intuition

Intuition, those flashes of insight or feeling that seem to warn and inform us. ‘Woman’s intutition’ is also man’s, but he is often too busy slaying dragons or following sports to pay attention. Intuition is our first hint of ‘the still, small voice within,’ and for many of us it remains just that - still, small or only a hint.

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As we open up our hearts and allow the eternal to begin to penetrate into our awareness, the inner voice has a chance to grow. In time the voice becomes stronger, clearer and more frequent and we find ourselves more ‘in to it’ - because that is its direction… in.

Then something happens - the inner voice can get to a point that something disconcerting occurs: it starts becoming our acutal voice, our actual thoughts, our actual writing and expression - impossible to distinguish from who we ‘were’ and who we now ‘are.’

Seamless inner expression is unexpected - we expect such voices to be surrounded by a burning bush, or to be wearing a turban and talking in a far-away tone, eyes rolling. To encounter a person who resides in and conducts deeper awareness, using their nomal sounding voice in this situation can rock you, because by all appearances they will likely come across as so everyday-ish. Wonder why the great inner teachers can stay so easily hidden? This is one reason.

For this reason, and many more, I was confused by my teacher; he would move back and forth between inner and suface voice with no change in tone, rhythm or phrasing. His eyes were the only possible give away - you could see them residing in a deeper place when he was speaking from deeply within. But then that ceased too, as he gave himself over to his true home, taking up a 24/7 residency. In that new neighborhood, I could see a deeper place by looking into his eyes, hearing his words, seeing his actions and feeling his heart.

Improving our inner discernment helps us recognize fellow travelers who have become more deeply aligned. Developed discernment also helps us measure the ring and truth of their authenticity, but most importantly helps us to properly calibrate and tune our self, giving us a precision tool with which to measure the direction and depth of our own deepest inner voice.