The power is within you

In this article I come to talk about something that everyone owns, with what we were born and that we know is there, but that somehow we have forgotten, kept in a drawer with dust and closed with the key of oblivion.

It is not your fault that this precious gift that we are born with has been ignored, and surely no one has helped to use or develop it in situations where I am sure it would have been a great utility. But if you have come to this article today, if you are reading these words here today, I can assure you that it is not by chance but by accident.

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Beyond the words

I would like you to reflect on some situation in your life in which you had to make an important decision for yourself. Do you remember having a feeling that you shouldn't go there, even if everyone told you otherwise? You don't know how to explain it, but you saw very clearly that this path was not the right one for you at that moment.

Regardless of the decision you finally make, I'm sure you already know what I'm talking about... Yes,

your intuition. Something that can't really be explained with words, that we cannot analyze it with the mind, surpasses all kinds of rational or scientific explanation.

Rather, it is a feeling, an impulse, a hunch or a sensation that makes you see a certain situation more clearly.

But… What is intuition really in actionable terms for our mind?

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Understanding intuition

Intuition is an internal and deep knowledge of our subconscious mind making itself present to guide us in the world. And where is that intuition located in the body? It is located right between your two eyes, right there is an energy center called "Ajna" in the Sanskrit language. (also known as the third eye) and which is related to intuition, imagination, visualization and vision higher. And how can we connect with this powerful center of energy? For this it is important to be able to calm that noisy mind, that mind that does not stop judging you, that ego that is always in charge of reminding you that you are not good enough, that you are not capable and that you will not achieve anything in your life.

But in order to calm the noisy mind, we must stop, close our eyes, and be able to observe and accept those thoughts without identifying with them. And we must repeat this process daily, so that one day we can go beyond that ego and connect with our internal body and simply listen to what it wants to say to us.

It is not an easy job, in the western society in which we live the focus is always on the external. It seems that the solution to our problems is always outside of us, but this is not really so.

It may seem this way, but when we search outside for the answers, all we do is patch up and satiate. our internal disconnection with things that give us short-term pleasure, but do not really solve the problem root.

You can keep putting it off, or you can keep ignoring the signs (but trust me if you go that way the only thing you will get is to feel more frustration, pain and resentment towards life and others). Or you can try it the other way; and I'm not going to lie to you, it's not an easy path, but it's totally worth a try. It will be a path that it will be a challenge, a questioning of your most deeply rooted beliefs, a look into the depths of your being through self-knowledge and that will allow you to connect with yourself and with that intuition that has always been there.

Although it is true that only you have the answers to what you are looking for, it is also true that it is much easier and more bearable to carry out this type of processes with the guidance and support of a therapist or coach who will serve as a vehicle to make you see more clearly what it costs you so much see. In these processes always you work from the inside out, understanding that our reality is a reflection of our interior and that when we do the work of looking inside and integrating processes, then we will be able to change our perspective and living a much more fulfilling and self-aware life.

I hope that after reading this article you have been able to integrate more clearly how our intuition works and that you are able to identify it in order to make better decisions in your life. And remember that the power is within you.