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How do you know the difference between intuition and chit-chat?

No one can tell you what your intuition sounds like or looks like or feels like. Only you can figure it out. Sometimes it’s so strong and unmistakable, almost like a burning bush. Other times it’s like a gentle breeze that you could miss if you are too active.

When I decided that I wanted to follow inner guidance, but could not distinguish between Spirit and self, I figured I would just follow everything. For a long time that led to wild goose chases, and lots of frustration. I would evaluate my choices after they came into manifestation. When I started to do this it would take me 6-12 months to even realize I needed to evaluate the choice. It took me 3 years to get down to 1-2 days. I noticed, through my evaluations, that guidance from self almost always required me to push and force. While guidance from Spirit had me moving through life in a dance. The contrast was remarkable.

When I started to squeeze my evaluation time, I asked for clarity up front. I wanted to know at the moment the choice presented itself whether it was coming from Spirit or self. I made a concerted effort during my meditations to remain in Spirit. Upon exiting, I requested that I remain in tune with Spirit throughout the day. When I made this shift, clear, complete instructions started to come through.

Something else happened. Even if I came up with a path that was self based, Spirit would step in. I would begin to question the source of the choice. For example, when I started my current job, my mind was running amok with actions it wanted taken based on wounded pride. Based on my mental and spiritual states, I would follow some and not follow others. I knew, all the while, that these were all self-based decisions. When I finally started to ask what the whole deal was about, Spirit stepped in. I’m sure it was there all along, but I refused to hear it. I was hell-bent on being in pride.

So how did I even know which was which? My self was frantic, frenzied, agitated. I was feeling antagonistic, and like I was in a battle. The decisions that I made out of that space led to more anger, and more tension. Spirit was calm, clear, even rational. The decisions that I made out of that space led to harmony, and joy. They led to win-win solutions.

Everyday we go through life facing decisions. Some simple and seemingly insignificant, others are life changing. When you are constantly aware of your connection to Spirit, you will notice clear answers coming from within. Some may be difficult to follow at the time. They will help you to stretch and grow. Others will be in the natural flow of where you are at the time. But always, you can tell when a choice is presented from the Spirit that dwells in you and when a choice is presented from the conditioning you have received from the outside. The good news is that they are not always mutually exclusive. Better than that, is that as you align yourself more with Spirit, they will be one in the same.

In Spirit,
Nneka