Hello and welcome to Day 5 of the Intuition Mini-Course.
We have spent some time discussing the relationship between your physical senses and your intuitive abilities. We suggested that working with your physical senses, and expanding your awareness through them, will help you expand your intuitive abilities. Keep practicing!
We are now going to move on to other intuitive senses. These next two basically tap into two separate areas in our aura: the emotional body, and the mental body. And by their title you can guess what each is all about.
“Knowing” is a term referred to as getting insights “dropped down” into us. We get thoughts and ideas and we have no idea where they came from. But often they seem pretty cool. “Empathy” is an intuitive sense which works with the emotional body. It’s all about how we “feel”. Today we work with the Emotions. Day 6 we will work with Knowing.
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When you walk into a room, can you “feel” the mood? Can you “feel” when someone is sad, or when someone is angry? Pay attention to your environment, and take note of how often you act based on your feelings.
Many people don’t like to go into certain stores or restaurants because it just doesn’t “feel” right to them. There is no right or wrong to your feelings. They are a personal thing, but for the most part you should honour those feelings. If it doesn’t “feel” right, it’s usually best to try something different that feels better.
*** But just remember, if it doesn’t “feel” right for you, it might be the exact thing or circumstance someone else needs. Always allow others to be guided by their own feelings just as your are guided by yours. When working with others, seek out “common ground”, or places or situations that both are comfortable in. When you are done, you can each go your separate ways and spend time in your own unique environments.
An example of something that might be good for one person and not another, consider performing a physical task such as diving off of a high diving board. If you’ve never done this before – and you can’t swim very well – this is probably not something you should be doing. And you will feel great hesitancy and may even be repelled from the area. On the other hand, those who have spent their lives in and around the water and have jumped and dove before may find the activity exhilarating and can’t wait to do it again. Neither is wrong. Each must make their own decisions based on their own experience and capabilities.
Exercise: Feeling Energy
listen to the exercise here: (Or simply read on)
If you have taken any acting classes, you will excel at this exercise: Close your eyes and think of something you don’t like doing. Don’t dwell on it. Just long enough to get how that feels. Pay attention to how your whole body reacts. Do you feel your stomach contract? Maybe your head gets dense and heavy. Do you feel the aches and pains in your body suddenly being magnified? Everyone’s experience will be different. What is it for you?
Now change your thoughts. Think of something you love. Think of the last time you did something exciting. Or think of your pet, and how warm and cuddly your pet is. Feel how your body reacts to the different feelings. Does that seem much lighter? Can your head move more freely? Can you feel your heart center open up?
When you feel warmth and love, your body opens up. Whereas when you think of something you don’t enjoy, your body closes down. When you want to bring something into your experience it is better to do it from an open, welcoming space. When we walk around stewing on something that we don’t want, our energy contracts, and we have great difficulty bringing wonderful experiences to us. People avoid us. And even if we do get to talk to people, we are not able to benefit from the joys of that conversation. We are not able to switch our focus in conversations for good ideas and inspirations to come through.
Recap of Today’s Exercise
There are a few things to understand about our emotions:
1. Emotions are an important mode of communication. When we pay attention to our emotions, and move toward things that bring us joy, our lives will function better.
2. Much of what we “feel” is not ours, and we do not have to hold onto it. Yet, if we allow ourselves to tune into these emotions for a short while, and ask questions as to why and where, we can gain valuable insights. Emotions can communicate a great deal to us about our surroundings at any given time. This information can be used in multiple ways. It can be used to spot those who could use a little boost in their day. A positive word or a pat on the back. It can also be used to avoid or circumnavigate certain areas or situations exhibiting conflict.
3. When we feel something, it is best to acknowledge it. We can even ask ourselves where it might be coming from. Is someone around us having a bad day? Is there something in the land or at this location in history that was meaningful? Or is this about us? Did we just have a childhood memory triggered? Did someone say something that pushed one of our “buttons?” It doesn’t hurt to spend some time pondering the emotion and gleaning what we might learn from that experience.
4. It is equally important to let those emotions flow through and to not hold on to them for very long. We not only are allowed, but are encouraged, to develop the ability to feel sadness in one moment and joy in the next. It is important to let some emotions go as soon as the information has been communicated. This in itself is a skill. It takes practice.
5. When we initially begin to open up and to “feel”, we may have difficulty controlling our reactions to things. When we repress anything, upon release, the pressure build-up can create exaggerated experiences. If you find this happening to you, it is a good idea to have a “time-out” plan – an excuse to take a break, grab some air, and focus on something else for a moment. Allowing oneself to be open to feeling emotion is not always easy. We have been taught since childhood not to “feel” so much. But opening up to “feel” again is definitely worth the journey. The more we play with our emotions, and the more we learn to let them flow, the more they will become an asset as opposed to a perceived handicap.
If you would like to work more on this, in the Expand Your Intuition Course, we spend time working on discernment – making choices. Finding things to focus on. Deciding what to keep, and what to “flow thru” or to steer away from. Emotions are such a key component of this. There are many exercises geared to assist you in developing a solid relationship with your emotions so that you can use them the way they were intended to be used. As a means of communication.
Key Takeaways From the Exercise:
- Paying attentions to our Emotions can assist us in finding new opportunities and things to look forward to.
- Allowing ourselves to “feel” our surroundings, even if it is something we don’t like, can provide information and can assist in navigating away from things we don’t want.
- Flowing emotions through our bodies and “changing our mood” quickly is actually a skill that can be improved upon with practice.
- Most humans have been encouraged since birth to suppress our emotions. Therefore, as we begin allowing ourselves to “feel” more, the emotions can initially feel very intense, and difficult to handle. It may take time to work through the volatility. But the journey is worth it.
- Emotions are one of THE biggest “special gifts” humans have at their disposal. The ability to “feel” can become a significant asset. It can assist in communication, navigation, as well as manifesting what we truly desire in life.