Losing Our Minds
I’ve always been so intrigued by “psychics” maybe it’s the notion that some mystical thing is happening, or perhaps it’s helpful to have someone else offer guidance and insight. For me, the psychic’s allure came from more than just a curiosity, as I began the evolution into the personal discovery of my own wonderfully weird intuitive guidance system.
How do we tap the source? Taking a good look in the mirror, you toss out the idea that only specific individuals possess this clever gift. I would learn it had always been there; I was just simply unpracticed at using my tool. Each of us is born with precisely the wiring we need for engaging this unique guidance system. We were born with the right equipment but were never trained on how to use that equipment. My passion is helping people help themselves. We’ve been given this beautiful navigation system, but how the heck does it work?
First, let’s start from scratch. The wiring has been there all along, what….did you think we were just tossed here without the proper equipment?! Yes, throw out the weirdness factor and all the beliefs generated around what being psychic means. Working from a place of fear won’t enable you to crank up the volume on your radio frequency. Next, I would suggest changing up the term psychic for intuitive. Being Intuitive means instinctive, using what one feels to be true without conscious reasoning (ego). Psychic better describes “someone” that simply uses their intuitive guidance. Who could be better at directing that guidance for you than you?!
Secondly, let’s get real, the intricacy of our intuitive nature presents in very subtle ways. A big misconception is that intuitiveness is all-knowing and guides with a whole lot of detail. One way to imagine this subtlety is you’ve got your radio turned on, but you’re not fully tuned in, so you get a bunch of static, and you’re making out every 5th word, and those words are in a different language! Of course, logically, it can’t be true that there’s only one possibility. Life is fluid and changing constantly, and nothing is ever concrete. Cultivating mindful practices can help quiet the noise, so you become more comfortable with trusting your guidance system as a means of navigating direction and better decision making. Although subtle and it takes practice, intuition can be developed on demand.
Thirdly, developing your navigational system does, to a certain degree, require you “lose your mind” yep, you got to come out of your head and become better attuned to feeling the many clues your body constantly provides. We’ve all likely heard the words clairvoyant, clairaudience, etc., the French words for our heightened physical senses. Those same physical senses that we all navigate this world with are firing off all the time and can become further developed.
Finally, ask yourself what do I think being intuitive means? If you’re looking for an absolute answer to something, I am afraid you’ll be disappointed. Intuitive is not being given the answer, but rather your system can offer navigational direction. Remember we always maintain free will, there are many roads that lead to the same destination. Your intuitive sense is constantly guiding but we have be open to accepting and allowing the process.
Still a skeptic? Try this to explore your style of sensory. Sit comfortably undistracted inside or out; it doesn’t matter your GPS is with you everywhere. Taking in all the details, scan the area around you for a few moments. Now close your eyes and try to recall using your senses what you just experienced. Do you visually remember (clairvoyance), or are descriptive words coming to you (clairaudient)? Perhaps instead you have a feeling (clairsentience) about something in your scan. Maybe you even imagined a sense of a smell (clairalience) or taste (clairgustance)of something. Did anything stand out? Pay attention to how you perceive and feel the review of your scan. For now, those are likely your primary senses until you develop others.
Next, bring to mind a question you may like some insight on. Become clear on the question and ask it out loud to only yourself, close your eyes, and once again see if you can perceive and feel through your senses any clues for gaining clarity.
Take this one step further; as you are gaining the clues, notice where and how you feel these clues as they present within your body, and do they feel good or not? Trusting the feeling that comes with the hint is that instinctual challenge. We go to our head with what the body is telling us, and we know that many different versions can be formulated in the mind throwing us even further off. Our minds can serve us in a powerful way when we allow the guidance, so practice losing your mind!
I have learned that embracing our intuitive nature and opening up to a bigger picture can empower and nurture self-love. However, it does mean doing the work. Think of all the places you could go. You’ve got a vehicle; why not learn to drive it?
See ya on the road !
XO Donna
