How To Make Decisions
Hello everyone,
After speaking about intuition in a recent email, using your mind as if it dwells throughout your entire body, not just assuming your mind is a tangled mess inside your own head.
The positive response from you was the largest it has ever been from one of my mailouts, which is a clear sign to talk more on intuitive decision making.
As promised, this week I will describe a way to make decisions that taps into a deeper intuitive intelligence…
Heart Decisions
There is more that could be said about intuition than I can include in just one email. Perhaps this will turn into a mini-series. Different things will resonate for different people, depending on how much you feel your mind is centered in your body, or your entire being. A good technique to begin with, is what we could call “heart decisions”.
This is a technique I discovered from someone else, and has made decisions far more easy for me in the past when I have not known what to do.
Put simply: you pose a question to your heart. It does not have to be the physical heart in the left side – but rather your centre, inside the middle of your chest. Ask the question in terms of “yes” or “no”. You are looking to see what your own intelligence deems wise, rather than looking for any kind of elaborate answer or explanation...
An Example
Let’s use an example. Perhaps you aren’t sure whether to go to an event or not. You probably have conflicting ideas in your head. Part of you doesn’t want to, perhaps it feels like too much effort, too far away, maybe there is something intimidating about it. Another part of you thinks it might be good to go - perhaps you SHOULD go, it says.
Rather than trying to reach a conclusion in your head, you take a moment to no longer rely on these thoughts to guide you or tell you what is best. The head is clearly unsure at the moment, it is too full of ideas and suggestions and fears of making the wrong choice. Instead, act as if your heart secretly and quietly knows the answer all the time. It is plugged in and ready to give the answer if you would just tune in.
Ask your heart, as if you are asking your center – should I go to this event? All you have to do from there is feel what your heart does – what kind of reflex or response you have in your chest.
You will either get:
- a contraction, a deadness
or
- a relaxation and a sense of alignment.
If you feel a relaxing, a sense of “Yes”, a positivity, a feeling good, an alignment with everything else - then the answer is yes.
If you feel any kind of contraction, uncertainty or even pain – this is a sign your heart is saying no. For it to be a yes, the feeling is quite clearly positive. You feel a shift, an enhanced sense of wellbeing or alignment, even for a moment. If there is uncertainty or anything less than good – then it seems “Yes” is not being supported. It might not be such a good idea.
A Broader Version
Another version of this might be even easier for some of you. You clearly and openly ask the universe, or nature, or God: “Should I do this?” Be open to an answer, don’t assume you know, don’t assume you have to work something out. Just be open, listen to the answer. If you get a peaceful feeling, a relaxed feeling, a feeling like you want to lean forward and relax into things, this is a good sign for “yes”. If you feel a deadness, an uncertainty, a discomfort or a sense of being pushed or held back – this is a sign for “no”.
To some people in the world, these approaches might seem crazy. Hopefully for many of you, or all of you, these can be some effective introductions into the world of intuition. Often people can ask how to actually get in touch with intuition again, and these are some great ways to start.
Knowing You Don’t Know…
Intuition is lost when we are too in our heads, too trusting of our own egos and sense of separation to lead the way. We end up living from a place that feels cut-off, and is therefore not a very intelligent source. No longer assuming you have all the answers running though your head, being open once again to a deeper intelligence, will start to put you back in touch with intuition.
It might not be easy at first, especially when the heart often tells you the opposite of what your head says is best. You might not want to do something, but the heart says “Yes! Just do it!” If you learn to trust it, even slightly at first, with small things, you will see how your heart seems to have the answers that your head just couldn’t understand or access. The heart seems to know shortcuts in the universe, what’s best in the long run – but it is not so interested in explaining itself. Why should it? If it is tapped into the one universe, knowing what’s best – why explain? The explanations are pointless and a waste of energy. It’s like asking a tree to explain how it grows so strongly. It doesn’t need to explain. It already just does it. It is the evidence itself.
So start small, if you like. Or use it for “bigger” decisions that you feel lost in. If anything, the approaches mentioned above can act as aids, and then become a new way of operating.
Plug yourself back in. You are part of the great intelligence.
Adam
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