what is intuition and how does it help?

[Miracles Magnet]

As above, I read recently on how it can help us to answer some questions.  Can anyone tell me exactly what it is, how to develop it, what kind of questions can it answer, and how is it related to LOA? (or not)

Thanks lots!

[excel]

I take the intuition as the voice from within. For me it's always right and mind (reason) always tries to contradict with it, because you mind cannot understand the connection between you and the Universal Force. From what I have read, to make it stronger all you have to do is listen to it, more and more. Soon its voice will become louder and louder.

I have a friend with who like me is very intuitive, in fact he is a bit more perhaps, and I kid you not, he is right 99% of the time, about things I ask him for. All he says is he uses his intuition, asks himself the question I have asked, and the very first thing that comes to him, without thinking on it, he says it.

[Miracles Magnet]

Thanks for your reply excel.  How do you differentiate between intuition or rational mind? 

Does it answer question like, is he the one for me?  Are we going to get back together? Is this the job for me?  How do we know what is intuition, or just plain self denial?

[vanessa202]

Dr judith orloff is amazing when it comes to understanding intuition, google her name and have a looksie.
Iv followed my intuition for a long time an would be lost without it. over the years i get gut feelings on people, if my night will be good or bad, even on which face cream to use.
Hard to describe but ill try it  knows you and your every thoughts and reacts to them - When something is true it will feel like a warmth inside me and if something is bad its like a sinking feeling a bit like dread in your gut.
The more you notice it the more easier and stronger it becomes.
best part is its always there and for ever person on the planet.
I read once donald trump doesnt sign to any deal until he gets in touch with his intuition, Its that powerful!
Gut feelings are not always strong. some can be very mild and easy to miss. 
Good luck and keep us posted on how you go xxx

[excel]

Start with small things. It will be easier to spot that voice from within.

Self Denial to me is a feeling mixed with a lot of negativity, and I believe that those two cannot be mixed, as your intuition feels more like guidance. One you have 'heard' it on a few small things you will be able to recognize it, much like for example your mother's voice in the crowd.

It's difficult to be explained, and I am sure you have heard it before. Have you ever had a past lover that you didn't like something about him, but you were hoping you are wrong and you are just fooling yourself, but then it turns out he was really like that? I think most of us have heard it at least a few times.

Btw it's easier to ask yourself those questions, when you wake up.  At that point your brain doesn't interfere much and you are a lot closer to your subconscious. See how you feel about them and go from there.

[Miracles Magnet]

Thanks excel and Vanessa for your reply, I'll go google about Dr Judith.  I think my confusion if how intuition and LOA seems to contradict one another. For e.g, your intuition tells you your night will not be good, but LOA states that you can visualise good things happening.  Your instinct tell you this guy might not be good for you, but LOA says you can visualise a loving relationship.

I guess I'm confused, any insight?

[Mr Brightside]

Thanks excel and Vanessa for your reply, I'll go google about Dr Judith.  I think my confusion if how intuition and LOA seems to contradict one another. For e.g, your intuition tells you your night will not be good, but LOA states that you can visualise good things happening.  Your instinct tell you this guy might not be good for you, but LOA says you can visualise a loving relationship.

I guess I'm confused, any insight?

Intuition tells you this is not the right person, LOA tells you someone better will come along

[Ginny]

I have read in a few different books about how, when you become aware of the part of you that is observing your thoughts rather than thinking them, that you are in touch with the source of creation. You can do this through meditation - when you finally recognise it, it is a wonderful, blissful feeling. The first author who described a method for doing this (finding the source of your awareness) that worked for me was Frank Kinslow. And in his book (I think it was Beyond Happiness, although I've read a few of his books now), he says that once you become of what this sense of awareness feels like, you can look for it at any point in the day, and know that you are reconnecting with Pure Awareness.

it's the sort of talk I would have been highly skeptical of a few years ago, but now that I've experienced it, I'm convinced.

So, how does this relate to intuition? What I'm finding lately is, in any given situation, if this feeling of Pure Awareness comes to me spontaneously (ie, I don't have to look for it, I can just feel it) - then I know that everything is going to be okay. Sometimes it's been spooky: for example, there was something I was worrying about, some bad news I was worried about receiving. And I kept trying to re-align my thoughts, so that I was thinking about what I wanted to happen rather than what I was afraid of. But for the best part of a day, it was a real struggle - I kept finding myself worrying, then changing my thoughts to feel better, then I'd worry again, then I'd change my thoughts again, over and over throughout the day. I was thinking, "I'm not doing very well with this conscious LOA thing", and then suddenly I felt fine, completely blissful and serene. Then I checked my emails and I'd got a notification that the thing I'd worried about hadn't happened - almost exactly at the moment that the blissful feeling came over me.

So I find it like this: if I am experiencing that sensation of Pure Awareness (for lack of a better term -this is what Kinslow calls it) - then I just know that everything will be okay. If I'm having to look for that feeling, then I know I need to change my thoughts until I get a better feeling.

Any help?

[Miracles Magnet]

Hi Ginny,

Thanks for taking your time to type out such a long reply for me!

Appreciate it!  Will take time to digest what you have said!