Trust Your Intuition

Everyone has intuition— it’s just a matter of developing it. All you need is the desire and expectation which is the bride and bridegroom in joining with this innate gift you do posses. The problem is too often people fail to tap into this innate powerful source because they confer with everybody and everything else but themselves. They go to great lengths to not be alone, to be surrounded by others yet only by “aloneness”, not loneliness, can you learn to tune this still small voice in you.

To solve this problem, practice dwelling with yourself for a short time every day in order to learn how to love solitude and practice having complete stillness within. This is by far the best way to learn how to activate your inner guidance voice. It is possible after practice to be able to activate this voice regardless of surrounding noise, but to start you must have complete solitude.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that there are three voices in your mind: your voice (which probably complains all the time), the devil's voice which is always negative and fills your mind with fear, doubt, guilt, worry ...,  and the Spirit of God's voice. The still small voice is the Spirit of God's voice in you. The scripture says that the Spirit of God speaks-- that's why we must learn to listen and obey it.

In addition, find a place you can be undisturbed for 30-60 minutes even if it is only an attic or shed. Go to this “retreat” regularly. If you cannot do this, go high up some hill where you can sit alone. Sit down in preference to lying down, although be comfortable and make sure you have a pen and paper with you. Take with you a “listening" attitude, as though you were expecting to hear something. 

Moreover, try to shut out all noises and thoughts of the outside world. This will get easier with practice, but you have to shut your mind to outside things. You can do this because you can control your mind at any moment and any kind of thought. After some time, between 15-30 minutes, much less with practice, your mind will go completely clear and thoughts and ideas will start coming to you. During the whole time write everything that comes to you. Don't leave out bits here and there because it is not what you like. You will get suggestions to go somewhere, phone somebody, or do something.

My Story

After I learned how to put my goals down on paper in a way that is clear, easy to follow, and provides all the information I need at a glance, I really couldn’t benefit much from it until I learned how to listen to my inner voice. This is because for every goal we set there will be obstacles to surmount or problems to solve. We have to use silent contemplation to think about the solution to the problems we face, or get new ideas to surmount the obstacles on our path. In the beginning it was very difficult for me because I wasn’t used to sitting quietly for a long time—remember I loved entertaining myself by playing video games for long hours every day. 

However, circumstances forced me into great "aloneness" during my teenage years and these were my formative years. Once I started taking time to think in solitude regularly every day I started loving it, because I saw the positive results in my life. The reason I’m telling you this is to let you know is that the more you visit you “retreat” the more you like it. The less you go the more you loathe it. When you visit your retreat frequently it will become a greater comfort.

Furthermore, you have to resolve to build the habit of doing this as often as possible, preferably every day, as all messages you will receive are for today and not for tomorrow. They come like manna in the desert day by day, with each day bringing adequate supply for the day’s need only. Note that your ability to use and its capability of giving you the answer you require will grow as it is used and believed in. In time you will recognize the suggestion it gives you as coming from that source and you will act accordingly.

Gerard Ndzebir