…For example, just consider for a moment how many times you have tripped over, or stubbed your toe, bruised yourself, cut yourself or accidentally hurt yourself whenever you are in a rage or particularly angry with someone.
Your intuition is your own personal security system. It looks after your well-being and the well-being of those close to you.
Just like your body, your intuitive muscles need regular workouts. For fun guess bus, train, taxi arrival times. Guess the background and occupation of people you meet (as a game). Guess who will be the next person to walk in through the door or what he or she will look like.
Listen to your ‘gut’. Intuition becomes stronger only when you acknowledge it. Ignoring it makes it weaker.
If you are about to do something or say something and you get an un-expected interruption before you are able to do so- Pause, Stop and think. Ask yourself if what you are about to do or say is entirely necessary, or could it possibly wait for further thought? Should you even consider not saying or doing what it is that you almost did/said. Often intuition gets additional assistance from the universe-at-large, be sure to notice it.
Your Intuition looks out for the things that you give your regularly give attention to or/and feel passionately about.
Meditate. Little but often. Doing five to ten minutes a day of meditation five times per week is extremely beneficial as it calms down your thoughts making your mind like a steady gently flowing river, where any ripple-causing ‘debris’ or inconsistency is easily noticed.
Visualise: Use your mind to picture future outcomes of present decisions. You will be giving your intuition a moment to help you. When I was 20-years old, an ex-girlfriend showed up on my doorstep wanting to have passionate sex with me that night even though I had not seen her or heard from her in over two years! She came from a very religious family and when we were originally together we had a great relationship that lasted over a year but we never had sex. As beautiful and as enticing as she was that night, something inside me made me say no; and for that crazy evening I stuck to my guns (and certainly fired no shots!). We chatted for a while, I peeled her off my neck, and then she left. Months later I learned she was pregnant at the time she visited me. As naïve as I was, I would have most certainly believed I was the father and as this was before I started travelling, my life would have been 180 degrees different to what it is now*. This experience was the first jolt to my system that made me aware of what a guiding formidable force the intuition can be.
Intuition is so invaluable because it goes beyond what is on the surface, in fact its best utilised with eyes shut and with time the gifts that it brings contain the answers to all of your questions. When allowed, it sometimes brings with it, vivid glimpses into your not-to-distant future. For it is the outstretched fingertips of your all-seeing all-knowing subconscious, reaching back from eternity to contact you with all the answers you seek in the now of time. It comes from a place not of the body, somehow outside your physicality; yet its’connections necessitate that it only wants what is best for your-self. Being guided through seeming darkness (problems) and into light is not a problem, for the navigational system used by intuition is second to none and requires only that your mind remain open even when you have closed your eyes in fear… of a catastrophe…
Chapter 3: Chinese Catastrophe’s
In a relatively short space of time, sublime songstress Adele, has been immortalised and shunted into legendary status by her phenomenal 6-Grammy haul at the prestigious Grammy Awards of 2012.
To date (Feb 2012) her amazing album 21 has been in the worldwide charts for 52 weeks and at number one for 31 weeks. Her heartfelt lyrics and soulful voice has undoubtedly touched the heart and soul of the entire planet and as a result she won everything that she was nominated for and sold 17 million copies of her album in the process!
This means the 23-year-old has more Grammy’s than the Beatles and is an inspiring international superstar because of her experience of the Chinese Catastrophe’.
I’ll explain: In Chinese (writing) calligraphy, the word ‘catastrophe’ has three characters and when removed and used by itself, the centre character means ’opportunity’.
ALL of Adel’s songs on her album ‘21’ were about her catastrophic past relationships and how they drove her to desperation, depression and sadness. In fact originally, Adele was only spotted because her best friend had the presence of mind to post her music on MySpace.
Nevertheless, my point is that within Adele’s catastrophic love-life was an opportunity. In this situation, the opportunity was to take all of that raw emotion and package it in a way that might touch others and might even HELP others to see that we are not alone in life’s emotional roller-coaster journey and if the journey hasn’t killed us… then what are the gifts lay in wait for us should we be brave enough to learn from our experience and strong enough to move on?
In some way or another everyone that we come into contact with, even for the briefest of moments, has come to assist us and us to assist them in becoming the best that we all can be. Some beautiful people do it intentionally, most people do it without even realising. For example; the tough defender on the opposing football team that makes you a quicker centre forward. The annoying nagging boss keeps you focused at all times. Apple keeps Microsoft sharp, Aston Martin keeps Jaguar pushing forward and Burger King keeps McDonald’s on it’s toes.
As it is with mankind so it is with man and woman on a personal level. Within every catastrophe is an opportunity for some kind of growth. The bigger the catastrophe, the bigger the potential for growth. When the source of the opportunity is acknowledged then there is a realisation that the hardship and distress were not for nothing. Certain elements of that hardship have subsequently made you an expert in the things THAT YOU NO LONGER WANT IN YOUR LIFE. And knowing what you do not want makes it easier to find what you DO WANT. You have also become a wiser more able person in the process.
All of your ‘failed’ relationships were never meant to last and with all that they gave you they should not be classified as ‘failures.’ They came to be, in order to ’teach’ you and your ex-partner, to ‘prime’ you and to get you ready for a relationship where you can really thrive, blossom and excel. You may be in THAT relationship now, it may be yet to come. But when it does come you will be ready because of the ’Chinese Catastrophes’ that occurred before…There were gifts in everyone of them. Perhaps no flowers, no chocolates and maybe no Aston Martin.
But if you choose to look deep enough, you may find gifts of strength, self-preservation, endurance, will-power, positivity-in the face of negativity, cool, intelligence, inspiration, enterprise, self-belief, perhaps even resurrection. These are YOUR WELL EARNED Grammy’s, the universe’s daily version of Hollywood once yearly event. These are the awards for your performance that you can take with you anywhere! Once you know that you have them, you can count on them at anytime and they will work for you and get more efficient the more you use them. All that’s left for me to say as I open the envelope is,
”For winning in LIFE, the Grammy goes to… YOU!”
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