Gaye Wright

Why is it empowering to develop your intuition? Your intuition is the means by which you receive information from that wise, infinite part of you that knows. As such, your intuition can assist you in making decisions, setting goals for yourself, and aligning with your life purpose.

Many people don't think they are intuitive. But it is actually fairly simple to develop your intuition. It just takes a little mindfulness and practice. Here are six steps you can take in your life to develop your intuition:

    * Be open to the possible

      If you are convinced that intuition does not exist, or that it simply is not available to you, then that doubt will block the flow of intuition. Remember that whatever you believe shapes your reality. It's fine to have doubts, or to be a little apprehensive. But in order to develop your intuition, you must at least allow for the possibility of its existence and validity. It’s also intelligent to be open to the possible, and at least to evaluate the research available. Open yourself to the idea that you could be an intuitive being. Imagine that this could give you knowledge way beyond what your everyday mind can access. Start with the art of the possible.

    * Breathe and ask

      Opening up to just any information makes it hard to discern intuitive guidance when it arrives in your life. Instead, focus on a specific topic or question that you wish to receive guidance on. Write that topic or question down, and ask for suitable information that will guide your way through this issue. In this way, guidance will be easier to recognize when it comes in. When you are first working to develop your intuition, it is good to focus on a specific subject. The sit quietly, breathe into your belly, and relax.

    * Create space for things to unfold

      Guidance may come in many ways. You may suddenly become inspired in an unexpected way and have a flash of creativity. You might feel sudden impulses to do something differently. A friend or acquaintance may suddenly offer up the answer you've been looking for all along. Intuition comes to us in many ways. It is subtle and integrates itself seamlessly into the fabric of our lives. In order to develop your intuition, you must create some space within which you can allow guidance to unfold. Intuition can take time to arise and reveal itself. Observe your life as an unfolding process and remember how things have happened in the most unexpected but appropriate way. You might be surprised at the many hints that have been coming your way all along!

    * Be prepared to take action

      Guidance is only as good as what you do with it. If intuitive information is never acted upon, it remains useless. It does take courage to act on your intuitive instincts. When you develop your intuition, reason and logic sometimes has to take a back seat to gut feeling. Try acting on guidance in small ways at first, to help you develop confidence. Then you can begin applying your intuition to more important life decisions.

    * Let go of the outcome

      When you develop your intuition, you may find that you feel the urge to know the outcome, to be proven correct. However, intuitive guidance is a moment by moment process. What is right for you today may not be right for you tomorrow. There is no static outcome with intuition. Your life is an ongoing flow and so is your intuition. Every day you are one day richer in life experience. You are no longer the same. Therefore, what you need today may differ from what is aligned with your highest good tomorrow. Act on guidance as it occurs. Let go of the outcome. We all think we know how a situation should unfold. In reality, life may present something far better than we could possibly have imagined.

    * Acknowledge the power of harmony

      Develop a sense of gratitude towards your intuition. That means being grateful to that knowing you have within you. Your intuition works hard to offer you the information that serves your highest good. Acknowledge the wealth of assistance that has come into your life. Acknowledge that you belong to a network of harmony that is there to help and guide you to what is in your highest good. As you do this, you are acknowledging the greatest part of your own being.

As you develop your intuition, you will discover yourself navigating through life with a broader perspective. You will discover the untapped resources that are available to you for the asking. You will realise that an intuitive life is a life that respects the multi-level conscious person who is the real you.