Intuition

In football, the ball is snapped and players from both teams scatter in all directions at top speed. There is hitting and blocking and deception. But there are certain very gifted players who despite the chaos, despite the opponents attempts to take them out, always seem to be in the right place at the right time. The announcers say, “He has a nose for the bal.” What he really has is a well-developed intuition. Granted he may be smart and experienced. He may have prepared will with the game plan. He may have worked his body into top shape. But when the play starts, there is very little time to react. So the great player sniffs out a p-lay with his intuition.

We can do the same with intuition. It is a key a success. A Key to making the correct moves in life at the exact moment in time they must be made. But first we must develop a relationship with our intuition. We must become attuned to the ways it is communicated to us.

Strengthen intuition the same way you would enhance a relationship. Give it attention. Become familiar with it. Look for it when you require help. Let go and trust your intuition and act on it when your feelings are strong.

1. Preparation is always a key with intuition. Get as much information as possible that surrounds the issue you are attempting to address or solve.
2. Allow the normal creative process to take over. There is usually an amount of time required to allow the thoughts to sort themselves and make previously unconsidered connections.
3. Don’t wait on the answer. Getting impatient or tense or demanding only makes it worse. Trust that your mind is working for you.
4. Occupy yourself with other task or pleasurable pursuits. It can be during these “down moments” that the intuitive ideas appear.
5. Learn to recognize intuition and acknowledge its ideas.

It can take a little practice to ensure you are not simply grasping at straws, that the ideas you now have, are in fact intuition. The feeling you get with an intuition thought is one complete certainty. “This is it!” “Its just feels right.” “I’ve never been so sure of anything in my life.” Sometimes the answer you are seeking arrives in your consciousness as if you’ve known it all along. Other times it may sound like that familiar voice inside your head. But normally it’s not so much a string of thought leading to its discovery, as a finished thought arriving to you whole, completely formed, and remarkably appropriate.

More and more, we’re hearing workers being encouraged t think out of the box. What at first may seem like a crazy idea, upon examination, may be a break through concept. Innovation is the faucet at the end of the intuition pipeline.

Exercise

Select an issue or question that you have been thinking about or struggling with. It could be a decision you will soon have to make, or an action you’ll have to take. But it doesn’t even have to be about you. Maybe someone you know has asked for your advice. Tonight, just before bed, spend a few moments allowing yourself to acknowledge your subconscious mind. Feel its power and ability with absolute clarity. Recognize deep down that your mind clearly and decisively what it is you would like to know. Feel your mind beginning to sort and access the information, as if it is a computer clicking away, processing information. Repeat the request if necessary. That’s its. That’s all you have to do. Just be aware that the perfect answer or insight is on its way. And keep your journal at your bedside while you sleep. Be prepared to quickly write down the information and the feelings that will carry it to you. The intuition may come to you as you wake up, or it may appear in your dreams.

Dreams

How do dreams figure into a program on personal growth? Your dreams are important resource for communicating with your subconscious mind. They can assist in understanding your true desires and allow you to jump – start your creativity. Dreams are a straight shot from the subconscious. So it’s to your advantage to figure out what they mean.

Dream may seem like unintelligible imagery, but they are not insignificant. Dreams are always about us. Always commenting and instructing us about our concerns. They’re often filling in the blanks or waving red flag or giving us a road map. So learning to interpret their messages becomes a valuable resource.

It’s no accident that we dream more often and more vividly when we are under stress. Ever notice that you dream more when starting a new job, or engaged in an unfamiliar area of expertise? Big changes translate to big dreams. We have more to think about and evaluate during these times. Our subconscious is weighing the options even as we sleep. The message it has for us are clouded in the obscure images and the disconnected concepts we often experience in dreams.

Why must we dream in metaphors? Try to hold on to something we couldn’t understand.

Before we develop verbal skills, we still had to communicate with our minds. Without words to rely on, it was necessary to transfer meaning through images. Dreams are like a long-lost language. They’re offering us valuable information. The trick is figuring out what they’re attempting to say.

You may be one of those people who say they can never remember their dreams. You probably have the most to discover. It does take a little time and effort to translate our dreams. But it is fun and enlightening to discover what they are telling us.

Exercise: Journal Code: DRM

Analyze your dream 3-5 days per week. Make notations in your journal about the dream itself as best you can recall and include your analysis of the dream. Also examine how you were reacting within the dream. Were you feeling overwhelmed or in control.

Here are a few tips for interpreting dreams:

1. Start by going to bed at night with the expectation that you will dream about something important and that you will remember the dreams.
2. Be prepared. Have your journal or a notepad and pen within easy reach. By going to bed ready to interpret your dreams. You are telling your subconscious you mean business. You may be rewarded with more meaningful dreams and an easier recall.
3. When you first wake up, a remnant of your dream will probably still be hovering, all wispy and tailing away as if a light silk scarf has been trailed across your face. If you let it get away the dream will disappear. Mentally reach up and gently pull it back. The more you pull back, the more you will begin to remember the characters, actions and symbolism. Reconstruct the dream as carefully as possible in your mind. Set it into conscious mind.
4. Begin writing your newly forged memory of the dream. As you write, be open to new details and plot twists as they present themselves.
5. After you’ve written down the dream, go back and give it a title. Don’t fret over what to call it, go with the first thing that pops into your head. The title is often an enormous clue to the meaning of the dream.
6. When trying to make sense of a dream, it is best not to be too literal. Actions, locations, characters and feelings are often metaphors for a message.
7. Unless you specifically recognize someone you know in your dream, most of the characters are you.
8. Pay attention to the way you were feeling toward a person or event can be a clue to its meaning. For instance, a death in a dream often represents change. So if you were happy observing the death, it means you are welcoming the change.
9. Dreams that repeat themselves are communications trying to break through. They will usually stop only when you get the message.

Don’t be discouraged if it takes some practice before you can consistently recall your dreams. Many people report that they never remember them. But by simply starting with a regular interpretation you will be impressed with how quickly you begin to grash the messages presented to you by your subconscious.