What is Intuition?
Simply said, “When you don’t know how you know but you know you know and you know you knew and that’s all you needed to know is called Intuition.”
Many often confuse instinct and intuition over their terminologies, but both are quite different. Instinct is a natural reaction to a cause (a behavioural process), whereas intuition is a feeling or sensation that one may have acquired or have within them. Intuition allows us to make decisions driven by our experiences, ideas and facts, but with no conscious awareness. It’s not analytical and cannot be justified, but it exists and helps us make better decisions in life.
“Quietening the mind gives a sense of intuition, brings the mind to the present moment, and brings balance.”
-Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Every person can achieve greater success in life by enhancing their intuitive skills. The more you feed your intuition and listen to it, the sharper and more evolved you will be. Here are the signs that direct you to follow your intuition.
Signs to Follow your Intuition
Undeniable Confidence
When your intuition backs your decisions, you get undeniable confidence regardless of the result. As already mentioned, you may not find a rational reason for your decision, yet you will be very confident and peaceful with it.
Example: You may have several job offers, but firmly decide to take one job, and that’s your intuition at work. You just feel right with it.
Similar Opportunities
Your intuition ensures that you observe the similarities in the opportunities that knock at your door so that you can finally trust it. I remember always tumbling across musicians whenever I kept thinking about kick-starting my musical journey. Your intuition connects you on a deeper level, making sense of something you wanted to pursue but hadn’t got a strong push in that direction.
One-directional Trigger
Have you noticed sometimes you cannot divert your mind from a repetitive thought? Whatever you do, this one-directional thought keeps coming back. It could be about your life, career choice, or relationship. Try to be attentive to what these recurring thoughts tell you. However, pause and analyze the intent of this thought. If they make you feel positive about life, then it could be your intuition and if it’s the other way around, it could be a mental health concern.
“If you charge your spirit, your intuitive ability will get enhanced and you will get the right intuition at the right time.”
-Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Support From Others
When you feel right about something, and then also find support from your people (friends and family), that’s another sign to follow your intuition. For example, you feel the urge to get healthy with a proper diet, yoga and exercise without excuses. You see, without revealing this to anyone, having someone enroll you in a wellness program or give you some amazing tips to stay healthy could be a sign that you should follow that intuition as it feels right.
You are almost always Right
Many people are quite psychic about stuff in life, particularly in situations. Have you ever felt, “Oh! I was right about it!” or “How did I know about this?”? When you are almost always right about situations, it is a sign that you should follow your strong intuition. Moreover, it is essential to improve your intuitive ability to enable it to guide you better in life.
Take a look at how you can develop your intuitive ability.
Ignorance causing Discomfort
It is a sign to follow your intuition when you start feeling uneasy as you do the opposite to what your intuition says. I have often felt wrong when I ignored nagging thoughts about something. However, understand the difference between your ego and intuition. If you are in a bad relationship, you may find yourself adjusting to it, whereas deep down, you might be feeling something’s not right. That heart calling is your intuition. Often ignoring this inner voice causes a lot of physical pain like tightness in the chest, headache, digestion issues, etc.
Life-like Dreams
Getting dreams that seem so true that it’s hard to ignore could be another sign that tells you to follow your intuition. There was a phase when I consistently dreamt of visiting a hospital and being treated for something. Soon, to my utter surprise, I was found to be suffering from a severe type of arthritis that urged me to change my sedentary lifestyle to a healthier one. So, when you keep getting consistent and vivid dreams, do not ignore the signs and know what they are telling you. The vital thing to remember is to sharpen your intuition so that the message you get is clear and strong.
“You can develop your intuition through regular meditation. When the mind is free of cravings, aversions, and distortions, then it settles and becomes sharper. That is when intuition develops.”
-Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Feeling Encouraged
Another sign to keep following your intuition is feeling happy and encouraged when you do follow it. Reading self-help books, meditation and inspirational podcasts, tap onto this intuition and develop it, leaving you feeling good about doing them. When you develop your intuition, you get the impulse to do something innovative and think outside the box.
Peace Within
Not quite spoken of but highly important is the feeling of peace within when you follow your intuition. If you find that peace, that is a sign to keep following your intuition. Have you felt peace when you have gone beyond your comfort zone to accomplish something or have you felt nice having donated a part of your time or earnings to those who need them? You always feel a sense of calm when you follow your intuition.
There is an Answer
When there is a definite answer to your convictions, know that it’s a sign to follow your intuition. As you quieten your mind, all the flurry of emotions subside and a definite thought or feeling arises, implying that your intuition is trying to connect to you. When you let this calmness take over you through meditation and mindfulness, you soon find the necessary clarity and answer. Enhance your peace of mind through Sahaj Samadhi meditation.
A Connection with you
Staying connected with yourself is the first step in finding worth in your life. When you develop and follow your intuition, you will make the best choices for yourself, and inevitably become successful and happy.
Frequently Asked Questions on Intuition
It isn’t easy to know without observing the pattern. If your intuition consistently gives you a pattern of thoughts and it feels right, you can trust it. However, do not just go with your intuition. Analyze it with your facts and reasons.
Some examples of intuition are:
i) Getting a strong feeling of how someone would react when you approach them
ii) Seeing someone for the first time but feeling you have known them for long
iii) Feeling something good or bad is going to happen.
Not necessarily. Intuition often gets covered or distorted by your wants and feelings, and what you feel is genuine intuition might be reflective of your desires and emotions. You need to develop your intuitive skills and experiences through yoga and meditation so that they are more likely to be right.
