A
systematic approach to sharpening your intuition
If you are reading
these words, you have already adopted the inner approach to knowledge,
and you are using your intuition to some degree. You simply need to
start using your intuition in a more conscious and systematic manner.
The process of receiving
an answer from within has three steps:
- You must saturate
your outer mind with the idea you are trying to understand. Study
the idea until you build what is called “creative tension.”
- After the creative
tension reaches a certain intensity, you must let go of the idea.
Simply relax your mind and take it off the idea or problem.
- After you let
go, keep part of your attention focused within, and listen for an
answer.
To use intuition
successfully, you must apply all three elements, and for many people
this can take some practice. When faced with a difficult question, many
people find it easy to build tension, but it is often stress rather
than creative tension.
Many people find it difficult to let go of the question after the creative,
or not so creative, tension has been achieved. However, letting go is
the most important part of the process, and the reason is simple. When
you build creative tension, you saturate your mind with the question
until there is no longer any room for the answer to enter.
To receive the answer, you must let go of the question and allow your
outer mind to become still so that the answer, which is already there
in your higher mind, can surface in your conscious awareness. As long
as you maintain the tension, the answer has no room to surface.
The key to better intuition is to consciously apply these steps:
- Start by letting
your higher mind know about the idea that you want to understand.
- Build intensity
to make sure that the question reaches your higher mind.
- Let go of the
question with your outer mind so that your higher mind can formulate
the answer.
- Listen for an
answer coming from that higher mind.
The steps are simple:
think, let go and listen.
A step-by-step approach
In the beginning, you might benefit from a step-by-step approach. As
you encounter a new idea, on this site or elsewhere, do the following:
- Stop you outer
mind from making a judgment about the idea. The intellect is always
ready to judge everything and everybody. If a judgment has already
been made, you must overrule it with your conscious mind. Simply make
the decision that you will not accept the judgment, but will seek
an answer from your higher mind. Neutralize the judgmental part of
your mind by contemplating how an open mind is the key to progress.
- Decide to take
an open-minded look at the idea. Apply a technique used by many scientists
and ask yourself: “If this idea was true, could it possibly
explain something that my present knowledge and beliefs cannot explain?”
You are not trying to determine if the idea is true, you are simply
considering the “explanatory power” of the idea.
- Decide to consider
the idea from several angles. Focus on the idea until you feel that
you have reached a certain intensity of concentration.
- When you feel
that you have established creative tension, make the decision to let
go of the idea and send it to your higher mind.
- Now send the
idea to your higher mind, along with the question: “What is
a better understanding of this idea?” Don’t ask if the
idea is true or false, and don’t ask what to do in a particular
situation. Your higher mind is not your inner “psychic hot line.”
Simply ask for a higher understanding so that your conscious mind
can make better choices.
- Let go, relax
and listen for an answer.
If you do not receive
an answer, make a firm decision to move on without making an outer judgment
about the idea. Simply remain open to the possibility that your higher
mind might answer you later. While they are new to this technique, many
people find that they don’t get an immediate answer. Instead,
the answer comes later, often when they least expect it.
Make a decision that you will allow the process to run its course and
that you will keep practicing. You will gradually become more comfortable
with the technique, and this is the key to getting answers. To get answers
you must make room in your conscious mind for the answer to enter. The
answer is already there in your higher mind. You simply need to invite
it into your conscious mind.
In today’s world, many people are so caught up in a stressful
daily routine that there is no opening for new ideas. Take a “time
out” and listen to the silence inside yourself. That silence can
give you many golden answers.
If you want
a more detailed technique for getting answers from within, use the technique
presented by Jesus on the Atunement
page.
Go back to How
to find answers main page.
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