Intuition

What it is

Intuition is the natural guidance of the Higher Self. It is not something we create, but something we recover as the obstacles within us are removed.

Why it matters

Intuition grows naturally as we become more honest with ourselves. It is one of the fruits of spiritual development, not a shortcut around it.

From Bones

~1~

Contrary to popular belief, being creative is not a mind-related thing. Creative flow is an intuitive movement that gets backed up by skills we develop using our intellect. And for our intuition to function, our emotions must be flowing.

In brief, we need a strong, healthy, mature emotional life if we want to lead a creative one. (Chapter 1)

~2~

We shut down our feelings and along went our intuition and creativity. From there, we limped along on a fraction of our potential.

Often, we still don’t realize the high price we pay for doing this. (Chapter 1)

~3~

For most of us, allowing our intuition to guide us is the exception, not the rule. Then we must survive by our mental faculties alone.

They, however, can only take us so far.

Rather, when healthy emotions merge with a reliable intuition, we can enjoy a mutual harmony between our minds and our emotions. There need not be any contradiction.

But if we can’t rely on our intuitive processes, we’ll feel insecure and low on self-confidence. So we’ll rely too much on others, or on false religions. This further weakens us and makes us feel helpless. (Chapter 1)

~4~

Frankly, we’re afraid of our feelings so we thwart them.

In doing so, though, we cripple one of our most important faculties: intuition. We don’t trust our intuition because it is blurred by our fear of it.

Also, it is intangible. In general, we don’t trust things that aren’t tangible. (Chapter 4)

~5~

Only by seeing what’s going on can we color inside the lines of our being and fill in our missing sense of self. Then our intuition will come back to life and our spontaneity will surface.

Our compulsions will recede and we will trust our feelings. For they will now have a chance to grow and mature. Believe it or not, our feelings will become every bit as reliable as our intellect.

This is what it means to find ourselves. (Chapter 6)

~6~

Our center is the only part actually capable of growth. It’s the only part that can properly guide us. It’s flexible and intuitive. And its feelings are valid and true, even if they aren’t yet pure and perfect.

Relative to what we’re now doing under the guise of our idealized self, the Real Self is immeasurably better. We simply can’t be more than we really are in any given life situation. (Chapter 6)

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