The infinite mystery of the gift of intuition has always fascinated me. The task of giving it tangible form has been one of my primary preoccupations since I first discovered the irrefutable evidence of my own intuition in 1980 at Heartsong School for Psychic Perception in Berkeley, California. The revelation of my intuitive gift, made possible through the teachings I received, deeply and permanently transformed my perception of myself, of others, and of the world in which we exist.
The discovery of my intuition was, in fact, a rediscovery of myself. Reflecting back on myself before I was realigned with my intuition, I see someone fragmented into many morsels, into many different facets, always searching, looking, seeking for something lost, for something precious and very essential to my fundamental well-being and sense of Self. I see myself slowly reassembling the fragments, bringing myself together and remembering who I was. By reconciling with my intuition, I suddenly brought everything together into a whole. The rediscovery of my capacity to access and perceive the truth within myself created a deep healing in my heart and a profound sense of coming home to myself.
I always assumed that intuition was a gift for a privileged few. The realization that it is an inner capacity waiting to be awakened in all beings was a tremendous inspiration to me. I knew immediately that I had found my way, my path. I knew with certainty that it was part of my purpose to teach intuition development in the world. I also understood that I had “lost” and then rediscovered my own intuition so that I could better understand and assist others in their own process of inner awakening.
I love intuition. I love its mystery, its depth, and its truth. Guiding others to the revelation of their own intuition is a delicate, powerful, and blessed work, a process in which I participate with respect and gratitude.
Throughout my years as a healer and psychotherapist, I have understood that the four burning questions which motivate people on a path of personal transformation and spiritual development are: Who am I? Why am I here? What is happening? Where am I going?
These questions create the spiritual quest, the search. The moment we begin to ask ourselves these questions, we trigger the initiatory journey within ourselves and our lives become the means through which we explore and discover the answers we seek.
It is impossible to find the answer to these questions with the rational mind. We may begin to answer through a logical process of rational deduction, but we will quickly discover that the reasonable answers of the mind are flat, limited, and without depth or inspiration. We are obliged to reach deeper, to come back to ourselves in a different manner, in order to explore the possible answers to these questions.
The gift of intuition is the gift of remembering, of knowing and of belonging. Intuition brings us to these questions and, loving soul that she is, she also brings us to the answers—showing us that the answers are always there, preciously protected, until such time as we are ready to discover them.
Intuition is our birthright, a blessed birthright, evidence of divinity incarnate in physical form. Thanks to our intuition, we can find our place and purpose in this world and realize our deepest potential. Thanks to our intuition, we can reconcile ourselves with a living, loving, guiding presence we perceive with our inner senses. We can heal ourselves and we can participate in the healing process of others and the healing of our world, our home.
I sincerely hope that reading this book will help you to receive the blessing of your intuition into your life.