Follow the Flash

Applied intuition is how I live my life. You know those flashes you get internally that say 'go left', 'buy the red one', 'call her', 'you better pay that now'. Things that just flit through your mind, impulses, reminders, moments of clarity. Your unconscious mind trying to tell you something. How many do you listen to? How many do you dismiss?

Pay attention to the message and then see how it applies in your life. Trust that there is a reason you got the message. Try following your intuition. At first you may do things that seem irrelevant or end up causing some discomfort. It is a learning process. But after a time, you'll learn to listen, research, and apply. Even if you start by not following the intuition but noting when you get an impulse or idea and then later think, 'oh, I should have done….' Then try following the flash.

I use applied intuition for all sorts of decisions in my life. I have learned to trust that flash. Even for simple things such as what medicine to take for a pain, or what route to take on a trip, or what time to get the mail. When I trust my intuition, I usually see how it made a difference and I am grateful. I have also, had a flash not to do something, call someone, buy a particular brand of toaster, attend an event and when I ignored that intuition, it did not go well.

So I pay attention. It took practice. I had to learn to distinguish between the fears and biases that are a natural part of my internal dialogue and the real flashes of intuition based on the collective wisdom in my unconscious mind.