The Value of Intuition

“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.” — Paulo Coelho

Have you ever known that something was going to happen before it actually did?  Have you ever known what someone was going to say before he or she said it? Have you ever thought about a person and then received a phone call from that person immediately right after?

Those are mystical signs that your intuition is at work.

What is intuition? Intuition or Gut Feeling is receiving inspirational insight from a higher power to help guide your current situation. It’s a Knowingness about something in your life.

Everyone has intuition. But everyone has different levels of intuition where some are more powerful than others.

“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

Magic & Silence

Intuition is like magic.  It can lead you to magical places beyond your wildest dreams.  Intuition is a gift from the universe, which can steer you in the right path.  Intuition can be your superpower.

How can you develop your intuition? From personal experience, perhaps the best way to do so is meditation. Meditation promotes “silence” to relax your mind, body and spirit.

Monks are experts in meditation since they practice it everyday. When your mind is in silent mode, it’s much easier to see, hear and feel what your intuition is trying to tell you. Many of us can’t tune into our intuition because we don’t take the time for silence. We focus too much on external noise and not our “inner” silence.

Meditation is powerful. The more you practice meditation, the better it is for the development of intuition. This way, your gut feeling will help you in any aspect of your life and protect you from harm as well. For this article, I will not reveal on how to practice meditation. There’s another article in this blog on how to practice meditation.

Intuition is natural and organic that’s within us, and we need it.  Allow me to repeat: We need intuition to better ourselves!

I Knew It!

I came across a YouTube video: What Is Intuition? The narrator mentioned that we do not listen to our intuition. She also mentioned that she had many conversations with people that said:

“I knew I shouldn’t of gotten involved with that person!”

“I knew I shouldn’t of done that!” 

“I knew I shouldn’t of entered into that business agreement!”

“I knew I shouldn’t of gone on that trip!”

“I knew I shouldn’t of trusted that person!”

I knew! I knew! I knew!

Sounds familiar?  Although their intuition told them not to, they did it anyway!  I believe we’ve all been guilty of not listening to our intuition.

For many years I’ve been fortunate to have quiet and peaceful neighbors.  My next door neighbor sold his home and a new owner — Frank — moved in.  We met the day he moved in, and we talked for a few minutes to get acquainted with each other.  I like him.

I told Frank that I’m “chill” and our other neighbors — David and Sarah — are chill as well. 

Frank said: “I’m chill as well.”

Immediately after he said that, my powerful intuition said to me: “Not even close!”  Apparently our definition of “chill” differs greatly.  As the weeks and months went by, Frank is quite loud with his music and gets emotionally loud during his phone conversations.  Again I like him, and we talk often.

As for me, I’m quiet as a monk.  My point: From the moment I met Frank, I knew that he’s not so chill based on my gut feeling.

Thank God I Listened!

Many years ago, I had a very intense experience one quiet evening at home as I browsed the internet. The lights inside my house were on, and I received some loud banging on my door. Quite perplexed, I approached the door and looked into the peep hole.  

I saw a distraught man.  Willing to help him, I almost opened the door. 

Like a ton of bricks, my intuition momentarily froze my body and said to me: “Do NOT open the door!”

Instead I slightly opened my window and asked him: “Can I help you?”

With a desperate look on his face, he replied: “Please let me in!  The cops are after me!”

Then I said: “I’m calling the cops right now!” 

He immediately ran away, and I never saw him again.  Though I never called the cops.

Who knows how things may have turned out if I opened the door.  Thank God I listened to my intuition because it may have saved my life! 

One morning at work, I met with the secretary, Julie.  I took notice of a beautiful quilt that hung up on the wall.  I mentioned to Julie: “That’s a beautiful quilt.”  

Julie responded with a smile on her face: “Thank you.  I made it myself. Making quilts is my hobby.”

As I looked at Julie with amazement, my intuition told me to ask her: “Did your grandmother raise you?”

She continued to have a smile on her face and answered: “Yes.”

Then I said to her: “Julie, I did not ask for it.  It just hit me like a ton of bricks that my intuition told me to ask you.”

Julie said to me: “Wow.  I’m impressed.”

I realized the question that I asked Julie was personal but not too invasive.  I asked her because I had to know.  Julie and I did not know each other’s personal background prior to that encounter.

A Radio That Would Not Turn Off!

Lastly, I would like to share with you a correlation between intuition and home buying.  Allow me to set it up for you.  My friend — Marvin — is a real estate agent. Back in 1995, I only had a vague notion about becoming a first-time homeowner.  My intuition told me to call Marvin because he had a property that I might be interested in buying.  I had a property description in mind as well. 

I actually ignored my intuition.  Much to my dismay, my intuition kept telling me to call Marvin, and I continued to ignore it.

For two days, I continued to ignore my intuition, and it kept nagging at me to the point of annoyance.  My mind was like a radio that would not turn off!  Desperately wanting to turn it off, I called Marvin.  I described to Marvin the property that I was interested in.  Much to my amazement, Marvin had three properties that fit the description.

So we met up the next day, and Marvin showed me three properties.

Property #1: It was nice, but I wasn’t interested.

Property #2: It was nice as well but not interested.

Property #3: As soon as I stepped inside the property, a tremendous surge of energy flowed through my body! 

I turned to Marvin and said: “This is the spot, Marvin!”

Marvin laughed his ass off!

To make a long story short, I purchased the property via mortgage loan.  I now own it FREE and CLEAR!  Remember that I ignored my intuition from the start, but the noise would not turn off until I took action.

According to Marsha Sinetar, author of Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: “They know what they want because they hear themselves, are able to pay attention to the silent, indwelling push to pursue one career or life-path over another. In this way they acknowledge their unique life’s purpose.”

Everyday your intuition is trying to tell you something that’s in your best interest.  So that begs the question: Are you listening to your intuition?

“Intuition is God’s way of talking to you.” — Bob Proctor

Acknowledgement

I would like to mention a special “Thank You” to my friend — Brenda H. — for providing me the Intuitive Inspiration for writing this article. “Thank You, Brenda!”