I want to share this chapter from one of my books, Be Your Own Medical Intuitive.

I picked this chapter because it might answer some of your most important questions.

Chapter 2

Can I Really Be a Medical intuitive for Myself?

Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.”

Shakti Gawain, Author of Creative Visualization

As an intuitive I’ve found that just giving accurate information to my clients is not enough. It seems like an oversimplification of the human sitting before me. At one point it seemed that something was dramatically missing from my time with people. So I began to include healing techniques that would end repetitive struggles or would assist in healing their thoughts, emotions, and subsequently their physical bodies.

At the end of the session, I decided to give each client homework to do for themselves. Yes, that is exactly what I did. It took me years to realize that by giving each person a homework assignment, I recognized the healer within each person. I handed the empowerment back to the client. It took my publisher, friend, and spiritual colleague, Terri Leidich of WriteLife Publishing, two years to convince me that a book was needed for everyone to recognize their own very personal healer within them.

Medical Intuition is more than just being able to scan yourself. Medical Intuition leads to a profound level of information about your eternal life’s story. Medical Intuition is about identifying yourself as a soul on an amazing journey. The more you know about you, the more you are deliberately in charge of you. I love the word ‘deliberately’! Can you imagine deliberately being more and more in charge of yourself and your life?

Many people tell me that they have no idea why they did what they did or why they said what they said. Do you sometimes wonder why you’ve blurted something out loud or done something you now regret? Are you sometimes perplexed about why you are so unhappy, so exhausted, or so ill, or why negative patterns keep repeating in your life?

You will understand why you are exhausted, ill, or finding a familiar problem constantly rising up again. You will spot more understanding, compassion, respect, and kindness for yourself. You will learn to stop fearing your surprises, emotions, fears, struggles, and your secrets because you now have multiple and specific healing methods to successfully alter the underlying energy and heal yourself.

As you deliberately take charge of yourself, you deliberately direct your future possibilities and potential, your beliefs, hidden joys, hidden pain, and not-so-hidden pain oillness. You will know that your thoughts and emotions are living things reeling out into the universe for eternity. You will learn to take better care of yourself, and that includes the good, the bad, the ugly, and the very personal. Can you allow yourself to be who you really are meant to be?

You are entering into your very own, deeply personal story. Accept everything you get . . . even the weird, and especially the weird. Weird is what unaware people tend to call everything in the intuitive world. I ask you to learn to cherish your weirdness. As you develop medical intuition, you will also become more cognizant of the natural, mystical realm of life. It is simply a matter of expanding your awareness beyond the mundane thought processes in order to receive the very subtle non-physical information around you.

You Are Already Intuitive

You already realize that you just know things about situations in your life and the lives of those around you. Some examples might be: You might already know that your heart has an energetic crack in it when you lost someone you loved. You might already be aware that every time you are with a certain family member you get a terrible headache on the right side of your head or the left side of your neck. You might be aware that the person on the phone feels “off,” and the thought of fighting and arguments leap into your mind about him. You might be aware that your deceased family member comes into your dreams, especially in the last month, and you constantly think of that person but wonder why.

You are already naturally intuitive. Intuitive information is in your life constantly, but most people only recognize it as strange thoughts or their wild and vivid imagination. I ask you to remember right now some of the experiences you have had that you completely put out of your mind as nothing but your brain misfiring, or your weird thoughts. It is not . . . It is your intuitive knowledge of yourself, and it is real.

11 Keys to Absolutely Know About Intuition

1. You are already intuitive.
2. Intuition is simply a matter of noticing in a different way.
3. Intuition will never stop feeling like your imagination . . . never.
4. You must allow yourself to receive.
5. Intuition is not a gift that only a few people have.
6. Everyone is intuitive.
7. Intuition is a learned skill.
8. Intuition is simply information.
9. Intuition is noticing the very subtle information around you and within you.
10. Intuitive information comes from both the non-physical and the physical realms.
11. You can learn the steps to intuitively learn all about yourself.

7 Primary Blocks to Your Intuitive Skills

The blocks that I am discussing here are the primary ones that come up in all of my workshops and my private mentoring sessions. So, these are the most common struggles that I hear from people all over the world. These issues get in the way of people who yearn to do medical intuition but who struggle, in some manner, to get where they want to be. These are the primary blockages that prevent you from becoming an exceptional healer for your own life. 

    

1 – Your Worries or Outright Fears

Seeing Non-Physical Beings – I am here to tell you that deceased people are everywhere. They are at your work, in the yard, in your car, in your house, and at the stores where you shop. They are already everywhere because they are a natural part of life. We are living and breathing in the non-physical world, and it is constantly all around us and within us. You are a spirit right now, and there are spirits everywhere coming and going because they are just as alive as you are. You are a spirit among spirits. So allow yourself to perceive them. You already know they are there, don’t you?

Being Overwhelmed – A common question is, “What if the spirit world takes over my life?” You will notice more as you allow yourself to notice. But the most fascinating thing is that spirits will do exactly what you tell them to do. They will do what you ask because they are real people. For example, if you asked your friend to leave the room for fifteen minutes, they might think it is strange, but they would politely leave the room. It is exactly the same if you are dealing with a dead person. They will do what you say so you must take care to say exactly what you really want them to do.

Life Might Change – Your life will change because you will be living at a more aware and more understanding life than ever before. You will understand what lies underneath other people’s struggles because you have a more profound understanding of what makes you tick, and you will look out of your own eyes at the world in completely different ways.

Failure to Become Intuitive – What happens if you think you have failed? Well, there really is no failure. Becoming more intuitive is about noticing the very subtle signal from the Universe. It is all about noticing or not noticing. Life is about a choice between learning and then improving based on what we’ve learned, or stopping and not moving forward. Every split second in our lives is a choice.

Being Wrong – If you are wrong in some way, then immediately examine how you think you are wrong. What steps did you take or not take? Learn to notice in a different way.

Making It All Up – This is one of my favorite struggles to hear from someone because it is so vitally important to every single medical intuitive. Hear this now: It will never stop feeling like you made it up, imagined it, or dreamed it up. It will never stop feeling that way. Intuition is real, but it will always feel like your imagination because it is information from the non-physical realms. It is not going to be solid like we are accustomed to perceiving in the physical realm that we live in.

Am I Worthy to Receive Intuitive Insights?

I was so surprised when I first heard this particular worry and concern. It had never occurred to me that someone would question if they were good enough. Intuition is truly only information. Granted, it is information from the non-physical life around you, but it is still only information. Do not think of it as something else.

You are also frequently receiving information from spirit guides, angels, and even archangels. You might become aware of Jesus, Muhammad, or Buddha, or any other revered entity. Hear this: If they come to you, then it was their decision and not yours. That in itself tells you how worthy you are. You are in control. It is imperative that you allow yourself to receive the intuition.

The Spirit World Might Dominate Me

Now this is a legitimate thought but does not need to be a worry or a fear. They are often confused, demanding, unaware, still feeling sick, and yes, even dead people can be afraid. Later on in this book, I will discuss the neediness of many, many deceased people. The good news is . . . they will do what you direct them to do. If you realize that you are in charge of a situation with a spirit person, there is nothing to be afraid or worried about. They are not more powerful than you are. They are really just another human in the room. If they come to you, it is because they need or want something.

Loving Intuitive Wisdom or the Spirit World So Much that You May Want to Leave the Physical World

Being an intuitive and a medical intuitive is much more than interacting with dead people. The more you allow yourself to notice the non-physical world, the more you will love it. You will love it because you, as a human, are non-physical and physical at the exact same time. It brings the depth of balance that most people have been searching for throughout their lives. You will not want to leave your current life, but you will realize how alive people are even after their death. The more you receive intuition into your daily life, you will realize a richness that you have never experienced before. If life is like your cake, intuition is the luscious icing on your cake. You will feel more alive than you have ever been before.

What if Family or Friends Find Out I am Intuitive?

I have noticed over many years that families are often alarmed at first when they find out you have been doing healings for yourself. People tend to judge and criticize the things they know the least about. If you do decide to share this part of your life with them then it is the exact time for you to become the teacher. Give them little bits of information at a time. I have seen this time and time again. When family and friends realize your accuracy and your healing abilities, they begin to sense the wonderment of it all and then they hold a respect for you.

I Have Already Experienced Strange Things and I Do Not Want That to Happen Again

People frequently tell me that they have already had spiritual experiences that either terribly frightened them or they terribly frightened their family members. They go on to explain that they have seen inside of themselves and found something dark, or they have known about events which then actually happened in real life. They might know when someone is pregnant before the woman even knows. These are just a few examples.

My response is this: “If you do not want to be aware of those things, then what has brought you to me or to this book? Working with me will absolutely heighten your abilities.” And with a surprised look on their face they often say, “Oh, I guess you are right. I guess I really want to understand what I am getting and not be afraid of these psychic things when they happen.” Then I respond, “Great, that is exactly what will happen as we work together!”       

What if I Am Not Normal Anymore?

Living with one foot in the physical world and one foot in the non-physical world at the exact same time is the truest balance of all. You will be differently awake, knowledgeable, and mindful. You will be more powerfully aware, and this will be your new normal. Once you allow yourself to tap into the intelligence of cosmos, you will not be the same again. You will be more.

2 – Doubting or Trusting Your Abilities

Over and over again, people tell me that they just received intuitive information but immediately decided that the information couldn’t possibly be right. Well . . . why not? Why do you think you are wrong? Why not allow yourself to be instantly correct in what you just received and how you received the intuitive information? Doubting thoughts has an energetic vibration that is thin and fragile. That weakened frequency constantly rushes though your body, diminishing your energy field.

3 – Do You Deserve to be Intuitive?

Intuition is a biological, inborn instinct. It has nothing to do with your actions, your lifestyle, or being deserving or not deserving. Struggling to receive the subtle intuitive world around you does not mean you are being punished. It does not signify that you do not deserve it. It only means you are not recognizing what intuition is when it comes to you. You are simply missing it when it flows to you. Thoughts and feelings of being so undeserving is a prominent roadblock for many.

4 – Your Old Rules are Getting in the Way

I am using the word “rules” to clearly explain the most powerful block getting in your way of being intuitive for yourself or for someone else. In this case, a rule is a thought that grew into a belief. That belief then became an expectation that intuition must come to you in a certain way. It must be noticed in a certain way. If you have that belief it only means that you are missing all the other ways it is coming to you.

The most dominant rule is that the intuitive must see everything with their physical eyes. If you have this rule, then everything that the universe gives to you in your mind’s eye does not count as intuition, and you discard it. 75 percent of what I perceive is in my mind’s eye. (I will discuss the mind’s eye in more depth later on.)

Many of our current rules were never really ours in the first place. When we were younger, we listened to parents or other authoritarian role models. We hear the rules they declare to us, and we tend to swallow the rules and try to believe it and apply it to our own personal life. So many times, a rule that fits for someone else is stifling in our life. You might struggle to hold on to that rule because you thought you must believe it no matter what. For example, I heard a father tell his daughter that auras are not real, and she is not seeing any colors around people. If she, as a child, decided that is a rule that must be followed, then she will struggle to see auras later as she tries to open up to her clairvoyant abilities.

Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements, states the following: “We need a great deal of courage to challenge our own beliefs.” What rules do we have about intuition? Your rules become your beliefs. A belief is only a thought that you frequently have. Where did they come from? Are they positive guidelines for you, or do they stifle and restrict your awareness to receive intuitive information?

5 – Your Expectations About Intuition

Oh, expectations! How dramatically interfering they are for your success as an intuitive! When I ask you this question, I want you to notice whatever jumps into your mind. What do you think intuition will be when it happens? Notice what you have already decided intuitive information is. If you have already decided what intuition should look like or show up as or how it should be, then your preconceived ideas will force you to miss all the other pathways that are coming to you.

6 – I am Afraid to See Things!

Visualizing the non-physical world around you is so vitally important that we find ourselves in one of two groups. We either think that seeing is so important that we must see everything, or it is not intuition and it is not correct. The second group contains everyone else who is terrified to see anything of the non-physical world around us.

If you find yourself in either one of these groups, Group 1) Seeing is the only way to receive intuition, or Group 2) Seeing is too frightening, then you are obstructing your natural abilities.

The non-physical creation is there, and you are within it and interacting with it right now. You are a spirit, so you might as well allow yourself to perceive it visually because you are already sensing or feeling it around you anyway. A person in spirit is much less threatening than a person could be to you in the physical. A person in spirit also will do exactly what you demand that they do. (I will discuss this in more detail later in this book.)

7 – What Will Everyone Think of Me?

I now teach medical intuition full time in one-on-one mentoring sessions and also a three-day workshop. During a moment of quiet, one woman asked a really good question. She hesitantly said, “What do you do with all the skeptics around you who do not believe in this stuff?” She went on, “I keep my abilities hidden because they are so critical.” My response, “I simply do not give a rip in the slightest about what they think! And because I do not care at all, I never draw those people to me.” There were a few seconds of silence . . . then everyone laughed and laughed.

I love this quote from Martha Graham: “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and it will be lost. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.”

Remember moments of feeling proud. How did that emotion feel inside of you? Remember the moments of feeling proud about someone in your life. What is the exact feeling when pride waves through you? Now . . . can you imagine feeling proud of yourself in that same way and to that same degree.

My hope for you is to experience waves of genuine pride of your intuitive development and your increasing abilities. My hope for you is to experience a deep level of comfort and security for your own health and your own perceptions. Does it really matter if some acquaintance, friend, or even a family member does not believe in your life and your life experiences? Does it really matter that you are mindful and responsive to the non-physical, otherworldly realms that exist within and around you? You are expanding your perceptions and understandings of yourself and each individual around you. You have stretched and magnified your senses, and there is still so much more to do. Can you un-expand your thoughts, your senses, and go back into a confinement so that others might be more comfortable being around you? This is only one out of an uncountable number of choices you have every single day of your life.

“A powerful person is someone who owns their choices.”

Diane Reardon  Australia

Stop Now and Notice Yourself with Fascination:

What has been blocking your intuitive skills? In what ways do you know yourself more clearly now?

Essential Points:

• Beware: We humans excel at convincing ourselves we are intuitive failures and have no powers at all.
• Look for your fears and worries. Do not try to avoid them or you cannot learn about yourself.
• Trusting yourself opens the pathway up into a wide-open highway.
• You are wired to be intuitive. You are meant to receive information through intuition.
• Deserving to be intuitive has nothing to do with your natural wiring.
• Catch yourself having subtle rules that are limiting. If you have expectations of how intuition should be or how it comes to you, it only means that you are missing all the ways it is already coming to you.
• Realize that you live within the non-physical realms. Seeing it is natural, just like looking out from your physical eyes right now.

You Are Naturally Wired to Be Intuitive
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