Judith
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Karen: How can a person differen- tiate between fear and intuition?
Judith: Reliable intuition conveys information neutrally, without any emotion. The impressions you sense are crystal clear, seen in your mind’s eye and felt in your body. Yet, you are detached from them or any outcome related to the impressions. Fear is highly charged with negativ- ity and it limits your ability to think and to act or respond. Some fearful feelings are authentic intuitions. Look at the quality of the emotions associated with what you’re sensing.
Karen: There’s a quote by Goethe about how, when we’re in the mo- ment of decision, there is always hesitation, sometimes it is fear hold- ing us back. What do you suggest to someone who is afraid to engage his or her intuitive skills? How do we validate this skill for ourselves
Judith: Start with a small decision, first. Test out your intuition and build successes so you can learn to trust [yourself] in this regard. Intuition is always affirming, loving compassion.
There comes a time when we must decide if we are committed to a life based on heart. If so, this means coming to compassionate terms with the light and dark forces that shape us. Nothing is excluded. Remember this when you greet all the angels and beasts on your path. Your intuition will teach you how to see and how to love. It instills in you a renewed faith to face anything.
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Five Steps to Accessing Your Intuition
(adopted from “Second Sight”)
by Judith Orloff, M.D.
Notice Your Beliefs.
By choosing life-enhancing beliefs you can create optimal wellness. No system in the body stands apart from your thoughts. A well bodymind has a greater capacity for intuition.
Be in Your Body.
Most Westerners spend too much time in their head, ignoring the rest of the body. Shift into awareness and enjoyment of the physical body as a complex and sensitive intuitive receptor.
Sense Your Body’s Subtle Energy.
We are more than flesh and blood, we are subtle energy- chi – which pen- etrates the body and extends beyond it. The subtle energy system has a significant effect on health and on our ability to access and develop intuitive skills. It is important to learn to sense this energy within us and to correct imbalance in order to maintain bodymind health.
Ask For Inner Guidance.
Get to know your own intuitive voice, for we all have one. To hear, you must become still, for example through meditation or spending time in nature. Spend time each day devoted to listening to this voice. It may surface as a gut feeling, a hunch, an image, sound or an “a-ha” experience (an instant “knowing” like a light bulb suddenly switched on). Learn to trust the signals you inner voice sends.
Listen to Your Dreams.
The language of dreams is intuition. Dreams reveal information about health, relationships, life choices. The key is to remember your dreams. Keep a dream journal at your bedside. Ask a single, focused question as you fall asleep. When you wake, don’t rush out of bed. Write down the impressions lingering in your mind from your dream state. Repeat this, with the same question, for a few nights until you see the answer taking shape in your journal notes.
Karen M. Rider, M.A. has had conversations with many of today’s visionary think- ers and pioneers in integrative medicine, energy medicine and metaphysics. She has published feature interviews, articles, columns and reviews in popular regional and national magazines. Karen provides ghostwriting and co-writing services for conscious entrepreneurs and holistic practitioners. Connect:
KarenMRider@comcast.net Web:
www.KarenMRider.com
June/July 2010
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