, but more as an inner knowing. What I also know about this compass is that ever time I’ve gotten into trouble in my life, it’s because I’ve not heeded that sotto voce. Every time some minor catastrophe has come my way – a speeding ticket, an unnecessary argument – it’s because my mind vetoed the silent voice with a “What do you know?” or my body would say, “I want to do it anyway.” The result - the frustration from ignoring my inner wisdom.
I first became ubër conscious of my intuition when I became a mother. I would seem to be able to predict the difficulties my babies would have. My inner voice would warn, “Better move that before . . . “ and Shmack, my son would trip over a chair. I became quick to heed this voice and I learned to trust it more. It seemed to say that there is a force that wants you and your children to be safe and happy.
Most men I know prefer to call this instinct their gut. I was just listening to an agent at school who said his gut told him whose work to pick up. Guts do sound more masculine than intuition, but I think they’re the same divine guidance finding it’s way into human form.
Post breakup, I’m finding it challenging to keep believing in my own guidance after all, it was myself that got me into this whole sordid business in the first place. Yet I try to remember that our society often promotes the idea that anything that breaks down is a failure but sometimes without the breakdowns there are no breakthroughs.
And maybe the role of my intuition isn’t really to keep me safe. When I graduated from high school, the yearbook quote I chose was, “A ship in a harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” So even on stormy high seas of a breakup, my intuition acts more like a compass, guiding me through. It’s the soft voice of the jedi heard through the loud breathing of Darth Vader.
If you're not already aware of your gift of intuition, start to become acquainted with your own soft voice of knowing. Ingrid Bergman said, "You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide." Learn to shut out the loud voices of "should's" and "must's" and tap into your inner well of knowing.
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