Here is another splendid article by Sonia Choquette! Dont forget to check out her weekly radio show on Hay House Radio! Hay House Radio is a wealth of great information that you can listen to for free on your computer. Check it out! Light and Love, Sister Bridget

Why Pay Attention to your Intuition?

One thing you will discover when you begin to nurture your intuition, 
is that what you are truly doing is nurturing you most authentic self, 
your spirit. Nurturing intuition is actually the art of discovering 
and honoring who you really are. Being intuitive means looking into 
your heart and recognizing the genuine self within. It means 
empowering yourself with the understanding that you are a spiritual 
being, a royal child of the light, thus keeping you from the darkness 
and confusion of searching for yourself worth through the approval of 
others.

Intuition helps you to view the world through creative and receptive 
eyes, reminding you that, behind the scenes in every way, the universe 
is helping you succeed. When we see ourselves as we really are, 
spiritual beings, helped by guides, protected by angels, and 
infinitely loved by God, then being intuitive begins to make sense. 
The universe is a hologram, aware of all of its parts at all times, 
and each of us, being an essential part of the whole, has access to 
its wisdom at every moment.

Being intuitive means being in tune with the true nature of the 
Universe, including your place in it, and will prevent you from 
believing anything less than the truth; that as children of God, you 
are loveable, and worthy of everything good in the Universe has to 
offer. It will free you from the tendency to harm or repress your 
genuine needs, feelings, and desires. In living an intuitive life, you 
live life with an open heart. In other words, you become committed to 
loving yourself and agree to accept the love and abundance that the 
Universe wants you to experience.

Following your intuition will also help you to walk away from people 
or situations that are not good for you. It will let you know that 
they have the right to keep themselves out of harms way by respecting 
your natural boundaries, and identifying and avoiding negative 
circumstances without having to justify their reasons.

Being intuitive offers you a world that is friendly, adventurous, and 
amusing, but most of all one that welcomes your unique essence. It 
will lay the foundation for your ability to experience real power in 
your lives, this power that comes from within and cannot be diminished 
by anyone.

Reclaiming your sixth sense and restoring it to its rightful place of 
honor in your life will give you an invaluable gift. It will make you 
aware of the wonder in the world. It will open your eyes and ears to 
the glory and delight of creativity. It will arm you with confidence 
and provide added insurance for protection. It will help you connect 
to their real purpose and to those with whom you share your lives. It 
will assure you of your natural place in the wheel of life and help 
you overcome the fear of death. And above all, it will give you the 
right to live in peace without fear, and to have the full experience 
of expressing who you really are. For each of us who lives with this 
wisdom in their heart, we help those who have lost there way remember 
there true essence as well. In this way we can all become healers of 
the world and usher in an age of peace.

Intuition is and is waiting to be awakened in all people. In order to 
tap into it all you must do is to make four important decisions. The 
first decision is to be open to intuition. Being open to hearing the 
voice of your inner teacher is like turning the radio to you spirit 
"on".

The second decision is to expect intuition to guide you. When you 
enter into a state of expectation, you create a magnet that draws 
intuition into your awareness. The third decision is to trust you 
intuition when it does show up. One way to do this is to get a small 
pocket notebook and record every single intuitive feeling that you 
have over the next two weeks without censoring. If you do this, what 
you will have is evidence that intuition can be trusted. And finally, 
the fourth and most important decision is to act on your intuition. 
Learn to do this by playfully inviting your intuition to guide you, 
beginning with "where are my keys? And leading up to "What is my 
purpose in life?"

If you make these four decisions; be open, expect, trust, and act on 
your intuition, you will transform a life from the ordinary "me 
against the world" into one that is extraordinary – "me, a spiritual 
being, -here to lovingly create and contribute with divine support." 
This is the natural way, and as it should be.

About The Author

Sonia Choquette is a world-renowned revolutionary psychic, intuitive 
and spiritual teacher. She specializes in leading others out of the 
dark ages and into the 21st century by helping others recognize that 
we are all endowed with a sixth sense that we can count on and need to 
activate in order to succed in our lives. She is the best-selling 
author of seven books: newest book – Diary Of A Psychic (Hay House 
July 2003), The Psychic Pathway (Three Rivers Press), Your Heart’s 
Desire (Three Rivers Press), The Wise Child (Three Rivers Press), True 
Balance (Three Rivers Press), Your Psychic Pathway to New Beginnings 
(Clarkson Potter/ Publishers, July 2002), Your Psychic Pathway to Joy 
(Clarkson Potter Publishers, July 2002) and numerous audio editions. 
Highly trained in the psychic arts and metaphsyical law, Sonia has 
extensive background and is educated in the mysticism of East and West 
and was educated at the University of Denver and at the Sorbonne in 
Paris, and holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysics.

I was soooooooooooo excited when I found this article by Sonia Choquette! I listen to her show on Hay House Radio every week! I hope you enjoy the article and check out her show as well!

Light and Love, Sister Bridget

Intuition at Home

In the past few weeks I have spent a lot of time talking to many 
people about nurturing intuition in children. In those conversations, 
one of the most frequent messages I hear from parents is just how 
painful life has been for them because they lost touch with their own 
inner voice and don’t listen to their own heart in life, and how they 
want better for their kids. In fact, the number of stories of regret, 
lost opportunity, struggle and even sickness resulting from being led 
by other than one’s own intuition are endless.

The more I hear from people the more I realize just what a profound 
wounding being out of touch with your intuition actually is. I believe 
losing a connection with your sixth sense is just as profound of a 
loss as losing a connection with any one of your other senses would 
be, if not more so. Our intuition is the lifeline to our Source, God. 
It is the voice that helps us remain in integrity with our real 
nature, our essence. Being aware of, honoring and following the 
guiding wisdom of our intuition is the most reliable way to create 
lives that fulfill our deepest dreams and desires. As important as 
intuition is, it is no wonder that losing touch with it does so often 
bear out such unfulfilled lives. Knowing this, I believe that 
intuition should be perceived as our first sense, not our last, and 
should never be the sense we ignore or throw away?

I think we lose touch with this inner voice when we are young. We lose 
it through the million and one subtle ways in which we are told that 
our feelings are not reliable, and cannot be trusted. Or are told that 
what we feel is not real, or not important and cannot direct our life. 
The injuries to our spirit, the voice of our intuition, are usually so 
subtle that they can never be specifically identified. Rather than 
dying a death by dramatic blows, it is my observation that intuition 
usually dies a death of a thousand tiny pinpricks, suffered as we grow 
up.

The good new about our intuition is that even though some of us have 
become disconnected to it, because it is inherent to our Spiritual 
Nature, it is totally possible to reconnect with it in our own lives 
as well as preserve it in the lives of our children. All it requires 
to do this is to create the proper environment for your intuition to 
re-enter your life.

The first suggestion for doing this is to begin by paying attention to 
your own feelings. As you know from your own experience, we do not 
necessarily do what we feel when growing up, but rather we do what we 
observe the important people in our lives doing. Therefore, if you 
want your children to connect with their intuition, you must 
demonstrate how to do this by connecting to yours first.

Begin with giving attention to the feelings in your body as you move 
through the day because this is how intuition gets your attention. 
Does it come to your attention in your belly, your chest, your throat, 
or somewhere else in your body? Where? Be aware. Notice.

Next, acknowledge your own intuitive feelings as they come up in your 
life, and share these feelings openly and without a lot of drama with 
your children. Be certain not to put a negative or unnatural spin on 
these feelings when you do speak about them, such as describing 
intuition as "weird" or "bizarre" or "scary" as some people do. After 
all, what kid wants to emulate something "weird" "bizarre" or scary?" 
Probably not yours.

Another thing you can do to foster intuition in your home is to ask 
your kids how they feel about things. And then respect their feelings 
when they do share them with you. If their feelings suggest a 
modification in your plans, be open to changing course. Because 
intuition works to assist you in making the best decisions possible in 
life, it is only natural that many intuitive feelings suggest 
re-directing your course to a better way, or to avoid potential 
problems.

Another suggestion is to create an atmosphere in your home that is 
harmonious and invites everyone to share their intuitive feelings 
without censorship, embarrassment, or a need to justify their 
instincts in any way. When we create an atmosphere that respects the 
unseen, but felt world as much as the physical plane, we are well on 
our way to reclaiming the most important instinct for success that we 
have.

And finally, encourage your self and your children to ask for 
intuitive guidance in life and begin to turn your awareness inward and 
listen for it. Intuition is natural and available to anyone who 
desires to connect with it. It is never to late to awaken your 
intuition as well as support you child’s intuition, even if you feel 
you have been out of touch with it for a long time. The reason this is 
so is that intuition is NATURAL and present in anyone willing to notice.

Nurturing intuition isn’t so much a matter of what can we do to foster 
an awareness that isn’t present, but rather it is a matter of what can 
we do to protect the natural yet subtle soul awareness that is present 
in all of us. When we connect to our intuition, the world takes on a 
friendlier place, welcoming us to all sorts of opportunities, 
surprising us with synchronicities, protecting us from adversity and 
directing us to the best possible course for sharing our gifts with 
the world. This is the natural plan and the way it should be. Invite 
intuition into your home, for your own sake and for the sake of your 
children as well. It’s worth it!

About The Author

Sonia Choquette is a world-renowned revolutionary psychic, intuitive 
and spiritual teacher. She specializes in leading others out of the 
dark ages and into the 21st century by helping others recognize that 
we are all endowed with a sixth sense that we can count on and need to 
activate in order to succed in our lives. She is the best-selling 
author of seven books: newest book – Diary Of A Psychic (Hay House 
July 2003), The Psychic Pathway (Three Rivers Press), Your Heart’s 
Desire (Three Rivers Press), The Wise Child (Three Rivers Press), True 
Balance (Three Rivers Press), Your Psychic Pathway to New Beginnings 
(Clarkson Potter/ Publishers, July 2002), Your Psychic Pathway to Joy 
(Clarkson Potter Publishers, July 2002) and numerous audio editions. 
Highly trained in the psychic arts and metaphsyical law, Sonia has 
extensive background and is educated in the mysticism of East and West 
and was educated at the University of Denver and at the Sorbonne in 
Paris, and holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysics.

Hey there! How are you doing on honing up your intuitive skills? These are not things that come easily for most folks, BUT with practice, we can strengthen our intuitive "muscle"  🙂 Below are some more ideas of ways to practice or exercise your intuition. Again, alot of people feel self doubt about these things, but listen to Mambo Sam’s sage advice to "Suspend Disbelief" for a while and try a few! Post some comments and let me know how you do!

Light and Love, Sister Bridget

1. Whenever the telephone rings, close your eyes and visualize the person who is calling. Then pick up the phone and discover if you’re right. Your
   accuracy will improve dramatically as you practice this exercise, and
   this exercise may help you develop your clairvoyant abilities in
   addition to intuition and precognition.
2. When you stand in line at the bank, tell yourself which teller will serve you. This exercise is similar to the first, but you can see your “target." This exercise helps you develop your intuition and your ability to psychically connect with others who are in close proximity.
3. When you watch a sporting event, tell yourself the outcome before the event begins. As
   you develop skill with this exercise, expand to predicting more
   statistics such as scores or top 5 placements in racing or judged
   events. This exercise helps you develop your intuition, precognition, and clairvoyance. Do not misuse this skill for personal gain, such as gambling, or you will likely lose your skill entirely.
4. Have a friend roll a dice. Begin by calling “even" or “odd" before the dice is thrown your accuracy will increase with practice. Expand to call the number the dice will land on. This exercise helps you develop your intuition, precognition and clairvoyance (specifically your ability to see numbers).
5. Work with a friend and a standard deck of playing cards. Begin by predicting black or red, and then have your friend turn over the top card of the deck. Your accuracy will improve with practice. When your accuracy is 80% or greater, expand to predict the suit, and later, the number or face of the card as well. This exercise boosts your intuition, precognition, and clairvoyance (specifically colours and shapes).
6. When you’re riding an elevator and another passenger joins you, tell yourself which button they’ll press. This
   exercises helps you develop your intuition, precognition, clairvoyance
   (number recognition), telepathy, and your ability to connect with
   others psychically.
7. In the morning, write down the names of people you will have important interactions or communications with that day. Don’t rely on logic. Clear your mind and allow faces or names to come to you naturally. Trust it and write it down. Using this exercise regularly will significantly improve your accuracy.
8. When in line at the
   movies, tell yourself which movie the person or group ahead of you will
   request (if you overhear them say it, try again another time!). This
   exercise helps you improve your intuition concerning the intentions,
   preferences and actions of others, and it can lead to developing
   telepathy and empathy.
9. When you have a meeting or appointment, tell yourself the colour of clothing the other person will be wearing before you meet. (This does not work for all people or situations. For
   example, you can reasonably assume a doctor will be wearing white, or
   you may know someone always wears a particular colour.) This exercise improves your clairvoyant abilities and could help you develop remote viewing skills as well.
10. Ask three friends a question (such as “what did you eat for breakfast?" or “where do you want to go on your next vacation?") Before
    you ask your questions, your friends must decide amongst themselves
    which one will answer falsely, and you must write down which friend
    will answer falsely. Then you ask your question and listen to each friend reply. Show them the name you wrote down before you asked the question. This exercise helps you develop intuition, precognition and can lead to developing telepathy. This
    skill is especially valuable in life the ability to recognize deception
    and even predict it can make your life, and the lives of many others,
    much smoother.