Discovering Your Intuitive Self

©2002 Sharra McDearmont

We live in an  'energy' world.  Everything around us (including us) pulsates with energy.  Some energy (chi) is very beneficial to our well-being.  It is said to ‘interact well with us.’  We use terms like ‘good’, 'positive' or 'in harmony' to describe such energy.  Other energy does not interact so well with ours.  We refer to it as 'discordant', 'in disharmony', or 'negative'.  Such energy can be destructive energy.  It can cause our body, mind or spiritual systems to become ‘out of balance’, dis-eased, or even shut down. Sometimes we speak of 'survival instinct', 'gut feelings', ‘insight’, ‘tuning into our subconscious’, 'psychic abilities', ‘knowingness’ and 'intuition' as a means of sensing these energies so we can avoid them, protect ourselves from them and heal the dis-ease caused by them.  Even before the body actually produces a physical illness, energy indicators tell us of energy dysfunction going on.   If only we knew how to ‘read the signals.’ Intuition and the ‘tools’ of intuition may very well be the ‘missing link’ to our Higher Selves or higher consciousness that many of us need to get in touch with.

Intuition is what is commonly referred to as the  ‘sixth sense.’  It is the cornerstone of our search beyond the other five senses.  It allows us the ability to ‘see’ the whole spectrum beyond the physical senses.   Intuition includes the ability to discern the energies around us.  Intuition is not magical or mystical.  It is not limited to a few talented or sensitive individuals.  Intuition is a very real part of each and every one of us.  It is just as natural as any of our other senses.  Like our other senses it is honed and developed through knowledge, exercise and use. 

Our intuitive abilities are simply the means of tuning into our subconscious minds which in turn are simply sending/receiving stations  for the vast sea of information that pours into us from seemingly everywhere.   The subconscious records every experience of sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, thought and feeling.  The subconscious records our observations and every thought and feeling associated with them.   The subconscious also contains the awareness of a higher consciousness, that of our creator and the Universe as a whole.  As Dale Olson says it in his book Knowing your Intuitive Mind, “The intuition is the ‘doorway’ through to the Infinite Intelligence, super-conscious mind, the universal mind….  For the sake of simplicity, the source of many categories can be looked upon as greater and lesser degrees of expanded life experiences with the source again being the infinite God life force that dwells in all life. It is the common denominator that rings true in all religions or belief systems.” Intuition accesses the subconscious and  functions as a transmitter of body-mind-spirit messages that each of us can use to guide our actions in this life.  We all possess intuition.  We just need to learn how to accurately access and understand it, hone it, develop it, and make it stronger through exercise.

 Down through many cultures, and through thousands of years of human existence, a number of tools have been created to serve as ‘indicators’, for measuring various energy patterns, helping provide  'ideomotors' (a means of registering responses without words,) and to serve as methods of communicating with our subconscious, higher selves, and spiritual committees and thus connect to our source as well as the Universe.  Many of these tools are centuries old and yet they still work today for individuals all over the world.  We learn about them in studies such as Feng Shui, Dowsing, Kinesiology, Medical Intuition, Properties of Crystals, and Kirilian Photography.

 Albert Einstein said of one form of intuitive tools,  "I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as a type of ancient superstition. According to my conviction this is, however, unjustified.  The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time."

There are a number of reasons why humanity on the whole hasn’t spent more time developing our intuition.  The primary reason is probably lack of knowledge and education.  In the past, we have been influenced by religion and society.  People tended to fear that which they did not understand or know.  In their fear they tried to discredit and destroy what they could not understand.  Science wasn’t able to help much.  Because the intuition was not proven through standard scientific means, its validity was discredited. 

Science has been a dominating influence on our perception of intuition.  Most of us have been indoctrinated to need tangible proof before we are willing to accept a new or different idea.  Humanity has been reluctant to accept the concept of the intuition and has worked hard at discrediting its validity.  (There is one common form of intuition that has been more openly accepted though.  It is commonly referred to as “mother’s intuition.” Mother’s intuition is a mother’s ability to know when something is wrong with her child before any exterior clues are substantiated.)  All that is asked is that we keep our minds open and free from judgment until we have read about and at least experienced some of the aspects and attributes of intuition within ourselves.

As an evolving species, we are gaining increasing awareness of our intuitive abilities.  On the whole, we are now seeing that these natural abilities are inherent within us all.  In addition science is now starting to give more validity and credibility to these inherent abilities of the mind through extensive metaphysical research.  Procedures and equipment such as Kirilian photography (enteric energy photography,) kinesiology, micro-voltmeters to register electric energy around the body, spectrophotometers, manometers, and scanners have all helped us to see beyond the five senses, and to provide verification of our expanded abilities.    For many of us, the use of the intuition will mean dealing with a whole new way of sensing and acquiring data from our environments and being able to take the guesswork out of our daily decisions and choices.  We can now rise above the trial and error kind of approach and acknowledge the pool of infinite knowledge available to all of us.  We just need to learn the skills necessary to accurately access our intuition.  To not use intuition would be comparable to not employing the skills of language, reading or writing.  It is possible to get along in this world without these skills; however the quality of life is greatly diminished.