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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