Have you seen these definitions of Intuition?
The sixth sense. The inner voice. The gut feeling. The woman instinct.

But how do you listen to your inner voice or your gut feeling??

What if you don't hear anything...
What if it gives you ambiguous information...
What if it's flat out wrong...

Through my work as an Professional Intuitive, I have developed a definition of Intuition which is immediately applicable in your life.

Part 1: How Does It Work?

Our brains have two hemispheres:

• The left side handles concrete intellectual knowledge.
  
• The right side handles abstract concepts that cannot be expressed with words.
  

When you think about a problem, your left brain offers all the factual information related to this topic.
That's where most people stop and make their decision.

But your right brain is also offering relevant information!
By reaching in your subconscious mind, it can come up with concrete answers based on a much wider pool of information than just the rational facts.

By learning to use your Intuition, you are harnessing the FULL POTENTIAL OF YOUR MIND.

Part 2: How Do I Use It?

You actually know a lot more than you think!

Maybe you read an article years ago that you don't remember now. Or you overheard people talking at the table next to you in a restaurant, even though you didn't pay attention to them. You are constantly exposed to huge amounts of information that doesn't get processed consciously... it just gets stored in your subconscious mind.

Where does intuitive information come from?

1. Personal data stored in your unconscious mind, like a book you read a long time ago.
2. Subtle non verbal expressions in other people, like a minute frown.
3. Collective consciousness which refers to the shared beliefs and attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society (ref: Emile Durkheim)
4. Collective unconscious which is an inherited reservoir of the universal and impersonal experiences of our species (ref: Carl Jung)
5. Reading and interpreting magnetic waves (also called "aura" and "energy field") emitted by people, animals and objects.
6. Non-physical beings (such as angels and spirit guides)
7. Divine Will

You also receive information from the outside world. Professional Intuitives can get a sense of problematic issues in your life, no matter how far your are. This is far from being thoroughly understood, but my working hypothesis is based in the electro-magnetic field emitted by our brain (which can be perceived even from large distances, like a TV station being picked up at home).

Part 3: How Your Intuition Talks To You

Emotions

I studied Clinical Psychology in college for 5 years. And yet, I was always deeply frustrated at how little we actually know about emotions. In fact, I felt that many academic and clinical theories on emotions were based on the assumption that negative emotions need to be avoided or eradicated. It is as though the human mind was somehow flawed by emotions: an unfortunate mistake in our superbly balanced design.

I simply could not resign myself to the concept that we are all broken or wrong, because we all experience negative emotions at some point. Even the best people will get angry once in a while.

Needless to say, I was both profoundly surprised and delighted when I encountered a completely different explanation for emotions that was a perfect fit for how I described and understood intuition.

I first heard about this theory, that emotions are a very precise source of inner guidance, from the Teachings of Abraham™ by Ester and Jerry Hicks (www.Abraham-Hicks.com). They use the term “Emotional Compass” to describe how our emotions guide us through life, pointing the way towards well being. This is something that deeply resonates with me and has been a central foundation of my work, as well.

I consider emotions to be the primary channel of communication for intuition. And although you can also receive intuitive thoughts, which I consider to be a secondary channel, emotions are the most basic form of intuition. You're never without your intuition as long as you can feel emotions.

But if you're like most people, you are probably ignoring it in actuality. What do I mean by that? Did you ever suppress a feeling of anger because you thought that it was a “bad emotion”? Did you ever feel inspired to buy something, but didn't, because it was a little too expensive? Did you ever feel guilty because you spontaneously did not like someone you just met?

We have all done this, and yet, it constitutes a clear negation of intuition. The emotion is trying to deliver a message. And we're telling it to be quiet. Why? Because we don't understand the message, so we kill the messenger.

It does take a while to wrap our minds around the concept that negative emotions, like anger and revenge, are our intuitive allies. And that they are sign posts pointing us towards the solution we're looking for. Yet, they are just that.

Here's how it works, in all of its divine simplicity:

• You feel a positive emotion from your intuition when your thoughts, words and actions are leading you towards what you want.
• You feel a negative emotion from your intuition when your thoughts, words and actions are leading you away from what you want or if there is a better, easier path that you could be taking.

(ref: Inspired by the Teaching of Abraham™)

With these simple instructions, you can start to lead an intuitive life right now just by paying attention to the messages of your intuition (your emotions) and by learning to include that information in the decisions of your every day life.

I often refer to the term Applied Intuition when I mean the concrete process by which you can receive and integrate intuition in your own life.

Thoughts

Although emotions are the most basic form of intuition, it's not the only one. The secondary communication channel for intuition is, of course, fully formed thoughts. In addition to feeling emotions that provide inner guidance, you can also get novel ideas or specific answers to a question. Intuitive thoughts have a unique quality that differentiates them from your regular thinking processes.

While you can start to live an intuitive life right now by understanding how your emotions guide you, it will take time and practice to master intuitive thoughts. It's more difficult to separate intuitive thoughts from regular thoughts. It's also common to accidently distort intuitive thoughts so that they diverge from their original meaning. But with practice, you will be able to sort this all out so that communication with your intuition is more effective and efficient.

What's Next?

If you are interested in training your Intuition, take a look at my intuition training programs.


In love,
Elise Lebeau, M.Sc.