Intuition - Does Your Intuition Lead You to Your Higher Self, Or is it the Other Way Around?

I received an email promoting a meditation and workbook program that claims to help you access and harness your intuition. The email stated that intuition is the bridge that leads you to your "ultimate self" and your insights, gifts and wisdom. Now I'm all for getting in touch with your intuition and especially for using your intuition, but I have to correct a couple popular misconceptions. Your intuition isn't the gateway to your higher self, to your unlimited transcendent self, as was claimed in the email. Rather, I found that it's the other way around: the higher self is the gateway to your intuition and to all the gifts from the higher realms (including favorable synchronicities, being in "the zone," and more). It's your higher self that is the source of and the fundamental key to your success in all areas of your life. (I feel there are many ideas in the new age community that are reversed like this. And it's important to realize that even though the ideas may be close, it's not enough to be close. You need to be precise for it to work...)

Anyway, it's really important to get this distinction straight because it will be the difference that brings you to your success. I have tried for years to get in touch with my intuition--with little in terms of progress. Furthermore, I have received emails from people who were frustrated because they have meditated and meditated but didn't feel like they were getting anywhere with regards to their intuition. But that's because meditation is only a small part of the process (and not the most important part either).

I had tried to gain confidence in my intuition for almost two decades but it wasn't until I connected to my higher self that I made significant and real progress with it, as well as with my insights and ability to access my inner wisdom. (I was motivated to "go within" because I really needed the guidance.) You can do one guided meditation after another, you can bliss out on meditations, you can fill out every single exercise in all the intuition workbooks and workshops in the world, but nothing is going to teach you as much as living from your higher self in the real world. When it comes to your connection to your higher self and your intuition, I found that the real world is the most effective classroom. (This ought to be good news for those of you who don't have the time or the resources to attend special workshops.)

To gain confidence in your intuition, you need to connect in with your higher self, learn to distinguish your inner guidance from your mental conditionings and others' expectations, and then act on your inner guidance (your intuition) promptly and consistently. Because it is only after you put your "ass on the line" (testing your ability to "hear" your higher self, your own determination, as well as your higher self itself) and then see the results of your following through that you'll learn to have confidence in it. One more thing: once you're clear about the process, it doesn't have to take a lot of time for you to see some results. I have seen people achieve amazing results in as little as one month. It all depends on your higher self and your confidence in that part of you.