Intuition - The Vocabulary of Feelings

Thanks for all the comments yesterday!

First of all, I want to Thank You guys for  taking the time to tell me about your idea and experiences with Intuition.

I was very impressed.  And there was a lot of thought and understanding that went into your responses.  They were not only smart...but very revealing of your personalities...and I got to know you a little better.

Thanks Again

Does Your Intuition Talk To You...Or Do You Feel It?

Some people "Hear" the messages that their  Intuition sends them.

It's usually not very loud.  And it's not a lot of words.  But you hear your instruction on what to do.

It's usually not a conversation.  But it can be.  When you learn to develop your Intuitive Powers you can call on them on demand.  And you can learn to have a conversation with your Subconscious mind.  That can be very useful.

Other people "Feel" their message.  It comes as an urge...or what you call a Gut Feeling. 

In both cases, it's not some long, drawn out master plan your Intuition is communicating to you.  It's usually brief...more of a "here's the next step"...take it.  And it fills in the blanks later.

Or often you fill in the blanks yourself.

You find out that the First Step opened up a new direction or understanding...and the rest becomes clear.

Feelings Or Emotions

There's a difference between Feelings and Emotions.

Feelings are physically based.  The body is creating a body based response.

Emotions can be felt in the body.  But they don't physically hurt you.  It's usually the mind responding (or judging) a situation...and you responding by "being hurt" or "being happy".  Or somewhere in between.

Hunger is a feeling.   Sadness is an emotion.

Being cut by a knife causes a feeling of pain.  You're body is damaged.
Being cut by words may cause pain.  But your not bleeding.

See the difference?

Training Your Emotions

One of the reasons people don't trust their emotions is they don't know what their emotions are.

They may know common terms...Anger, Loneliness, Hate, Love, Tenderness, Upset and on and on.

But they don't know many of the in between.

And it's important to know at least a little bit about emotions. Otherwise the messages your Intuition is trying to send through can get muddled.

For instance, if you don't know the difference between Angry and Annoyed...when your intuition yells out "You're In Danger"  and you associate that only with the intensity of Anger...but the message is milder...more towards the Big Time Annoyed side...you might dismiss it because it's not intense enough.

Of if you're attracted to someone but you only know Full Bore Lust...and this is more an inkling of Interest being sent to you (Go on,give her a try)...then you might lose out a great connection because you don't know how to read the nuances between Lust and Really Attracted Too.

The fancy word for this has become Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence was originally a research style label that was created when they were defining the different types of Intelligence.  You may not be able to design a space ship...but you can write a great song.  Different types of Intelligence.

I'm not so sure anyone is really Emotionally Intelligent.  But it's a convenient label for 1) Either lacking or having the experience in dealing with your emotions and other people's emotions  or  2) An Excuse for being self centered and immature.  "I can't help it. It's not my fault.   I'm just not emotionally intelligent, dude."

Feelings...Nothing More Than Feelings...

Anyway...the first step to understanding your feelings...is learn to identify with them.

Don't confuse this with "You've Got To Get In Touch With Your Feelings". 

The problem with that statement is twofold.

1) "Getting in Touch" with your feelings is short hand for "You've got to let your feelings control you"  Wrong

2) Getting in Touch" with your feelings means understanding them...not living from them.

The way I learned how to "get in touch" was I took a giant list of feelings and at the end of the day I would just go through them and do a mental check list.

Yeah, I felt that.  Hmm.  So Frustrated and Annoyed can be two different things?  Hmmm.  Nope, didn't feel that.

The list I had was from an early Emotional Intelligence book (not Goldman's) and had about 400 words.  At first it seemed like a lot.  But soon I could go through them a little faster.But it's not something I wanted to rush through.

The point is, you can't  identify with feelings if you've never put a word to them.  It's like Adam and Eve naming things in the Garden of Eden. 

"That's a tiger.  Why . I don't know...It just looks like it should be a tiger".

I know some self improvement courses suggest you sit down and review your day...and write out how you felt.  But you don't know "how  you felt" until you can put an accurate label on it.

I guess you could know some feelings.  They say there's only two emotions.   Fear and Love. But there's a lot of in between.  And you could live understanding fear and love...but there's a whole emotional palette that can be explored and understood by labeling the emotions you feel.

I've met a lot of people who took this to far.  At least for me
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You can tell them because all they talk about is emotions.  But they never do anything to change. (OR expect you to change or alter yourself because they are now Fluent In Emotions...and you must bow to their superiority)

And that's not what I'm talking about.

I'm talking about basic awareness.

For instance, I  used to know MAD and NOT MAD

But then I learned  Angry, Upset, Annoyed, Pissed Off, Disappointed, Discouraged,Disillusioned...You get it.

So if your inclined, try doing your day end review or weekly review and include a checklist of what you felt.

Keep in mind two things.

1)  Identifying emotions includes the great ones too!

2)  Once you recognize emotions for what they are, they are like Mosquitoes...they can keep coming in to try and bit and annoy you...but they can't hurt you very much anymore

Thanks,

Intuitive John

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PS I think they came up with Nine types of Intelligence.

PPS  Here's a link to the Longest Feelings List In The World.  3000 Words!