Awakening Intuition

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3 Aspects for Awakening Our Intuition

by Janice Chrysler

Throughout our lives, we are aware of five of our senses. However, when we mention our sixth sense, many people either don’t want to talk about it, state they don’t believe it or attempt to explain it away. There is nothing mysterious about the sixth sense or our intuition. We all have psychic abilities and an inner knowing or intuition, but over the years we have perhaps been taught to disregard it or to think of its use as evil. These thoughts are derived from other people’s lack of understanding and allowing the fear of the unknown to cloud their judgments.

 
Why awaken the intuition?

You may already realize that once you begin a spiritual journey, there is no turning back. There will always be questions and an inner unquenchable thirst to discover the answers. Do not be discouraged to find out that once you have an answer to a question, another question will begin to form in your mind. Then, you will have the innate need to go in search of more wisdom and understanding. It never ends!

Many people never ask the first question, but rather choose to follow the path of someone else. Some of these beliefs may include:

• Some individuals live with the mindset that “we have always done things this way, why do it differently?” The problem with this is we would be choosing to live in the past and never advancing.

• Others may live in fear of the unknown, so choose to believe what others tell them. Many organized religions and cultures have been built on instilling the fear of punishment by not following their rules.

• Many people have been brought up to believe to question is a sin or evil so are not allowing their own soul to grow and explore this world. Again, this ideal is fear based.

• Rather than stepping outside of the comfort zone, some individuals will choose to go along with the group even though inside they know it is not the truth for them. Here lies the fear of not being accepted. Often, our own happiness is sacrificed in order to remain in the group.

• Sometimes, we live in fear of what the answer is. After all, if we have grown up believing certain things, then now feel they are not true for us any more, what will we do? We give in to the fear of the unknown and nothing changes.

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