What exactly is intuition?

Intuition is a type of communication. With so many names and explanations for Intuition it is hard to know exactly what it is. It has been referred to as gut instincts, a feeling in my bones, a hunch or the sixth sense. When you Google the definition of Intuition in comes up with information such as:

Oxford Dictionary, Intuition is – A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather that conscious reasoning.

Cambridge states that Intuition is an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts.

Merriam-Webster are a little more abstract with two examples and dot points.

1.   The Power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought or inference
   1. A.   Immediate apprehension or cognition
   1. B.   Knowledge or conviction gained by intuition
2. Quick and ready insight

Most of them explaining it as a knowing feeling being the opposite to conscious thinking. But, all these explanations did was made you think even more about it. Even though it was all about a feeling.

A different explanation

It was not until I read the late Dr Wayne Dyer explain intuition in his terms. He stated that Intuition was a deep seated knowing and that resonated with me. It felt right in that it was a deep seated knowing but where did that knowing come from? This was the question I asked and researched about continually throughout my life. Although, I was mostly unaware of it at the time.

There were lots of lessons and explanations I needed to experience and understand before the simple answer could come through. My experiences included me, that is the spiritual side of me, leaving my physical body on several occasions. More about those experiences in another blog but, needless to say I had to experience those situations to understand it. We actually do have a physical and spiritual body interwoven in us.

Intuition is communication

The physical human body brings forward information through their ancestors via the DNA. That comes with the blending of two physical bodies. The spiritual being comes into the physical human with a purpose to achieve a particular goal. It is connected to all that is in the spirit realm. Again, I had to experience this, once during an extremely violent situation where I was nearly killed. All that in order to understand where this deep-seated knowing was coming from.

Once I understood that we had two bodies, a physical human and a spiritual being, that come together to create a Human Being, intuition made sense.

Why is Intuition communicating?   

Intuition is direct communication between your spiritual and physical bodies. Intuitive messages, information and guidance comes to you from your spirit and that is called intuition. Breaking it down even further intuition = “tuition” which means teaching or guiding and “in” meaning from within. Intuition is Inner guidance from your spiritual side. The side that guides you towards its purpose for coming into your physical body, its purpose becomes your purpose in life. Spirit communicates to you emotionally, physically, mentally and visually. We just need to listen in order to know what our intuition is telling us.

I really understood what listening to your body meant was when heavy in labour with my first child. The pain was increasing but not experiencing that before you just did not know how much more you could take. Or where you are up to in the labour. I didn’t want to have the baby at home, but I didn’t want to be stuck in the hospital either. I wanted to be at home for as long as I could. Without risking anything and as a first-time mum-to-be I did not know what to do.

Another contraction

Another contraction came and I got my way through it and quickly turned to Mum. “When do I go into hospital?” hoping that if I go now the baby will come sooner and it will over and done with. “You’ll know” was Mum’s reply.

“How will I know” I asked Mum desperately not really sure if she knew or not. After having eight babies herself I was confident she would know although aware that everyone is different. “You’ll just know” she quietly responded to ease me down.

Another contraction, the same question was asked, and the same response came back. “You’ll just know when it’s time, your body will tell you”. “How does it tell you Mum, how will I know”. I was started to get frustrated and agitated that Mum would just say when to go. Of course Mum didn’t know the exact time but she knew I would know when it was.

Listen to your body’s communication

“Listen to your body” she said “what is it telling you”

I stopped and I listened to my body. I went quiet between contractions and felt what my body was doing. It was not stressed or frustrated, it was doing what it needed to do. What it was supposed to be doing. The time between contractions became enjoyable over the next few hours as I explored what my body was feeling. A few contractions came together, and I could feel the change within, and I knew it was time.

“I thought it would be soon” Mum said as I said to her I feel it is time to go. Mum inadvertently taught me to be aware of how my body was feeling and how I was feeling. She showed me how to be aware of my intuition on one level. I didn’t know what Intuition was at that stage.

Intuition is communicating to you

Intuition is the spiritual body communicating to the physical body and it can do that emotionally, physically, mentally and visually. In this particular situation it came through physically. As soon as I was aware of what I was feeling in my physical body the intuitive guidance came through. I will discuss this in another podcast in the Back to Basics season.

So, to recap on what exactly is intuition, it is information, messages and guidance from your spiritual self. Your spiritual self is directly connected to Universal Energy, All That Is or your God. Your Intuition is information communication coming from your Spiritual side. To really know what to do you must go within. One way is to listen to what your body is telling you.

Communication from our spiritual body to your physical body

Intuition is the Communication from our spiritual body to your physical body in order to create action. It is how our spiritual body communicates with us. Our Spiritual body requires action or a learning, that only being in a physical body can bring.

We are all naturally Intuitive, it is part of human Nature. It is our Intuitive Nature

Susan Jane, the Intuitist