After having written the last blog post, Intuition Revisited, I knew I wasn't quite done yet with the topic. There was this phrase that kept coming to mind: intuition is the voice of the heart. I hadn't been able to integrate it with the flow of the text, so I decided to write another post about the connection between the heart and intuition. Here it goes.
In the earlier blog, I focused on the contrast between the survival mode, which is ultimately driven by fear, and trusting the flow of Life, with intuition being an integral part of the ‘trust mode’. But how and where do we find trust in our psyche? When we rest in trust, where do we in fact rest? Trust cannot reside in the mind, as the mind will always find reasons to doubt whatever we think we know and can trust.
In the earlier blog, I focused on the contrast between the survival mode, which is ultimately driven by fear, and trusting the flow of Life, with intuition being an integral part of the ‘trust mode’. But how and where do we find trust in our psyche? When we rest in trust, where do we in fact rest? Trust cannot reside in the mind, as the mind will always find reasons to doubt whatever we think we know and can trust.
The answer is, of course, that trust belongs to the heart. It is the heart that allows us to realize our connection to a greater whole. It’s in the heart and with the heart that we feel the truth of this connection even if we can’t give any reasons for believing it that will satisfy the mind beyond any doubt. So ultimately, there is always the same question: do we believe our minds (and stay in survival mode), or do we believe our heart’s perceptions and knowing? Intuition is part of the heart’s knowing, and it is through intuition that the heart speaks to us, guides us, directs us. The more the heart is open, the more the intuitive channels are open, too, as witnessed by the heightened intuition of mothers (and caring and connected fathers) about their children, or lovers about their loved ones, or friends about their close friends.
So, ultimately, it is in learning to listen to our hearts that we open to our intuitive knowing. By the same token, I could also have said it is in learning to listen to the voice of Love (Life, God, Source, the Universe) that we come to know what we truly need to know. The key lies in opening our heart and being willing to trust its voice.
PS: If you'd like some support in learning to be more intuitive, there is an Intuition: Practice and Deepen workshop coming up in Montreal on Saturday, 24 May 2014. For more info go to the Intuition page, or CLICK HERE.
PPS: To see my course handout on intuition CLICK HERE.
So, ultimately, it is in learning to listen to our hearts that we open to our intuitive knowing. By the same token, I could also have said it is in learning to listen to the voice of Love (Life, God, Source, the Universe) that we come to know what we truly need to know. The key lies in opening our heart and being willing to trust its voice.
PS: If you'd like some support in learning to be more intuitive, there is an Intuition: Practice and Deepen workshop coming up in Montreal on Saturday, 24 May 2014. For more info go to the Intuition page, or CLICK HERE.
PPS: To see my course handout on intuition CLICK HERE.
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