What You Hear in the Silence is Intuition

There is a voice in my head.

It is my own voice. It guides me throughout my day. It tells me where I need to go, who I should visit, when I should keep my mouth shut. I often listen to this voice. Sometimes I don’t. When I don’t, I usually regret it. When I do, things usually work out well.

The voice tells me to tell the truth the first time, even when it may be hard. Truth today avoids the inevitable harder truth tomorrow after the repercussions of the lie are known. The voice also tells me to be gentle and compassionate with the truth. It can hurt sometimes, so it is not to be used unconsciously. When I listen to this advice, I usually come away better for the experience.

The voice in my head is primarily intuition.

When I don’t listen to intuition, I normally wind up regretting it. Well, I don’t truly regret anything. That would imply that the decision I made was not the decision I was supposed to make at that given moment in time. Every consequence, good or bad, is simply a lesson for me to learn and apply to all tomorrows thereafter.

Regardless, when I choose to avoid or delay truth, I usually pay for it. I am paying for it now. I’ve avoided a conversation I don’t want to have, and, in the process, created an even stickier situation for myself. I should have heeded my own advice. I should have gone where intuition was pointing me. I didn’t, so now I have a much harder task ahead of me.

You can apply this rule, the rule about intuition and truth, to just about anything in life. When your intuition speaks, listen to it. It won’t do you wrong. Of course, you might mistake your ego wanting you to do something that your intuition would prefer you didn’t, but you’ll have to learn to tell the difference. I can’t help you with everything, you know? =)

OK, I can point you in the right direction. Try this: be still, be silent, and listen. What you hear in the silence is intuition.