Using Your Intuition, Part 1

by Jennifer Baltz

Life isn't as simple as it used to be. We have evolved our society to a level that often seems out of touch with the basics of living and learning in a human body. Yet as spirits, we are creating bodies that are much more sensitive on a psychic level than in generations past. The combination of a sensitive body and a complicated, artificial lifestyle can create tremendous pain, feelings of unreality, unwellness, unconsciousness, and boredom.

It's no small wonder that the new age and human potential movements have soared over the past few years, as sensitive people search for their own inner guidance.

Are You Sensitive to Energy?

When you're sensitive to energy, you can pick up the emotions and energies of other people. Sensitive people often match vibrationally what is going on around them. "Sensitive" people are really just spirits who have created bodies that are open on a psychic level. You may not consider yourself intuitive, but you wouldn't be reading this article if you weren't.

We often take psychic experiences for granted. Knowing something "off the top of your head," seeing something "in your mind's eye," "gut feelings" and many more experiences are all examples of intuition at work. Sometimes at the time, they don't make sense, only to become much clearer later on when your experience is validated. For instance, you have a feeling to take a different route home, only to turn on the tv later to find there was an accident along your normal route.

Sometimes things we pick up don't make sense at all, and sometimes that can be when we pick up "psychic clutter," or random telepathic signals and clairvoyant pictures that jam the airwaves so to speak. Our world is full of information and stimuli, both on physical and non-physical levels.

Earth is like a spiritual development school. As an immortal spirit, you choose what kind of body you want (male or female, blue eyes, red hair, tall or short, can sing or mountain climb, etc.) before you incarnate. Sometimes, you make very specific choices, other times you just take the next body that is available that will meet your needs. You probably had more than one learning or creative goal for this lifetime, as well--something you wanted to experience or accomplish.

Kids Start Out Clear

As a child, your path was clear to you. Most very young children remember who they are as a spirit and where they are headed. Recently, I heard the story of a two year old who climbed onto her mother's bed one bright morning and asked "Mommy, do you remember me?" Her mother was startled as the little girl continued: "You know, it was a long time ago, back when we were sisters."

Another time, I heard two little boys playing outside my window. One boy asked his friend "Do you remember what it was like before you were born?" The other one paused only a second. "Yeah," he replied, with absolute certainty, and they both went on with their game.

As children we remember, but time goes on and we absorb other people's concepts, criticisms, and the "white noise" of society into our consciousness. This foreign energy is painful to both body and spirit. Gradually, we find ways to escape it and spend more time out of our bodies. This can take the form of daydreaming, marathon shopping, watching TV, or more serious escapism such as unhealthy foods, cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs.

The farther you wander from your body, the harder it is to communicate with it and create what you want through it. Life becomes stuck, and your spiritual goals do not move forward. You wander off of your path- - and start living and doing what other people want you to do. Sometimes, illness or tragic events are the only way you as a spirit can get through to your body to say "Stop, you need to go this way."

Creating Body-Spirit Communication

When you are in communication with your body, everything starts to flow. Your intuitive abilities begin to clear, and you can use them to make your dreams come true. Bodywork and spiritual readings are helpful, but it is important to learn how to create that communication for yourself. As a beginning, try this short exercise:

Sit down in a quiet place where you won't be disturbed. Take ten, slow deep breaths and begin to relax your muscles. Notice where there is tension in your body and begin to let it go. Now, say hello to your body. Yes, that's right: "Hello Body!" Notice how it responds. Do you feel an emotion? Pain or stress in some part of your anatomy? Bodies communicate through emotion and physical sensation. Ask yourself what your body is trying to tell you, and write down the answer. It may not make sense now, but write it down anyway.

Do this exercise every morning and evening, and you will begin to receive a wealth of information about who you are and how you can create more with less effort. Honor what your body tells you. The more often you say hello to your body, the better communication you will have with it, and the more you can create through it.

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