Almost 9 out of every 10 people are suffering from stress, anxiety, depression, and other chronic mental health issues which are derived from overthinking and constantly anticipating what can go wrong. With fear and obsession to control life, most humans are living with exhaustion. While therapy and counseling are important; it is crucial to have faith in a powerful inner knowing called intuition.
Intuition prevails among everyone. It is potent, and powerful and helps guide every person on the true path of life. Here are a few effective ways to listen to the inner voice.
1. Meditation
Meditation helps calmly concentrate on yourself while keeping you away from the chaos of reality. Intuition or the inner voice is quiet and it requires spending time with yourself alone in silence in order to interpret what the heart says.
2. Concentrate on the Sense
Every human has five conventional senses vision, sound, taste, smell, and touch. If you are able to enhance the sensitivity of these 5 senses, the chances of having a good sixth sense increase drastically.
3. Listen to what Dreams Say
There are two parts of the brain a cognitive mind and an intuitive brain also known as the subconscious mind; a major part of intuition. When you sleep, the cognitive mind is at rest or inactive while the subconscious mind is still awake and sending you signals through the open space known as dreams. If you are able to read what your dreams say, you will know your intuitive brain even better.
4. Be Creative, Be Productive
Getting busy with creative works helps the intuitive mind to speak up. It keeps the conscious cognitive mind away from your thoughts.
5. Check Your Hunches
In the daily lifestyle, almost every other person gets enough hunches. However, it is often neglected. But it is time to check your skills. Write down your hunches and see what happens in the future. You will be to understand your feelings better and also can figure out the power of your intuition. Check, how often you are right about the predictions.
6. The Mind and the Body
Intuition does not only reflect through the mind but the body as well. Sometimes people feel physically uncomfortable before taking a decision. If something similar happens to you; it is important to pay attention to the bodily reactions. Do you feel heavy or light? Do you feel sick in your gut while taking a major decision? Well, these are intuitive messages occurring through your bodily reactions.
7. Find an Escape Route in Your Routine Life
The busy human lifestyle is no less than a rat race where everyone is fast and progressive. In order to listen to your inner voice; it is important to slow down sometimes. Go on retreats or just spend a day with a new routine or surroundings. Impromptu plans are also great to take a break from the busy routine life.
8. In Touch with Nature
Nature is the best medium to find yourself again. When you spend time in nature away from technology and daily chaos, it offers an opening to the intuitive mind. Being in nature makes humans rely on their primal instincts and gut feeling which helps to channel intuitive ideas.
9. Feel More and Think Less
The human mind is the ideal example of a monkey mind that keeps jumping from one thought to another or always chattering away. The mind keeps thinking and chaos inside increases gradually. On the other hand, intuition is all about feeling that helps to overcome the fearful mind with trust and faith in you.
10. Release Your Resistance
Whenever you get an intuitive hunch, the cognitive mind creates a conflict by arguing with it. It is called rationalizing yourself with intuitive thinking which can pave a path to change your life for the better.
These top 10 practices can help you listen to your inner intuitive mind and overcome your fear.
