Intuition
Some may call it a sixth sense. Others may refer to it as intuition. Still others may say they have a “gut feeling”.
Call it whatever you wish, but I’m pretty sure at some point in your life you’ve encountered a strong feeling of just knowing something and you weren’t sure where it came from.
For my mom, it actually saved her life. In 1996, she was in a serious car accident. As she was coming home from work, an ambulance crossed over the double yellow line into her lane and hit her car head on. The strange part is that she never used to wear her seatbelt, but that day for some unknown reason she decided to put it on. She has no idea what made her do it but she is very thankful for the inner voice that may have been guiding her that day.
I am sharing this because I want to try to explain the feeling that I got one Saturday afternoon while playing the card game “War” with my 10 year old son. Out of the blue, I just felt the urge to do a card trick with him. You know the one where you get the person to pick a card, any card, and then they put it back in the deck and you shuffle it up and are able to tell them what card they picked. Well, typically there is some sort of slight of hand method or phony deck of cards to help the “magician” figure out the card in question. This wasn’t the case for me. I just knew that I would be able to guess the card. I wasn’t sure how I knew it or why I felt so strongly that I wanted to try this out, because the feeling came out of nowhere.
So after we finished up our riveting game of “War” (*insert sarcastic tone*), I shuffled the deck of cards and fanned them out and told him to pick a card, but not to let me see it. I asked him to think about the card and picture it in his mind, but not to tell me what it was.
Immediately, I thought:
I had him put the card back in the deck and then shuffled them up. I then pulled out the seven of diamonds and asked him if that was the card he was holding and he started laughing. He exclaimed, “Yes, that was my card! How did you do that?”
I was just completely blown away! I have no idea how I did it. I just did it. Now before you say it was just a random coincidence, let me tell you what happened next.
My son wanted a chance to do the trick. I already had a gut feeling that he would be successful before we proceeded, but I was curious to know if this sneaky suspicion was accurate.
I chose the Jack of Diamonds and I just kept picturing the card in my head until my son said he knew what card I had picked. I placed the card back in the deck and shuffled them up. Then I let him go through the deck until he came to the card that he thought I had selected.
He picked the right card.
I just sat there in complete disbelief that this had happened again. He was just cracking up and asking, “How did we do that” over and over again.
I couldn’t give him an answer and I really still can’t. Was it just a couple of lucky guesses? (Yes, said my cynical husband.) Or was it something more? Telepathy maybe? I just don’t know.
All I knew was that I was more than a little bit curious about the whole thing. I felt very strongly that something or someone was guiding me to attempt this card trick for a purpose. I’m not exactly sure of the purpose, but if I had to guess I would say it was a gentle nudge that I should continue nurturing this ability. Now, I’m not talking about guessing cards. I’m talking about being in tune with spirit. I decided that this was just the push I needed to continue down the spiritual path that I had started on two years ago. Something about this experience made me feel a little less frightened and more comfortable with proceeding. I decided that I was no longer going to let fear hold me back and I was determined to pursue this a bit more and see where it would take me.
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I’d love to hear your experiences with intuition. I personally feel like we all have this ability but most of us choose to ignore it, are too busy to acknowledge it or possibly too afraid to pursue it. What do you think about intuition? Feel free to share any stories you may have in the comments.
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The only time I’ve ever had strong intuition is in regards to guys I date. Every single guy I’ve had a relationship with I had that intuition. If I didn’t, it didn’t get past one date. And now, I don’t even bother with the date because I know how it’s going to go. This of course is why I’m perpetually single. Picky daters aren’t frequent daters.
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Jen Reply:
July 15th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
I completely know what you are talking about. I’ve only had that really strong feeling with my husband but I had felt a definite sense of whether a guy was worth wasting my time on or not.
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I have no experiences similar to this at all – but so intriguing! Looking forward to hearing the rest of the story!
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OMG, What a miracle that your mom is okay! I just wondered why the ambulance driver crossed the center line?
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Jen Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Just realized that I never replied to this. Sorry for the delay. The ambulance skidded because it had just started to rain and the ground was wet.
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I get strange flashes of intuition all the time. The most recent one was a month ago. I was getting ready for my baby dr’s appt. Usually I wear yoga pants and a maternity T, but this time I felt like putting forth some effort. I was listening to my IPod and suddenly had thoughts of an Ex I hadn’t seen or thought about in 9 years. I have no idea why he popped into my head, but when I walked into the lobby of the baby dr there he sat with his new wife.
Kinda weird.
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I have had many experiences of intuition in my life and frankly I’m mystified about its nature. I really would like to tackle that mysterious voice within us that is all-knowing. But perhaps it is meant not to be understood, we just have to have faith in it.
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My sense of intuition is very strong about some things (like if my daughter’s friends are trouble or not) but weak in others (like my sense of direction). I have had multiple experiences that I had a strong feeling about something and denied my intuition; ending up paying for it dearly. I am still learning how to trust my instincts, my intuition. And my spiritual leader friend explains intuition with this quote….
“That which is alike is drawn unto itself.”
I believe this wholeheartedly… if you see it, vision it, really taste it… it shall come to pass. Very cool.
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