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With so many choices and decisions to make in life, how do we know which is the right one? Intuition is something we all have and once we know how to use it, we can be guided to a more fulfilling life…

My mother was telling me about a time when she and my father were renting and money was short.  One day my father said ‘I wish we could just win some money,’ to this she replied, ‘ok were going to win some today, lets go.’ My father thought she was joking and went along with her to a newsagent as she wanted to buy a scratch card.  They passed a newsagent and my father said ‘lets go into this one,’ she said ‘no,’ she was adamant to go to another.  They bought a scratch card and when they got home, she said to my father ‘do you remember what you said, that you wish you could win some money?’  She scratched the card and without even looking at it, showed it to my father, she said, ‘here it is.’  My father was speechless because there in front of him was the winning ticket; they had won two thousand pounds.

I’ve encountered many stories like this, where intuition has led people to their soul mate, the perfect job, helped them avoid an accident and in my mother’s case led to a windfall.

Intuition plays a large part in our lives and from my experience the more we trust it, the more it will work for us.  Intuition is having definite information about something, without knowing why, an absolute certainty which makes no sense in the context of the situation.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST KNOW

When I first heard my mother’s story it got me thinking about this whole concept of intuition.  There’s no doubt in my mind, that intuition must have played a part, in the actions of my mother that day.   I asked her ‘what was going through her mind at the time, was she feeling particularly confident, did she have a dream the night before?’  She said ‘it was neither of those things, she just knew instinctively where to go, as if her feet had taken over and were leading her in the right direction, she was just following through with a feeling, that she knew to be true.’

Another time, a colleague of mine was on holiday and was casually resting on front of the TV, when he saw a vision of his mother.   He felt something was wrong; he rang home to check and found that his mother was admitted to hospital for kidney failure.  His family were contemplating whether to ring him or not, as he was on holiday and they didn’t want to worry him.  But my colleague sensed something was wrong and felt compelled to act.

OUR INNER VOICE MATTERS

Intuition can assist us in our daily lives and help us make informed decisions.  The soul can communicate in various ways, sometimes through visions, inspired actions or most commonly, gut feelings.  We’ve all heard ourselves say things like ‘I have a bad feeling about this and something does not feel right,’  or we think about someone we haven’t seen in a long time, only to bump into them in the local supermarket the next day, this is our intuition at play.

The problem is many people dismiss intuition and believe that it is some kind of mystical force that is only given to a selected few.  We are all born with intuition and most of us are using it on a daily basis without even realising it.  It is true that some people are more in tuned with their intuition then others but that is because they’ve spent time developing their abilities.

TRUST

Many people don’t trust themselves and are forever consulting other people on what is the best decision to take.  Were looking for guidance outside ourselves but we already have a built in guidance system within ourselves and we just need to become more confident in using the information that is given to us.

A friend of mine got married last year and now is regretting that she ever did.  The man was smart, caring, and intelligent, they shared many good times together, she was fast approaching her 30’s and there was pressure to settle down.  She consulted family and friends and they all agreed he was the right person for her.  I asked her ‘how she felt about him?’ and she always said the same thing, ‘he’s a nice enough bloke but together they lack that special chemistry.’  She wanted to meet her soul mate; she said ‘she felt she would, at some point in her life.’   But her parents were telling her that she’s living on cloud nine and if she waited any longer, it would be too late.  She is now going through a divorce and recently met a man who she felt a deep connection with.  Had she listen to her own feelings, she could have saved herself the trouble, not to mention hurting another’s feelings.  It’s true that the only way we learn the important lessons of life, is by making mistakes, but if we listen to our intuition, we can avoid making those mistakes altogether.

WILL YOU READ THE SIGNS?

We can all learn to develop intuition through meditation and various spiritual practices like yoga.  When the mind is quiet and free from interference from the outside world, we then have a chance to listen to our soul.  It’s sometimes difficult to distinguish between the mind and the soul but through meditation we can become adept at receiving the answers our higher self is trying to deliver.  Intuition can come to us in many ways, through recurring dreams, synchronicity, signs from the universe, gut feelings.  In all cases the message is nearly always clear.  Our soul is forever trying to communicate with us; the question is will you listen?

By: Vrinda Mehta