THE FIVE PILLARS OF INTUITION
Azriel ReShel, ReShel, Waking Times
Intuition is as natural as breathing, sleeping or eating. All of us have intuition. Some of us are more open to this capacity, and connection to higher information, than others, but we can all deepen and develop our intuition with a few simple techniques and daily rituals. Intuition is the spark, or gateway, to higher knowing and to living a fulfilled, flowing, effortless and peaceful life. ach day we are bombarded by an avalanche of information, demands and pressures, that squash our vastness into a tiny reality. !his data smog and information overload swamps our intuition. "ow more than ever, we need this innate capacity to guide us. !he more lost we are in the pace of modern life, the more we need this anchor.
Our Sixth Sense Intuition is very much a natural and inherent part of our natures. #hen you strip back all the learned stress behaviours, pressures, pressures, mental mental pro$ections and layers layers of baggage, we find find the radiance of of our true self. !his authentic nature is peaceful, blissful, and intuitive. ach one of us has this ability to know things, to sense things, to feel things, see things and hear things, beyond our conscious awareness. awareness. !he origin of the word %intuition& is the 'atin verb intueri intueri,, which is usually translated as to look inside or to contemplate.
!here is a growing body of research suggesting there are underlying non(conscious aspects of intuition. Among Among these aspects of intuition involved in intuitive perception are implicit learning, or implicit knowledge. Science is now showing that the heart is involved in the processing and decoding of intuitive information. motion and intuition seem to be also rooted both in the heart and the second brain in the gut. !his is where the term, your gut instincts, comes from. Intuition is like a secret, inner $etpack that helps you make quantum leaps in your life, a map that reveals the shortcuts, opens up the pathway and holds the keys to your happiness. Is this building up intuition too much) I don*t think so. ven the military is studying the secrets of intuition. In the wake of snap intuitive $udgments in the field of combat that saved many lives, +S researchers are studying the power of intuition. Sensing impending danger,, deciding whether ob$ects are missiles or airliners, danger or detecting bombs, are a few situations where a snap $udgment needs to be made and where lives are at stake. !he +S navy studies studies,, with eperts in neural, cognitive and behavioural science, were attempting to discover what gives rise to our so called %sith sense& and how they can train marines to use it. A former +S navy seal has even written four books on the sub$ect and he believes that tapping into our intuition helps us to ecel at light
speed. +nderstanding what intuition is, can help us to recognise it. The basics of Intuition Intuition is an instinctual awareness. Actually, intuition is a mysterious and curious thing a little beyond description. #hen you are in tune with your intuition, you have an unconscious understanding understanding and a subtle knowing, and you are able to see the bigger picture, or to see the meaning in things. It is sensory, not really a cognitive functioning. Intuition is sensing meaning in things, having an understanding of concepts and connections beyond everyday knowledge. “Intuition is not a single way of knowing – it’s our ability to hold space for uncertainty and our willingness to trust the many ways we’ve developed knowledge and insight, including instinct, experience, faith and reason.” rene rown r own So much of intuition is innate that often we miss it. -r we doubt it. any years ago, I used to feel intuitive nudges and ignore them, doubting their truth. I quickly discovered these nudges were always right. I started to eperience them as coming physically into me, seemingly a part of me, but beyond me. Initially, I pro$ected intuition onto other %spiritual& Initially, people, or psychics, psychics, or masters. masters. In pro$ecting my intuition intuition and psychic awareness on to other people, I lost sight of
the intuitive awareness that had always been my second nature from so early on in life. After many years of using eternal methods for guidance, such as tarot or angel cards, pendulum etc., I recognised that the quiet wave of energy that would come over me, was my intuition. I could feel the quality of the thoughts that popped into my head, coming from my left side, as something that was not generated from my own mind. I started to distinguish between me and and my thoughts and something totally beyond my conscious conscious awareness. awareness. It was quieter quieter,, gentler, gentler, subtler, and a highly refined energy. !ruly a whisper, with a feeling of something so gracious, tender, and pure, it was unmistakably otherworldly. "ow I know this feeling feeling instantly and and follow it. It is never never wrong. And it is precisely because it comes so naturally to me, that I missed it. I was looking for something more outrageous, a fanfare of guidance, a physical angel sitting on my couch. -nce I accepted and trusted that intuition is as natural as breathing, my $ourney with intuition epanded and grew, and the whispers of intuition became a lot louder.
The Pillars of Intuition !here are five pillars of intuition/ !rust, 0onnection, Acceptance,, Integrity and Innocence. !hese pillars are all Acceptance
interlinked and much like branches of a tree, come together as a whole to create the magic of intuition. Intuition is a flow, flow, it’s it’s like falling into into the music of life. life. !earing the music music and sharing it. Intuition is a gift of being human.
Trust Intuition is such a natural part of our makeup, it is more a case of unlearning what prevents us from being intuitive, then learning how to be intuitive. -ne of the keys to awakening your intuition, is trust. Absolute trust in your impressions and a grounding of this trust, through taking action based on your intuitive impressions impressions.. !he more you trust, and take action 1before you doubt yourself2, the more your intuition will grow.
Connection 0onnection to your self, especially your heart, to others and to nature, enhances your intuition. So the more you can be in solitude, get to know your inner world, the more your intuition will flower. 3ou have the opportunity to heal any pain blocking your heart, through opening to all your feelings, especially your Inner child. 0onnection to yourself can also happen in another way/ when the mind is distracted by something, and kept busy 4 for eample, by ambient noise, noise, an activity that keeps keeps the hands busy busy,, or
low level background noise 4 it can often be easier to access creativity. !here are several famous writers who use this technique to access a kind of stream of consciousness. consciousnes s. -ther artists use it to create music. !his %zone,& that comes when the mind is distracted is helpful with intuition. I discovered this technique with intuition, through working with oracle cards. At first the cards were the message, then the cards became the %distraction& and the message was something beyond the cards. I came to trust the inner knowing, feelings, words and visual fragments that were seemingly unrelated to the cards. As the mind focussed on the cards, something else was freed and it was like the cards became a gateway.
Accetance #e spend so much of life pushing away, re$ecting, fighting. 5attling ourselves, our past, our bodies, our beliefs, our conditioning. conditioning. !hen !hen we take this inner inner war out into our daily life, and engage in conflicts with others. Self acceptance leads to greater trust and helps you awaken your intuitive capacity. Acceptance is about accepting all aspects of ourselves. "ot $ust the good aspects. #hen we accept that we have negative character aspects, then we stop hiding them and fighting with ourselves. A daily daily practice of sitting still for five minutes, with your hands on the heart, and somatically connecting with your body, firstly the physical sensations, and then
your thoughts, and your emotions, simply observing, without trying to change anything, will help you to develop greater acceptance acceptance..
Inte!rit" 5eing real and authentic, most of all with yourself, releases the chokehold of our ego on intuition. Integrity is doing the right thing, saying what you mean, and keeping your word, most of all to yourself. It is about being authentically you. !oo often people think they need to behave a certain certain way in order to be be wise, or %spiritual.& %spiritual.& In fact, it is the reverse. pressing more of what is truly within you, showing yourself, shadow and all, is the way to free yourself.
Innocence #hen you start the $ourney of forming a deeper, more authentic connection with yourself, you open the doorway to innocence. innocence. uch of intuitive functioning functioning is held in the childlike spontaneity we all have. 0onnecting to, and nurturing, this aspect of yourself helps to enhance intuition. So what limits your intuition) 6ear drowns out intuition, as does aniety and stress. -ur modern western way of life limits intuition. !he more we succumb to the arrogance of believing we are all powerful
and all knowing, the more we constrict our intuition. 7umility and Innocence open the mind. “"he need to be certain is what silences the intuitive voice. #itting in uncertainty makes us feel anxious, vulnerable and fearful. $e start looking for validation outside of us rather than trusting what comes through.” rent r ent rown rown "ew research research into the heart shows shows that our heart heart is a dynamic, connecting, creative intelligence. !he more we release our fear of the pain dwelling in our hearts, and start to live from the wisdom of our hearts, the more intuition can grow. 7oward artin, co(author of 7eart Intelligence, says that our thoughts and feelings influence the chemistry that regulates our health/ %7eart Intelligence links the physical heart to the spiritual 1energetic2 1energe tic2 heart. !hrough its etensive communication with the brain and body, the heart is intimately involved in how we think, feel, and respond to the world.& !he 7eartath Institute is researching the role of the heart in processing and and decoding intuitive information. !his research shows what has always been known, that the heart is the centre of our instinctual and intuitive nature. It is the portal to the worlds beyond the physical. “%veryone is one hundred percent intuitive about the things they need to know. If there are things that aren’t known, it simply reminds you what doesn’t need to be
known at this time. $hile so many beings work diligently on developing their intuition, it is done in attempt to know more than each moment provides. &o matter how crystal clear your intuition becomes, you will never see or know more than is meant to be revealed. In fact, without even working on honing the power of your intuition, you will always know exactly where to go and what to do at the moment you are meant to move. 'ntil further instructions are revealed, intuition is not about imagining all the insights and messages you are missing. It is more so centred in the grace of ever(expanding faith to trust what already alr eady knows everything as it blossoms into being.” – )att *ahn
Ho# To $e%elo Intuiti%e Po#ers&
By Mrs Manjeet Brar
Today we are going to talk about developing developing psychic intuition and will mention a few techniques and exercises for developing intuition. intu ition. Actually Actually the subject matter is such that most people would feel that either developing intuition is something which cannot be done since it is something which is supernatural or it is too difficult for a common person to develop intuition and is only the privilege of a chosen few. Developing Developing Psychic ntuition ntu ition !irst of all let us try to understand what exactly exactly is meant by intuition and how can exercises help to develop it. "asically ntuition is nothing but a heightened awareness awareness of the mind which w hich springs forth naturally from a calm and focussed# concentrated condition or you can say it is a sixth sense that we all have in us.
Developing Intuition
t is true that due to previous sanskaras or impressions of the mind some of us are naturally born with a strong sense of intuition. $et irrespective of the fact# this faculty can be developing by following following the simple intuiting int uiting developing exercises exercises that we are about to discuss now. %e are not saying that all the exercises that we have mentioned below are going to work for you. %hat %hat we are saying is that practice these and slowly you will be able to understand which the one that is actually working wo rking for you is. The one that works the best can be adopted and you can practice the same more often so that your intuition power improves. improves. &o basically its just like say developing developing your muscles with workout. Theoretically it should wo work rk for everyone if the right r ight techniques are followed# followed# yet yet it also depends on few other factors factors like inherent disposition of the mind and most importantly the will power and determination with which these are done#
which in turn again depend on meditation etc# hence these are all interconnected. Thought the wo words rds 'psychic 'psychic intuition( int uition( might seem bit unworldly unworldly for few of you# it is nothing out of the world but is very normal and connected to day to day matters. t is always always good to have a strong intuition for both personal and professional life. t will make you are more sensitive person and you will become more confident about yourself and of all that is happening around you. t can reduce stress to stress to a great extent. extent. t can make you more creative as you are connecting with nature. t can help you to become a better decision maker. )verall it will make you a much complete and a stronger person. Developing Developing ntuition nt uition Through *xercises *xercises &ome feel that intuition is just the product of the mind this is not true intuition needs the involvement involvement of all the t he senses that we have and the physical body. The brain
makes us intelligent but heart is also responsible for intelligence and sensitivity. %hen we develop the intuition i ntuition we are basically increasing i ncreasing the power power of our heart to understand what is happening around us and tell us what is ahead. This has given rise to a new concept called the t he heart brain. &ome exercises for developing the intui int uitio tion n are ment m ention ioned ed below+ be low+ ,. The first f irst exercise exercise will be to work with direct intuition. n this you need to find a comfortable place to sit. &tart to inhale and exhale. exhale. -oncentrate on the process. After sometime try to look at the near future futu re and see what you can. This This will take some time so keep practicing regularly. . $ou can also try to develop symbolic intuition as a second exercise exercise in developing developing intuition.. intu ition.. n this just get a piece of paper and a pen. Ask yourself a question 'what does life need from me
right now(. Ask this question three times so that each time you go towards towards a better and a more meaningful answer. %hen you ask the question third time just don/t give the answer instead draw what you feel in a piece of paper. This symbol that you have drawn drawn when interpreted i nterpreted will tell you what you intuition wants to tell you. you. 0. n this third exercise we will tell you how you you can look at the t he message that your intuition is trying to give you. 1ust let your senses free. 2et them feel all that is around you. They They will wander during duri ng the day and in the evening when you sit in a quiet place just think about all that your senses told you during the day and you will get what your intuition is trying to tell you. As As we have already mentioned all al l these will take a lot of learning lear ning and time. 3eep 3eep practicing patiently. nitially you may not be able to understand the message that the intuition is trying to give you. t is not that your intuition is not working. wo rking. t is just that you are not able to
understand what it is trying try ing to say. say. &o &o be calm and keep trying till you decode the true message. 4. n the t he fourth fourt h exercise exercise we will tell you how you can choose a sense to work with. The intuition needs a particular sense to work wo rk with. t can be the ear or the t he eyes. eyes. 1ust listen to your body. !or example leave your mind blank and let the body do what it wants to. !or example start walking and go where your feet f eet are taking you. This can be used as a way to follow your intuition. &imilarly sit in a quiet place and relax. 2et your eyes eyes close and think that you are healthy and happy and so are the t he people around you. Think that the people who matter matt er the most to you are happy. happy. This will help you to develop the intuitive eye. As you practice it regularly the eyes will tell you about the one person around you who is not fine and needs help. 5. $ou can also develop an intuitive ear by following following this fifth fift h exercise exercise.. 1ust sit in a
nice relaxed relaxed place and think thi nk of a song. song . 2et the D1 in you play the song. %hen the song goes on for some time just let yourself think why you chose the song and maybe your intuition will give you the answer that t hat you are ar e looking lo oking for. $our mind m ind should be free fr ee and you must not have any control on what you mind is thinking at this point of time. 6. As a sixth exercise exercise learn to use your dreams to develop your intuition. Dreams are powerful so just before you go to bed think of the day that went by. 3eep a paper and a pen with you. As you sleep ask yourself what the people around you need from you. $ou will fall asleep as you go on asking the question again and again. n the morning when you get up maybe you will not remember anything of your dream. 1ust take the paper and the pen. p en. Draw what comes to your mind first and this will be what your intuition is trying to tell you.
7etaphysical 7etaphysical &cience or 8ationale "ehind Psychic Psychic ntuition ntuiti on There is no magic behind the concept of psychic intuition# rather it is just the inherent principle of unity of the entire cosmos. *ven *ven science recogni9es to a limited extent that since the entire living and non living matter is formed out of the same building blocks at the smallest divisible level :atoms and sub atomic particles ; remember the recent discovery of
are revealed to the perceptive mind# which forms the simple definition of the working of intuitive faculty# but simple only for those having knowledge of these concepts while for others it could be intriguing and nearly impossible. Author/s >ote+ !rom the strict metaphysical point of view# the psychic intuition is just a positive 'side affect( of the techniques of meditation and deep concentration exercises# exercises# and is never a sought after aft er goal by the true seeker. There are several such benefits which await await a sincere practitioner of yoga# meditation and such techniques. &till it is certainly good to try and develop intuition purposely and enjoy the benefits it has to offer.
08: The Key to Metaphysical Intuition
5y than Indigo Smith 8uest #riter for #ake +p #orld
%!here %!here are are three three,, but but where where is the the fourth fourth)& )& 4 0arl 0arl 9ung #hat*s in a number) -nly what we pro$ect and apply to that number some would say. I would argue that numbers provide windows for comparative understanding of relationships or similarities, at least. :;<, its symbolism and its origin, is of metaphysical intuition. :;< became a cele celebr brat ated ed numb number er thro throug ugh h intu intuit itio ion n or divi divina nati tion on.. In 7induism there are :;< names for every god. And in 5uddhism there are :;< paths to god, and in contrast :;< defilements or sins. 5ut these theological celebrations of :;< are $ust the tip of the theological iceberg. 6urther, in Sanskrit there are => letters each with a masculine and feminine making :;<. In 0hinese martial arts, acupressure as well well as Indi Indian an figh fighti ting ng tech techni niqu ques es ther theree :;< :;< main main pressure points and numerous forms of tai chi have :;< movements. !he number is intrinsic in many traditions to the point the roots of its celebration are mysterious and too ancient to trace. !he divinity of :;< was never argued and its significance was adopted and transmuted or realized by all who came into its understanding. ore than likely :;< is rooted in India. !he ancient 7indu astrological system is based on lunar and solar cycles. !he lunar and solar cycles hold :;< as central, only through different calculations of time. Astrology and astronomy are similar in that they look to space, but they are different sub$ects altogether. -nly the
ancient 7indu astrological system correlates with modern astronomical observation. !he most amazing aspect of the number has only recently been scientifically revealed, directly correlating astrology with astronomy and suggesting intuitive understanding. Its meaning was made scientifically wondrous validating the the meta metaph phys ysic ical al numb number er in theo theolo logi gica cal, l, indi indivi vidu dual al,, astrological and celestial concepts. #e are flowing in an ecosystem flowing in solar system flowing in the universal system. Individual life on arth and the goddess of other arth as the collective 8aia we are a part of all eists thanks to a unique relationship between our wet rock and the Sun and the oon. And this spherical balance is formed through a relationship based on the divine number of about :;<. !he diameter of the arth at the equator is ?@B miles. !he diameter of the Sun is about :;< times that/ about
divine and miraculous positioning :;< is symbolic for celestial order and perfection. !he !he cele celest stia iall rela relati tion onsh ship ip betw betwee een n the the Sun, Sun, oon oon and and arth of which we as individuals are a part of is balanced in a ratio of around :;<, the eact distances fluctuate during our spherical revolution. So even though the Sun is about >;; times bigger than the oon they appear the same size from here because of the ratio of :;<. And yet this this know knowle ledg dgee was was only only spec specif ific ical ally ly unde unders rsto tood od in totality recently during the ; th century. 5ut :;< was a celebrated number long before any specific knowledge of its cosmic astrological divinity was established beyond intuitive recognition astrological theory. #hat #hat**s in a numbe number) r) In :;< :;< there there is eve every ryth thin ing, g, $ust $ust about. It represents the divine trinity of time. : symbolizes the singularity of the present, ; the nothingness of the past and < the infinity of the future. !his numerical symbolism alone is enough to make it interesting. #henever I see a set of three, I think of what fourth part it may suggest and what fourth part may be lacking, having written the atri of 6our, the Dhilosophy of !he Euality of Dolarity, I know there are many such trinities. 3et the trinity of time in :;<, the present, past and future, appears complete, at least on initial inspection. 3et the intuitive roots of :;<, the intuitive recognition of :;< as a divine number before its scientific validation
suggests the fourth part that the number suggests as well. !he fourth part is likely unsaid because it*s difficult to eplain and was traditionally left unsaid for to speak it was to make it untrue or somehow taint it. !he fourth unsaid aspect is the aspect of intuition, the fourth unsaid of :;<, of the present, past, future, is that of timelessness. !he fourth fourth aspec aspectt of time is timele timelessn ssnes esss and leads to intuition and intuitive understanding. !he fourth aspect of time time is like like the the Akas kashic hic 6ie 6ield where here all is reve reveaaled led including the significance of :;<. :;< is divine and originated in divination. !hrough :;< our most powerful capability is suggested and revealed. 5eing in the fourth state of timelessness, tapping into the Akashic 6ield or being in !he Fone, lends us intuitive consciousness. 7owever tapping into the Akashic field and being in !he Fone requires preparation and practiceG hence tai chi, chi gung and yoga. All of which simply attune and balance one for the ultimate preparation to glimpse timelessnessG meditation. 6or more on metaphysical intuition and :;< take a look at :;< Steps to 5e in !he Fone. Previous articles by Ethan: !he atri of 6our Steps to Ascension/ a 0ombined Ascension Drocess to Assist Assist levation of Individual 0ollective 0onsciousness 0onsciousness Dolitical 6ormality and !ruth
!he atri of 6our Steps to Raising 0onsciousness -ligarchical 0ollectivism 0ollectivism and the 6our Steps to 'earning Dolitics About the Author than was born on a farm in aine and lived in anhattan for a number of years before migrating west to end endoc ocin ino, o, 0alif 0alifor orni nia. a. Sept Septem embe berr :: insp inspir ired ed him him to write rite his firs irst book book,, !he 0omplete Datriot*s 8uide to -ligarchic -ligarchical al 0ollectiv 0ollectivism ism.. 7e has since written !he atri of 6our, !he Dhilosophy of the Euality of Dolarity on the the sub$e ub$ect ct of deve develo lopm pmeent of ind individ ividu ual consciousness. consciousness. Recently Recently he has epanded into the fiction realm writing the controversial work !he !he !erra errais istt 'etters 'etters whic which h humo humoro rous usly ly cont contra rast stss the the very very seri seriou ouss issues issues of global nuclear nuclear eperime eperimentati ntation on promotion promotion and global mari$uana prohibition.
