Two types of
Intuition
If planning to develop your intuitive abilities, firstly
you need to decide which type of intuition you want to
strengthen. There are basically two types of intuition, animal and
spiritual. It is important to distinguish between the two if you
plan to develop your spiritual intuition.
Animal Intuition.
Animal intuition takes the form of instinct, gut
feelings and hunches. Animals use this intuition in order to
survive. Humans are born with this intuition and it is easily
developed. Because it is survival based, it is not an effective tool
for everyday decision making, as most decisions do not affect our
survival.
Regularly taking a moment to become aware of
your physical body connects you with your animal intuition. When
there is confusion or fear in your physical body, your instincts may
be alerting you to danger or to a misrepresented situation. People
who are physical or earthy by nature, such as athletes, sports
people and those who engage in manual labour usually find it easy to
access animal intuition as these people usually have a strong
natural connection with the physical body.
Spiritual
intuition.
Spiritual intuition requires that you listen to
your soul or psyche, in order to glean from that part of yourself,
which is the best path to take. This cannot be effectively done
until you still your mind and disengage from the demands and
distractions of your immediate environment.
When you become highly skilled at using your
spiritual intuition, you can remain in the present, acutely aware of
your surroundings, in touch with that spiritual part of yourself
which can guide you towards a fulfilling life. Those who can remain
continuously in this state are said to be in a state of
enlightenment.
Spiritual intuition requires more effort to
develop, especially with the everyday demands of the modern world.
This form of intuition is more accurate, more complex and more
easily rendered ineffective if you are filled with fears, desires or
feeling pressured by circumstances.
While animal intuition can give a simple ‘yes’
or ‘no’ answer to a clear question, spiritual intuition can help you
to understand why a particular path is unsuitable. Spiritual
intuition can be employed to examine complex issues such
as
- why a past love relationship didn’t work.
- the underlying causes of physical health issues.
- what attitudes or actions are currently
preventing you from succeeding in life.
- if the time is right to change careers.
- if you might succeed more rapidly in another
country or location.
- if a financial or emotional investment will yield
positive results.
Some basic tools for developing spiritual
intuition include the following.
- Meditation.
- Yoga or gentle physical exercise.
- Techniques to quiet the mind in order to hear the
small voice within.
- Practising using your intuition at every
opportunity.
Meditation techniques vary so it is necessary to
find a technique which works well for you. With practice meditation
is a tried and tested method of stilling the mind in order to listen
to your intuition.
Yoga or gentle physical exercise such as
stretching, helps to release tension. This in turn allows the mind
to become centred and focussed. You can then direct your focus
within, to hear or sense your intuition.
Practising using your intuition in everyday
situations helps to strengthen and develop intuitive abilities. Like
building muscle, strengthening intuition needs to be an everyday
activity. It can take the form of guessing who is on the phone, how
many letter you’ll receive today or how many messages have been left
on your telephone answering machine or your voice-mail. A few weeks
after Christmas last year I was ‘guessing’ how many letter were in
the letterbox and it occurred to me that there was a postcard from
Europe. Sure enough when I opened the mailbox there was a postcard
from Sweden from a friend.
Treating intuitive development as a game can
make it easier to accept when you are wrong in your ‘guessing’. Just
like a game, you shrug off your inaccuracy and try again. As you
begin your psychic development, instead of aiming for 100% accuracy
and then feeling dejected when you don’t achieve your goal, allow
yourself to get it wrong for awhile.
If you aim for only 5% accuracy and build
from there, then each time you are correct your confidence will
grow. Each time you are wrong, you won’t feel dejected as you’ll
remember your target is only 5%. Gradually increase desired
accuracy levels, as your skills develop.
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© Copyright 2008 Paul Fenton-Smith
