Serendipity
Some years back I read a book that made a huge impression on me. It was about a young woman who let her intuition lead her in every decision she made. (Unfortunately, I can’t remember the name of it or the author.) This young woman followed her inner promptings which resulted in a series of serendipitous events; she went back to school, then moved out of state, met her perfect soul mate, and ended up working for the Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach – her dream job. I remember thinking as I read, Why doesn’t my life flow like that?
Looking back now, I know exactly why my life never flowed like hers. This young woman let her gut guide her – I never did. I was too scared of making a mistake, instead I played it safe and dismissed the promptings of my intuition.
Physician heal thy self
A year ago I decided that I needed to start practicing what I preached. Here I was an intuitive easily able to dispense advice for others, but when it came to myself not able to trust my own intuition. When I said enough already, and started to base my decisions on my gut and not my rational mind – my life started to improve immediately.
At the time I was so miserable in my job I figured my life couldn’t get any worse, so why not allow my intuition to lead? Soon after a great job appeared for me, and after checking in with my gut jumped ship leaving the old place behind. And then as soon I returned from training business started heating up too and my finances improved. And, all it took was giving that intuitive voice the respect it deserved.
Intuition is easy to overlook
Intuition is very subtle, which is exactly what makes it so easy to miss and overlook. It can come as a feeling in the gut – one that tells you that something is right or wrong, or it can come as a warning and a feeling of dread. Just as frequently, it’s quiet like a whisper, or the flitting of a butterfly that touches down ever so lightly in our consciousness before disappearing.
With intuition, until you start paying attention you may not be aware of these flashes. Although once you begin to notice them it’s a bit like buying a new car you start seeing that model everywhere. When you put yourself on alert to be aware of these stirrings the same thing happens; the frequency of your intuitive insights increase. After that once you begin using your intuition to make decisions, it takes no time at all to see serendipitous events begin to appear in your life.
The synchronicities are proof positive that you’re hearing and following your intuition. When we receive this direct knowledge we’ve tapped into the source that keeps the planets in their orbit, and the earth spinning on its axis. This infinite intelligence doesn’t make mistakes. By plugging into it and using these intuitive insights our lives flow and all the details come together seamlessly.
Most people don’t recognize or trust their intuition
The three biggest hurdles most people face in putting intuition to use are in recognizing the voice of intuition and differentiating it from their own thoughts, and trusting what they get. Intuitive thoughts stream through the mind more rapidly than our own thoughts. Not only that, but when they do appear they’re usually complete ideas. In many case they feel as if they were downloaded whole into the brain. As far as trust goes, only jumping in with both feet and following hunches enough times to know that it’s real will build that trust.
Here are 5 easy tips to help you hone your intuition and put it to work for you:
1. Create the intention to begin noticing your intuition. Tell yourself that you wish to become aware of your intuitive insights and that you will become aware of them.
2. Keep a small notebook with you at all times where you can jot down any thoughts that appear to have been downloaded whole into your mind without you generating them.
3. Give yourself many opportunities to practice. Before answering the phone ask yourself who it might be. When meeting with friends see if you get any impressions about what they will be wearing. Or what they’ll order for dinner, etc. You can come up with dozens of little tests like this.
4. Make it a habit to meditate every day. Meditation is the most powerful way to boost your intuition. If you don’t know how to meditate read my post.
5. When you’re faced with a decision close your eyes and clear your mind. Ask yourself what you should do – then stop thinking. See what comes to mind no matter how silly it might be. It could be an image, a word, or a thought. Examine this closely. It’s usually your answer.
Work on incorporating these tips into your life and you’ll see a huge rise in your intuitive insights and the number of seemingly miraculous coincidences that occur in you life.
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Angela, I’m really enjoying your blog and am coming to believe that I’ve had experiences that I called “epiphanies” but seem a whole lot like intuition.
For example, years ago I co-owned a house with another couple (a long story, and they wanted more space, including part of my space. We talked about it, and they dreamed up some too-weird ideas to resolve the problem. One morning when I woke up, a great solution came to my mind. It was very clear(not a dream). I persued the solution with the couple, and we all were satisfied. Do you think this was my intuition at work?
Hi Madeleine,
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the posts!
I do think it was your intuition at work.
Many intuitive solutions pop up in the first few moments when we wake up.
Our minds are still then and the intuitive flash gets through without any static.
I think the definition of an “epiphany” is very similar to intuition anyway!
I’m so glad your intuition is revving it’s engine!
Thank you for you for adding to the conversation here!
NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY – was such a great, refreshing read. As I read it I thought of times I let my gut guide me and yes, sometimes against logic and what if thinking, I did follow my gut feeling which turned out to be the best direction. It helped me years ago when I took a job at a local hospital when my children were small and I did not want to leave them with a sitter for more than a few hours. I knew to put my job application in and ask them to hold it even though they were not hiring at the time as I felt a strong pull and could see myself there. I moved up from job to job there for 24 years.
I am so happy I was directed to your post by my dear friend.
Hi Louise,
Welcome to my blog! I’m so glad you enjoyed this article.
Yes, isn’t it wonderful when we do follow our gut and it turns out to be amazing?
Wow, what a terrific story. I’m so happy that the hospital job turned into a 24 year success story.
Please thank your friend from me for sending you here.
Thank you so much for your comments. I look forward to “chatting” with you here again.
Angela, these are great tips. I don’t know why they seem to come out of nowhere for me as a big ah-ha moment. I guess I never looked at intuition as something you could set your intention to focus on and then really hone and strengthen. Excellent tips and I shall put them into practice. The voice is there, it’s just a little muffled (or maybe gagged at times). Thanks for this.
Hi Katie,
I’m glad you’re finding these to be helpful tips. If you’ve never focused on your intuition before as you say, then yes I can understand how they may now be ah-ha moments for you. I think you’re voice is going to become loud and clear mighty fast!
You’re so welcome! Thank you so much for your comments!
A huge thank you to you for these words of wisdom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Looking back now, I know exactly why my life never flowed like hers. This young woman let her gut guide her – I never did. I was too scared of making a mistake, instead I played it safe and dismissed the promptings of my intuition.” this resonates with me on a very deep level.
Hi Aileen,
You’re welcome! Not listening to intuition resonates with many of us. I believe we’ve reached the Age of Intuition. People are now beginning to realize how important it is to trust their intuition again.
Thank you for commenting!
I agree wholeheartedly with you. Yet, sometimes I find it difficult to discern intuition. For example, my gut seems to be telling me to stay on course. But something else is telling me to change, to try something different. One of these may be based on logic, with the other being intuition, but it is difficult to tell one from the other.
Hi Rosemarie,
I agree with you. Intuition is sometimes hard to discern when we are too invested in an outcome. Intuition flows more readily and is more easily discerned when we don’t expect to hear it. When we’re too hung up on getting an answer and stressed over a particular outcome the rational mind steps in and may masquerade as our intuition. I just went through this in deciding to sell my house. I’d been going back and forth for months when I finally just gave up. When I gave up – I got the answer. Maybe you need to just “be” for a while….let go and then allow your intuition to bubble back up to the surface on this particular issue?
Thanks so much for adding to the conversation here.
Hi Angela,
This is truly a brilliant post. Your advice simplifies the not so easy to grasp concepts. I love the analogy of intuitive awareness and new cars.
These days I think I blend a bit of intuition with a bit of playing it safe. After the stock market crappy crash of 2007 I started playing it more safe with investing. But when it comes to blogging, intuition powers a lot of the things I do. Today I intend to use more intuition in my financial decisions.
And yes meditation. I haven’t gotten back to it yet. I intend to start tomorrow 🙂
Off to tweet the post.
Hi Manal,
My goodness – brilliant? I’m very flattered….umm, I wrote it in between clients on my lunch hour while stuffing down a salad….. It just goes to show you how we don’t always see the value in what we do. Thank you!
Yes, I love that analogy too. There is actually a scientific name for that phenomenon. I believe it’s called reticular activation – or something close to that. Once the eye is stimulated to find that model car – whenever it sees another one it pulls it to the foreground of your vision where your notice of it is heightened – that creates a vicious cycle of seeing it over and over and over.
I think you have the right attitude about using intuition but also being practical and safe. Using it in blogging works for sure!
Uh oh, you didn’t start meditating yet! Okay, start tomorrow then….
Thank you for your comments and the retweet too.
Just checking in with myself and paying attention to my intuition does seem to put me in tune with it on a regular basis. It’s a reliable steering system if I just listen to it!
Hi Jean,
What a great way to put it: a reliable steering system. I love that.
Yes if only we listened all the time though, right? Just recently I did it again! I came home and thought to myself that my front door lock sticks some time and I should check on it. I got sidetracked and forgot and that evening a realtor came to show the house and she couldn’t get in! My intuition was warning me but I didn’t follow through. Luckily she came back two days later with the clients –