The Case for Believing in Magic and Trusting Your Intuition
Remember, most of our modern day realities would have been considered “magic” or “witchcraft” not long ago.
I've always said that I don't know how anyone else's world works, I just know how mine does. And my world has Angels, Faeries and Spirit Guides. It always has, and I've spent most of my life actively trying to deny and resist that fact while pretending my denial was somehow less biased. Until, I realized… if you must consistently convince yourself that something right before your eyes isn't true by willfully ignoring signs and believing in coincidences more than miracles… you are discriminating against your own intuition.
We are all psychic, intuitive beings, because we are all energetic beings. Your intuition is simply the means through which the energies of the Universe are delivered to you.
You have exchanged electrons with every individual you have ever met, and your particles will never forget them, continuing to interact across time and distance. In that case, is it so difficult to believe that your intuition can be trusted, since your cells have access to all the knowledge and experiences of the world?
Objectively, we create our own realities, which in turn, we perceive subjectively. Our energy, intention and actions influence the environment around us and what we attract into our orbit. Why deny the exponentially increasing synchronicities? Why is it better to assume that your intuition is a liar? Confirmation bias is real, but so is the placebo effect. Does it really matter if your experience was shaped by a sugar pill?
When you learn to trust yourself (ie: your intuition), the world becomes a far more magical place.
Our subjective realities are powerful enough to shape our objective reality. Why not choose to believe that you are important enough to warrant the Universe assigning you a personal cavalry of interdimensional beings, all dedicated to helping you lead your most fulfilling life? Or, at the very least, that your intuition is not incessantly lying to you. Why expend energy trying to prevent yourself from realizing this optimistic truth, which only serves to enhance your sense of self-actualization, interconnection and purpose?
You get to decide where the line between confirmation bias and divine alignment should or could be drawn. That is the beauty of Spirituality. You get to define and evolve the relationship you have with whatever life force you choose to resonate with the most. Remember, I can not tell you how your world works. I can only tell you how mine does. So, why not choose to believe in the same world as me, where coincidences are messages from divine protectors, miracles are commonplace occurrences, and nothing meant for you will ever pass you by?
Tips for learning to trust your intuition:
It is very easy to forget about our intuition in today’s loud, overly stimulated environment. Many of us have disconnected from what it feels like to experience an intuitive knowing. Here are simple but effective ways to reconnect to Source and the collective consciousness.
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Keep a Miracle and/or Gratitude Journal
Record all of the signs or synchronicities you notice throughout the week.
Notice any angel numbers (repeated numerical sequences), animals, plants, songs, sounds, ideas or words that continuously show up in your daily life. Research their spiritual meanings and intuitively try to decipher what messages Spirit is sending you.
Write a page of things you are grateful every morning to show the Universe that you are thankful for all the blessings you have and will receive.
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Intentionally develop your relationship to Spirit
Talk to your ancestors and ask for help from any in your lineage who have experience or success in your current life problems
Research any deities that you feel drawn to and your own cultural practices
Create a daily mantra or affirmation practice that calls upon Spirit to divinely guide, protect and align you with your Highest Path.
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Practice mindfulness meditation
Cultivating mindfulness allows us to quiet the mind so we can pay better attention to our intuition. Healing the nervous system through intentional periods of relaxation can help our intuition come more readily, as we are less distracted by “fight or flight” mode.
Mindfulness meditation can be sitting with your eyes closed in silence or listening to calming music like Tibetan singing bowls or chants, allowing thoughts to come and go without focusing on them. Or, it can look like taking a walk and focusing on the physical sensations of your shoes rolling from heal to toe on the pavement or the grass between your toes. T
The key is to slow down and focus on one sensation at a time, like the feeling of your chest expanding with each breath or the flavour of a grape bursting on your tongue.
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Understand the difference between intuition and anxiety
At first, it can be difficult to discern between what our intuition is telling us, versus our anxiety, fear or conditioned responses. Remember that your intuition will feel like a quiet whisper in the back of your mind, and is a calmer sense of knowing. There will not be any rationale or logic tied to this knowing— it simply is.
Anxiety feels like a shock to your nervous system, a pang in your chest or impulsive and intrusive thoughts that you can not ignore. Your intuition will be far quieter than an intrusive or impulsive thought, like a background noise to your regular stream of consciousness.
