Most intuitive mistakes are made when you want to be right
or you are too emotionally attached to the outcome.
Learning to get your ego out of the way and being honest with
yourself when you are not neutral enough to get an accurate read are important
steps to develop your intuition.
So, if you have successfully completed step one and you are
paying attention to your intuitive impulses, it’s important to build the muscle
of trusting your intuition.
How do you learn to trust your intuition? You have enough probable
cases where your intuition was right.
Now, if we don’t troubleshoot and we don’t distinguish
between internal impulses that are truly intuitive versus strong desires and we
throw all internal data into the same boat, it can easily lead to us
distrusting our intuition because we will have evidence that we weren’t shown
the truth.
Here are some examples:
1. You fall head over heels in love with someone and decide
that that person is the ONE. You tell your friends that you intuitively KNOW
that there will be a happily ever after.
Then comes the rude awakening:
a) The person doesn’t return your feelings and there is no
relationship this life.
b) A relationship progresses but that person turns out to be
a real disappointment.
Your conclusion: I can’t trust my intuition.
Not so, when something like that happens, troubleshoot in
order to avoid making the same mistake again in the future. How desperate were
you to find somebody when that person showed up? Did you project onto them? Did
they lead you on?
Did they fit an ego profile of yours i.e. had the right
look, the right job, the right family background etc? Were there any red flags
or intuitive impulses that you ignored because you didn’t want them to be true?
Add questions here as necessary depending on your situation.
Answering all these questions truthfully will help you
strengthen your ability to have stronger discernment in the next situation.
2. You are rooting for your friend/spouse/sibling to get the
promotion/the new job.
You are tuning in and your INTUITION gives you a clear YES!
You tell them and then it doesn’t happen.
That person doesn’t trust your intuition anymore and neither
do you.
Getting accurate information for our loved ones isn’t so
easy because we want them to do well. Being strong enough to stay neutral and
to predict disappointing events will not only make you unpopular because it
will seem like you are against their success, but also you might be perceived
like it was you who jinxed the opportunity.
Knowing when to step back and when to keep your mouth shut
are equally important skills to learn when we work on developing our intuition.
3. What is your motivation for wanting intuitive
information?
Sometimes, it is our fears that lead us to seek intuitive
input. We want an insurance policy that everything will work out fine according
to ego.
At other times, we seek to have power to influence those
around us.
True divinely inspired intuition comes through a neutral
observer with no personal agenda and a purity of heart.
Working on purifying your attention is an important step to
getting accurate information.
Respect other’s free will and don’t enforce your point of
view. This will assist in not getting tangled in unnecessary power struggles.
4. Who is communicating with you?
When we start getting information from the spirit world many
of us get excited.
Use your discernment, set your intentions and ask for divine
protection.
We are living in a dual reality and just because a being is
in spirit form doesn’t make them automatically good or truthful. Some of them
may come in a disguise of light.
If something doesn’t feel right listen to that warning. In
case of doubt ask Divine Source for protection and to scan the beings that want
to communicate with you.
There are plenty of divine beings that have your highest
good in mind. Sometimes, their
messages aren’t as glamorous as the ones you will receive from their competitors.
The beings that are of more selfish nature, will know how to entice your ego in
order for you to stay in touch with them.
Again, setting clear intentions and being aware when things
are not working properly are important steps to take while you are
strengthening the muscle of trust and learning to be confident in your
intuitive abilities.
Keep your ego in check and play with your skills. Being too
rigid will limit your ability to channel. Plus, the need to be right will put
too much pressure on your developing skill.
I have learned that it can also be helpful to preface a
phrase by saying:
“ I got this impression that…you might want to see if that
resonates for you.”
“Have you ever considered that you might be in the wrong
line of work?”
Most people can hear you better when you allow them to run
your input through their own system and you will have less fear of being wrong
and potential fallout.
Also, people will give you feedback
and you will be able to build your confidence if the information you received
ended up being helpful.
