Intuition: Today's New Superpower and Why YOU Need It!
What is Intuition?
Intuition or Intuitive Intelligence is the ability to instantaneously know or understand something without conscious reasoning. It is often referred to as our sixth sense, or a gut feeling, that transcends logical thought processes. It is a unique and often overlooked faculty of our mind that allows for a deeper level of understanding without the effort of thinking. It is a natural, innate ability we are all born with and is also referred to as Intuitive Intelligence, our highest form of intelligence. Hence, intuition can be coined as 'today's new superpower' as it elevates our lives, delivering a plethora of benefits, and; it can be developed by anyone by learning to recognize, trust and follow it. And, it can be strengthened through training and practice.
Intuition guides us personally and professionally serving as our human GPS, offering best routes along our life's path. As our inner guide it is naturally connected with our heart and soul and true version of self. It functions to guide and help us from making split second decisions without thinking, to picking up and decoding subtle cues in social situations that allow for a deeper understanding of others without rationale.
Is Intuition the same as Psychic ability? We may also experience heightened intuition referred to as psychic ability. It isn't mystical. It is just a more evolved version of intuition. To better understand, let's consider an example of each. An example of intuition is when we have a strong hunch or knowing about a positive change in our workplace. However, when we experience a strong hunch accompanied with a clear vision (clairvoyance) or clear knowing (claircognizance) that this positive change means a job promotion, then this is an example of heightened intuition, or psychic ability. Therefore, while intuition is the capacity to access information or perceive events beyond the normal 5 senses, when it involves perception of specific details about receiving inexplicable information such as predicting future events (precognition), through dreams or visions (clairvoyance), this advanced version is psychic ability.
By developing our intuition we can step up our game for a more prosperous life, personally and professionally. This is of paramount importance for aiding in our success in today's AI digital reality. Continued below...
Intuition: The New Super Power in an AI Digital Era
Human vs Artificial Intelligence (AI)? With the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence our interaction with technology has dramatically and forever reshaped how we engage with others and our world. While virtual communication is now dominant in the workplace, human communication still cannot be matched by artificial intelligence. AI is connected with cognitive intelligence and IQ, and can understand, reason, learn, and make decisions based on acquired knowledge and information; yet, it falls short in replicating human skills for a variety of reasons. Unlike humans, AI is not capable of experiencing human emotions, and is therefore incapable of true connection, compassion, or experiencing love. It cannot comprehend meaning or understand the world in the same intuitive way as we do. AI simulates sentience enabling collaboration, by mimicking the execution of human-like cognitive functions, as true human consciousness remains distinctive. So while AI carries on tasks that are highly complex and human-like, it has inherent limitations. AI does not share human consciousness, isn't self-aware, and lacks general intelligence and adaptability of human cognition. In contrast, humans are emotional and spiritual beings and our intelligences are quite vast.
Intuitive Intelligence and it's relationship with other intelligences is a complex topic to cover because we possess varying combinations of many intelligences all of which coexist within us, and work harmoniously to contribute to our abilities, capacities and successes in life. To gain insight into why intuitive intelligence (intuition) is being touted as our latest superpower, let's compare intuition with IQ, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Heart Intelligence in terms of how they each serve us.
IQ or intelligence quotient measures our intelligence on how we use logic and information. It is associated with cognition, rationale and the function of 'what I think.' In contrast, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) refers to our ability to handle ourselves and others through an understanding of how to manage our emotions in positive ways. EQ is linked with emotions and the function of 'what I feel.' Heart intelligence refers to the flow of intuitive awareness and insight guided by our heart's intuitive perception, helping us to make choices that align with greater well-being and harmony. Intuitive Intelligence as described earlier is the ability to acquire knowledge, without recourse to conscious reasoning and includes experiencing a range of psychic abilities at an evolved level. Both Heart and intuitive intelligence exist at a spiritual level and are linked to the essence of 'what I AM.' This is a state of existence when we are in touch with our true self or core identity, and our state of awareness goes beyond roles, superficial identities or labels. We are aligned with our true values, genuine expression, and are fully present and in the flow with life.
An inherent connection exists between our hearts and minds referred to as the 'heart-mind' connection. This unique relationship influences our intuition positively. By nurturing this natural heart-mind bond through mindful practices such as meditation and deep breathing, we quiet the mind to foster the growth of our heart's intelligence. This in turn leads us into a state of heart-mind coherence. This is the state where our thoughts, emotions, and physiological responses are seamlessly aligned, working in harmony such that we feel balanced and in sync. Although intuition is always accessible and naturally plays out in our lives, a coherent heart-mind state allows for our intuition to shine even more as our superpower because of operating at this optimal state of being.
Historically great leaders and visionaries followed their intuition and hearts accomplishing extraordinary things. From Einstein's contributions to physics and Theory of Relativity, to Steve Jobs revolutionizing the computer industry, which forever changed technology culture, both knew to trust intuition as their guide for success. Visionaries such as Larry Page, co-founder of Google and chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev, who conceived the Periodic Table of Elements, both received groundbreaking ideas while asleep through their dreams! No matter how intuition shows up for us it can unlock the gate to our imagination to unleash creative brilliance, as it allows us to access our potential beyond ordinary grasp. Nurturing our intuitive ability yields numerous advantages, enhancing our personal and professional aspects of life.
Intuition elevates our work and our lives overall by enhancing our communication with others as it sharpens our ability to intuit their needs, feelings, and interpret behaviours and situations at a much more advanced level. It helps us to forge and build relationships through increased connection because of this deeper level of compassion and understanding. This in turn facilitates leadership of self and others. Decision-making and problem solving are amplified as the doors to creativity open wide, on an entirely new level. And embracing intuitive guidance enhances adaptability, resilience, and alignment with our optimal path.
There are many ways to develop our intuition with techniques that focus on the mind and energy work. We'll dive into our interesting connection with energy work in the final section. Continued below...
Intuition and Connection with the Energy Work
Awakening Intuition through energy work is a natural occurrence. As we just covered when we bring our mind-body-spirit into balance through mindfulness and meditation practices we strengthen and bring clarity of mind, allowing our intuition to flow. Energy work also awakens our intuition to allow for a deeper understanding of our energetic state and that of others. To understand how this is possible let's talk about energy work for a moment. Energy work refers to a holistic (mind-body-spirit) approach for healing and well-being, that is focused on the manipulation and balancing of our body's subtle energy systems. It includes modalities such as Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and meditation practices to name a few. Empaths and healers working with these modalities are able to intuit others' states of wellness to deliver appropriate treatments and cures for ailments and illnesses. We are also capable to tap our intuition to become our own guide for wellness and wellbeing.
Listening to intuition allows us to become our own doctor for wellness and wellbeing. This intuitive sensory ability is referred to as clairsentience. This is an ability to experience and feel inner and outer energy of self and others, allowing for a deep down, clear feeling and reading of energy states. Because we are vibrational energy, including our thoughts, our connection with picking up vibrational energy in the form of feelings or 'vibes' is true and our intuition doesn't lie. Tuning in to our intuition helps us to identify what choices are right for us and others, to manage stress or stressful situations, often in advance. For example, our intuition may tell us," it's best health wise to take the weekend off," or, "don't assume this new project as it won't be fruitful and you'll experience burn out." We are able to make intuitive choices so as not to push ourselves or others at work by knowing when to rest. Paying attention to our intuition facilitates work-life balance. After all, wellness and resilience are vital to our success; without it, everything suffers.
Cultivating intuition unlocks hidden potential and facilitates holistic well-being. It can be awakened and developed through an energy-work approach, in addition to practicing mind focused techniques and through creative activities. An understanding and deliberate practice with intuition serves to illuminate our work-life path decisions and outcomes to elevate our lives in ways previously unimagined. Since the world as we know has been forever changed with the technological advances of AI, the time couldn't be better to flex our new superpower skill and ability, intuition!
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