Let's take it out of the realm of magic and hocus-pocus.
If we accept that it is a way of accessing, processing or using information, then we also know that we do this through our five senses.
So why do people refer to a sixth sense when they are asked what is intuition? Perhaps because they are not aware of all the information that is actually present in the five senses. We are spirits having a physical exisistence so why wouldn't God use our five senses to get our attention?
Even people who are psychic, clairvoyant, clairaudient or clairsentient, process the information in the visual, auditory or kinaesthetic (feeling) systems. (Taste and smell are underutilised by most people). They may not know where the information comes from, and they receive it through the five senses. We can't even begin to consider a sixth sense or what it might be. I know that when I am getting a message I get a physical reaction like a shock wave or body tingle that goes from head to toe. It's a sign for me to pay attention.
Phrases such as 'gut feeling', ' my heart is telling me...', 'it doesn't ring true for me...', 'I saw the whole thing in a flash...' are commonly heard and indicate how the person is processing information. What may not be present for the individual is simply the awareness of how they are doing what they're doing.
This suggests that increasing your awareness of how you process information in your system will give you greater access to your own intuition. This means that it's a skill learnable by anyone. We all have intuition. It's given to us by God. It is God speaking to us and using our 5 senses to get our attention. When that doesn't work and we dismiss any intuitional awareness by mentally excusing it away, God has to find other ways of helping us to hear his voice. In the next blog I will talk about some of the different ways to open up your inner hearing so that you know when God is speaking to you as opposed to just your own thoughts.
If we accept that it is a way of accessing, processing or using information, then we also know that we do this through our five senses.
So why do people refer to a sixth sense when they are asked what is intuition? Perhaps because they are not aware of all the information that is actually present in the five senses. We are spirits having a physical exisistence so why wouldn't God use our five senses to get our attention?
Even people who are psychic, clairvoyant, clairaudient or clairsentient, process the information in the visual, auditory or kinaesthetic (feeling) systems. (Taste and smell are underutilised by most people). They may not know where the information comes from, and they receive it through the five senses. We can't even begin to consider a sixth sense or what it might be. I know that when I am getting a message I get a physical reaction like a shock wave or body tingle that goes from head to toe. It's a sign for me to pay attention.
Phrases such as 'gut feeling', ' my heart is telling me...', 'it doesn't ring true for me...', 'I saw the whole thing in a flash...' are commonly heard and indicate how the person is processing information. What may not be present for the individual is simply the awareness of how they are doing what they're doing.
This suggests that increasing your awareness of how you process information in your system will give you greater access to your own intuition. This means that it's a skill learnable by anyone. We all have intuition. It's given to us by God. It is God speaking to us and using our 5 senses to get our attention. When that doesn't work and we dismiss any intuitional awareness by mentally excusing it away, God has to find other ways of helping us to hear his voice. In the next blog I will talk about some of the different ways to open up your inner hearing so that you know when God is speaking to you as opposed to just your own thoughts.
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