Does Your Intuition Talk To You...Or Do You Feel It?

Some people "Hear" the messages that their Intuition sends them.

They actually hear a little voice.

It's not like you go on Craigs List and ask for the answer. It just comes to you...at the right time...and the right place.

It's not very loud. It's not a lot of words. But the instruction is clear and they trust their Intuitive Abilities. It's so clear it seems almost psychic.

How do you know if it's your Mind or your Intuition?

Intuition gives you an answer.

Your Mind gives you a reason...and "talks" in a conversation.

When you learn to develop your Intuitive Powers you can call on them on demand. And you can learn to have a conversation with your Subconscious mind. That can be very useful. But it's not the clear cut and simple message your Intuition Delivers.

Other people "Feel" their message. It comes as an urge...or what you call a Gut Feeling.

In both cases, it's not some long, drawn out master plan your Intuition is communicating to you. It's usually brief...more of a "here's the next step"...take it. And it fills in the blanks later.

Or often you fill in the blanks yourself.

You find out that the First Step opened up a new direction or understanding...and the rest becomes clear.

Feelings Or Emotions

There's a difference between Feelings and Emotions.

Feelings are physically based. The body is creating a body based response.

Emotions can be felt in the body. But they don't physically hurt you. It's usually the mind responding (or judging) a situation...and you responding by "being hurt" or "being happy". Or somewhere in between.

Hunger is a feeling. Sadness is an emotion.

Being cut by a knife causes a feeling of pain. You're body is damaged.
Being cut by words may cause pain. But your not bleeding.

See the difference?

Training Your Emotions So They Don't Interfere With Your Intuitive Messages

One of the reasons people don't trust their emotions is they don't know what their emotions are.

They may know common terms...Anger, Loneliness, Hate, Love, Tenderness, Upset and on and on.

But they don't know many of the what I call "in-between" emotions...the ones that lubricate your life.

It's important to know at least a little bit about emotions.

Otherwise the messages your Intuition is trying to send through can get muddled.

For instance, what if you don't know the difference between Angry and Annoyed?

If your intuition send you a message... "Danger" there are two reactions.

If all you know is Anger...you blow up.

If all you know is Annoyance...you may underestimate the dange

Or how about if you're attracted to someone.

If you only know Lust...you might come on way to strong.

But if you know Interest...you can hold back a little and see where things go.

And if you don't know the difference, then you might lose out a great connection because you don't know how to read the nuances between Lust and Interest being sent

The fancy word for all this is Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence was originally a research style label that was created when they were defining the different types of Intelligence. You may not be able to design a space ship...but you can write a great song. Different types of Intelligence.

I'm not so sure anyone is really Emotionally Intelligent. But it's a convenient label for 1) Either lacking or having the experience in dealing with your emotions and other people's emotions or 2) An Excuse for being self centered and immature. "I can't help it. It's not my fault. I'm just not emotionally intelligent, dude."

Feelings...Nothing More Than Feelings...

Anyway...the first step to understanding your feelings...is learn to identify with them.

Don't confuse this with "You've Got To Get In Touch With Your Feelings".

The problem with that statement is twofold.

1) "Getting in Touch" with your feelings is short hand for "You've got to let your feelings control you".  Wrong answer.

2) Getting in Touch" with your feelings means understanding them...not living from them.

The way I learned how to "get in touch" was I took a giant list of feelings and at the end of the day I would just go through them and do a mental check list.

Yeah, I felt that. Hmm. So Frustrated and Annoyed can be two different things? Hmmm. Nope, didn't feel that.

The list I had was from an early Emotional Intelligence book (not Goldman's) and had about 400 words. At first it seemed like a lot. But soon I could go through them a little faster.But it's not something I wanted to rush through.

The point is, you can't identify with feelings if you've never put a word to them. It's like Adam and Eve naming things in the Garden of Eden.

"That's a tiger. Why . I don't know...It just looks like it should be a tiger".

I know some self improvement courses suggest you sit down and review your day...and write out how you felt. But you don't know "how you felt" until you can put an accurate label on it.  You can't be Intuitive about something you have no experience in.

They say there's only two emotions. Fear and Love. But there's a lot of in between. And you could live understanding fear and love...but there's a whole emotional palette that can be explored and understood by labeling the emotions you feel.

I've met a lot of people who took this too far. At least for me

You can tell them because all they talk about is emotions. But they never do anything to change. (OR expect you to change or alter yourself because they are now Fluent In Emotions...and you must bow to their superiority)

And that's not what I'm talking about.

I'm talking about basic awareness.

Learning To Distinguish Feelings - The Feelings Checklist

For instance, I used to know MAD and NOT MAD

But then I learned Angry, Upset, Annoyed, Pissed Off, Disappointed, Discouraged,Disillusioned...You get it.

So if your inclined, try doing your day end review or weekly review and include a checklist of what you felt.

Keep in mind two things.

1) Identifying emotions includes the great ones too!

2) Once you recognize emotions for what they are, they are like Mosquitoes...they can keep coming in to try and bit and annoy you...but they can't hurt you very much anymore

To start out on your Journey, try going through this list just once. It's the Longest List of Emotions in the World!Thanks,

Intuitive John

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