Intuition is a sacred capacity, sacred because it is the expression of our divine aspect acting through the physical world, and sacred also because of its tremendous power to transform physical matter, mind, and spirit.
With our intuition, we experience our ability to feel, see, and hear the truth. In other words, we experience our capacity to separate illusion from truth and to perceive the truth of a situation, an event, ourselves, or another person, relative to the movement of existence in any given moment. When we exercise our intuition on somebody else, we place ourselves in a position of enormous responsibility in relation to the other. We assume, in these moments, one of several archetypal roles—healer, teacher, guide, priest, priestess, god, goddess—and each of these roles demands a tremendous personal clarity and ethical integrity on our part.
We are obliged to accept responsibility for the position of power we assume, so that we can conduct the session with authority and certainty. We must never abuse the power with which we have been entrusted by violating, in one way or another, the integrity of the person with whom we are working. We must always remember, when we practice using our intuitive skills on others, that our primary objective is to assist in the transformational and evolutionary process of the other and, from a transpersonal perspective, to assist in the evolution of humanity. In these roles, we act as a bridge, a link, between light and matter, offering our services to light so that she may marry with matter and bring our world back to light. Rendering service, we too are healed and transformed. Assuming the role of teacher, healer, guide, priestess—and assuming it well—can bring us much personal fulfillment, recognition, gratitude, and eventually even financial gain, if we engage ourselves in the intuitive work on a professional level.
The places of healer, spiritual teacher, and psychic reader are unusual roles to assume in today's world. Once we find ourselves relegated to a role in which we have authority, we are immediately faced with the challenge of managing, with wisdom, the power given that accompanies the roles. The ego, being the self-centered, delusion-oriented, power maniac that it is, can easily fall into myriad traps once it experiences the position of authority and unlimited creative power provided through the dynamic of a “practitioner/client” relationship. Because of the danger of the ego and its propensity toward self-aggrandizement, territorial acquisition, and power games of domination and conquest, personal spiritual transformational work is essential, especially if we are to assume, with integrity and sound ethics, the role of teacher/healer within the society.
Most talented teachers and healers are conscious of and try to manage as best they can, the considerable power of their egos. The ego needs to be perceived as an aspect of ourselves requiring management and limits, rather than as a demon needing to be demolished. Thanks to our egos, to our sense of ourselves as personalities we have something to say, ideas to share, philosophies to debate, teachings to transmit. It is, in part, thanks to the ego that we even dare to propose intuitive readings and healings to others. The great trap of the ego lies in its sense of solitary existence, the tendency to think that it, and it alone, is responsible for its success, greatness, cleverness, etc. Intuition is not ego. Intuition is soul. Soul knows that it belongs ultimately to the vastness of the source, to the dancing light, to the god heart of the universe. Intuition knows that the concept of individuality is a construction of the mind/ego that differentiates it from the Great Oneness in order to achieve a certain task during a particular incarnation.
Intuition knows that we are all ultimately and deeply one being, a collective consciousness, one soul. Therefore, to harm somebody else is to harm oneself, and to heal somebody else is to heal oneself. If, when we assume the role of healer, we can always remember this truth, then our ego will stay in its appropriate framework and the interventions we practice will be just and appropriate for the persons on whom we act.
When we work on another, it is imperative that we view the other as a being of intelligence and integrity. We perceive others as beings containing within themselves all the resources they need to realize their purpose and their destiny. One aspect of our role is to assist others to access these inner resources and qualities, always encouraging them to look, first and foremost, to themselves for answers and healing. The others in front of us are, like ourselves, beings born from a sacred place, beings in the process of realizing, of remembering, who they are in the truth of themselves. Like ourselves, these beings need love, acceptance, and respect to help them to find themselves. By creating an atmosphere of respect and integrity, and by conducting our work with impeccable ethical standards, we create a sacred ambiance in which transformation and healing are a natural outcome.
When we open ourselves to our intuition, we open ourselves to our truth and to the living intelligence of the universe. We place our trust in this intelligence and allow it to speak and act through us, at the same time “directing” its interaction through our conscious awareness. Through our intention, the intelligent energy acts at one or another level of consciousness. For this reason, we must always remember to channel the energy with the intention that it act for the highest possible good of all beings involved in the intervention taking place. Praying for the highest possible good aligns us with light, creation, and evolution and naturally protects us from the traps of personal interest and manipulation into which it can be so easy to fall on an unconscious level. When we align with the intention of acting for the highest good, the universe lends us its energy and light, empowering us to a greater degree than when we act alone. In concert with the universe and acting with light as our guide, we are capable of doing a great work, a healing work of depth, precision, and truth. Once we have experienced the tremendous blessing of working in collaboration with light, once we have experienced first-hand the sense of communion resulting from this collaboration, we lose all interest in working “alone.” Knowing that, in truth, we are one with light, we become totally committed to the path of light and, through this path, we work to bring others to the realization of the same truth. From this perspective, the use of our intuitive and healing gifts becomes a service rendered for the highest good of all beings, including ourselves, those we work on, and others. Our work becomes an integral part of our spiritual path, each session representing a lesson along the initiatory journey we are living.
As students embarking on this initiatory path toward self-realization, we are sure to encounter difficulties and commit errors. The mistakes we make, though sometimes serious, are simply mistakes or misses. Learning from our errors allows us to perfect our technique and master our art. Mastering the art allows us to continue to contribute our gifts to humanity.
Offering ourselves and the gift of our deepness to others, we participate in the evolutionary dance of existence. To dance, we must move. In the beginning, our movements are often unskillful, even clumsy. In the beginning, it is difficult to stay centered, connected, and flowing, conscious of the music, the movement, the other, and the purpose. We encounter the same problems when we begin to learn the dance of intuitive readings and healings. As is their nature, problems have a tendency to sneak up on us and take us by surprise.
Even our marvelous intuitive self can be overwhelmed (temporarily) by the events occurring during a session we conduct on ourselves or with someone else. Very often, we will only gain awareness of what has happened after the event, when things have calmed down. It is during these moments, when we gain insight and lucidity as to how we function, that we really begin to learn about and understand ourselves. To advance, it is imperative that we accept the fact that we are bound to make mistakes. Once we have made mistakes, it is equally imperative that we learn from them and that we forgive ourselves for having made them. If we cannot forgive ourselves, we will limit our capacity to continue to move forward on our evolutionary path, thereby cutting ourselves off from the source that nourishes and teaches.
The greatest potential problems we encounter when we begin to exercise our intuition on others are the problems of projection, power, prediction, and interpretation. We shall take a look at each one of these potential “performance monsters,” to better understand how and why they present a problem in the intuitive work.
Projection is the process of transferring your personal reality onto someone else, while assuming that the other perceives, experiences and interprets reality in the same way that you do. Projection is based on the assumption that the other has exactly the same criteria for experience that you do. In fact, when you project onto somebody else, the other ceases to exist in their own right. All that exists is you, with your criteria, which you transfer onto the other. Projection is a wide-spread phenomenon to which we are all subjected on a daily basis to a greater or lesser extent, depending on our associations.
Projections are not necessarily harmful; in fact, they are often quite innocent. However to be the victim of a projection can be anything from irritating to infuriating, depending on the quality of the projection. In normal life, where we are constantly subjected to the projections of others, we can learn to be tolerant and more or less detached. People project unconsciously. Once we understand that they do this without being aware of what they are doing, we realize we have a choice either to confront them or to let them be. It is often simpler to let them be. If we choose the path of confrontation, we quickly discover that we spend a huge amount of time correcting judgments directed toward us in the form of social conversation. If we pay attention to ourselves in action, we have to admit that we also contribute our fair share of projections to the collective unconscious of humanity.
Let me get you a glass of cold water. On a hot day like this I'm sure you prefer cold water.
I shall close the window. The breeze is a real nuisance for us all.
I cannot talk to you. You are closed and unavailable.
You don't understand me. Nobody understands me.
I won't give you salad. I know you absolutely detest it. You never eat it.
You always say that.
I won't even ask you if want to go for a walk, because you never want to go. You hate walking.
You like all the same things I do.
I hate rooms decorated in tones of orange. Nobody could possibly be comfortable in this room.
I'm sure you'll love this dress. I adore it.
Because of you, I am sad, happy, angry …
Social projection can be irritating, but we learn to live with it. The best defense against projection is to be aware when it is happening and not to be “taken in” by it.
We can identify projection by the feeling it creates within us. In front of the person who is expressing their projection, we do not seem to exist at all. The other does not ask our opinion, but rather informs us who we are, how we behave, and why we behave the way we do. There is no discussion, only assumption. Faced with the projection of another, we often feel called to defend ourselves, justify ourselves, and state categorically that we are not the way they think we are. We may feel judged, limited, and smothered, finding ourselves allocated to a framework of perception that does not relate to who we are at all.
When we find ourselves reacting by stating “No, I'm not like that” or “No, I don't feel like that,” or “No, I don't see things like that,” we can be relatively sure we are experiencing someone's projections.
In intuitive work, projection manifests when we fall into the trap of jumping to conclusions. When we assume that “somebody is like this or that” because we or somebody else we know experienced something similar, we can easily project this assumption onto another without verifying with our intuition before we speak. Projection is a function of the rational mind, a habit of logic, and has absolutely no place in intuitive work. When we apply our intuition to the task of working on someone else, we must never assume that we know the other and never presume to understand the whys, hows, and whens of their various preoccupations. To assume and presume gives reign to the logical mind, severely limiting the scope of the intuitive capacity.
The act of projection is the act of sending something somewhere. It is true that, when we practice readings and healings, we must project our consciousness, our intuitive awareness, into the reality of the person on whom we are practicing. We “leave” our personal reality to step into the subjective reality of the other for a short period of time. What we must learn to do with clarity and precision, is to project our awareness without projecting our subjective reality at the same time. If we are centered in our rational mind and we project our awareness into the reality of the other, we take our personal subjective reality with us as we go, thus entering into the trap of projection. In this instance our reality is superimposed on the reality of the other and we assume that the reality we are perceiving is the reality of the other, when in fact, it is our own. In these cases, we can be surprised at how much like ourselves we find others!
The only effective way to avoid projection is to be sure that you are totally centered in intuitive mode before beginning to project awareness into the reality of the other. It is imperative to take all the time you need for your ritual of preparation before beginning the session and then, periodically during the session, take the time to come back to yourself, to your center. A good intuitive practitioner is like a good detective, always asking questions, never jumping to conclusions, determined to know the truth, and not stopping till the truth is uncovered.
When we begin to practice intuitive readings, we have a tendency to pass through a phase of projecting onto others. Initially it can be difficult to attain and maintain a sufficiently deep trance state, free of mental interference. There is also a type of inner cleansing that occurs, as though we must clean the filters of our perceptions, filters that are clogged with the unfinished business of our own personal history. Looking at others, we see reflections of ourselves and are reminded of our own past, our own problems. Distracted by the mental contemplation of our own inner stories, we quickly lose our centered state of intuitive detachment, returning to the level of consciousness of our personality and, from there, easily entering into the trap of projection. After a period of practice, combined with inner personal clearing work, we go beyond the problems of projection. We learn to recognize the symptoms within ourselves, signs that tell us we are losing our centeredness, our intuitive perspective, and the tone of voice which corresponds to the functioning of our intuitive mode of being. Then we can gently bring ourselves back to the correct inner state through which to work.
Projection is always an easier trap to fall into when we are working on someone already known to us. The advantage of group work is that we can practice on virtual strangers, people about whom we have very few preconceptions before we begin. When we know someone intimately, we are familiar with how they function, their problems, and their preoccupations. We also have the habit of interacting with them on a rational level of rapport. All this can make it quite difficult to avoid projecting on them. Family and friends present a delicate problem in this regard. When we wish to practice intuitive readings, it is natural that the people we practice on in the beginning will be our friends, family, or perhaps work associates. These people have preconceived ideas about us, just as we have conclusive opinions, judgments, and ideas about them. To succeed in practicing an intuitive reading, we are obliged to go beyond the normal level of social rapport we have established with these people. It is our responsibility in this instance to transform the relationship and create a new level of communication, a new level of meeting, which occurs at a much deeper, more essential, and more intimate level of contact. It is in these initial practice sessions that we are most likely to fall into the traps of projection. If we do, we find that the reading “lacks something,” and that “something” will be a quality of depth, the atmosphere of profound contact that is experienced between two people when they meet beyond the superficial level of normal social contact.
If we succeed in creating the atmosphere of intuitive contact that is our objective, we often experience a transformation in the relationship with the person on whom we are practicing. Going beyond preconceived ideas and touching and exploring the subjective reality of the other, we can truly meet the other in the totality of their being. This meeting is most often a heart-opening experience, creating renewed compassion, understanding, and respect for the other. In this regard, practicing on friends and family can become a healing and transformational experience for all involved.
The problem of projection teaches us very quickly that every person has their own subjective reality, their own criteria for experiences, and their own filter through which they perceive external reality. When we project, we limit the other, constricting them within our own subjective interpretation of reality. Limited by our imposed structures, others must struggle to be themselves in front of us. Often, they will choose distance, separating from us so that they can feel free to be themselves. Once we have understood the limiting system of projection and its fundamentally distasteful consequences to ourselves and others, we have good reason to go beyond it as a habitual and often unconscious behavior. When we cease to impose our projections on others and simply create a space in which others can be themselves, we are finally free to discover the other in their authenticity, their spontaneity, and their truth. Going beyond projection, we become free to perceive the intrinsic movement of existence, both in ourselves and in others. It is in this essential movement, the energetic dance of light and matter, that we touch the truth and can perceive the true nature of ourselves and others.
The trap of power is the trap of domination over others. We dominate by manipulating and creating relationships of dependence, where others become victims and we, the controller. “Power-tripping” can be very subtle in its behavioral manifestation, or it can be quite clumsy and blatant. The most common trap of power in the intuitive work is the process of creating a relationship of dependence, where the client is obliged to always be the client, coming to the practitioner for information and healing. In this type of relationship, the client loves, respects, perhaps even worships the practitioner and, in the extreme, consults the practitioner before making even the smallest decision. The practitioner, basking in the recognition of their considerable powers, forgets that their original purpose was to empower others to heal themselves. Teaching others to contact their own intuition so they can become their own teacher/healer is to give them their independence and ultimate freedom. Relationships of dependence are relationships of manipulation, and relationships of this nature do not have a place in the sacred work of intuition development.
We must always remember to encourage others to come back to themselves and find their own inner resources for healing. When others compliment us for our powers of perception and healing, we must remember, after having graciously accepted the compliment, to remind them that they too, have this capacity within themselves, just waiting to be developed to its full potential.
Power, in itself, is a healthy and essential quality, assisting us to assert and affirm who we are. Our power allows us to penetrate, create, and transform. With our power we destroy, we terminate and undo our creations once they are no longer useful to us. Thanks to our personal power, we dare to be ourselves, we dare to assume we have something to give to existence. The danger of power lies in the temptation to abuse it. If we are not clear about our limits, if we lack respect for the limits of others, we can project our power in such a way that we trespass on their integrity and their sacred space. We must be vigilant about our power, never underestimating “the power of our power.” When we practice using our intuitive skills, we find ourselves in a position of great power. Others give us permission to penetrate with our intuitive awareness into their reality, into their sacred space, even into the deepness of their own souls. We must go with great respect, with great precision, and with enormous awareness, so that they do not feel violated or betrayed by our coming. Our ultimate purpose is to aid others to open, to flower, and to empower themselves. If we can show them that we can exercise our own power with elegance, restraint, and precision, respecting their limits as well as encouraging them to go beyond them, we will be serving as a valuable role model to the other.
Words which can indicate the existence of power games in action are “should, must, always, never.”
You should change your behavior because …
You must be more courageous.
You should not continue to act like a victim.
You must see the truth.
You should be more aware.
You must listen to me.
You will never be strong enough to succeed.
You should always exercise and eat sensibly.
You should not eat meat.
You must not act in this way.
It is a basic and essential rule in intuitive readings not to use the word “should.” Do not presume to tell someone something in an absolute way. No commands, no absolutes, no orders. You can give your intuitive opinion from a position of personal empowerment without becoming a fascist dictator. Our objective is to share our intuitive impressions in such a way that others can explore their options with greater perspective, free to choose for themselves the path which is most appropriate for them.
The philosophy of intuitive development supports the belief that we are the creators of our own reality, incarnated to realize our destiny while working toward the fulfillment of a certain purpose or mission.
There are many possible ways to arrive at the realization of this purpose, and there are many choices we have to make along the path. We are free beings and nothing, apart from our essential objective at the beginning, is predetermined. As souls, we have also chosen to assume certain karmic obligations. These obligations will cause certain other souls to arrive in our lives, souls with whom we shall have to deal with in one way or another to honor the obligations. We will experience the consequences of our actions in relationship to others as we travel the path of our lives. Our ultimate freedom lies in the fact that we can act and react as we choose in every given moment of our lives. There is no predetermined, fatalistic path that we are obliged to follow. We have a choice, and the exercise of this capacity for choice is essential to the development of our soul, as well as to the evolution of our being. In fact, we have a sort of karmic invitation to accept the responsibility to choose and therefore consciously determine the direction of our evolution. When we allow another to choose for us, we give to the other the responsibility for our lives, thus rendering ourselves impotent and without place, a victim.
The trap of offering predictions is the trap of the power game. Telling others what will happen to them robs them of their power to create their life for themselves, rendering them impotent in front of the possibilities of life. Predictions serve as a form of programming for the unconscious mind. If we are led to believe in the truth of a prediction, it will quite possibly realize itself, as our unconscious mind will work to create it. This is not such a problematic phenomenon when a prediction is “positive” and we receive a programming that directs us unconsciously toward a “happy ending.” However, too often, predictive work is “gloom and doom stuff,” horror stories of suffering, failure, and disappointment, exactly the kind of forecasts on which fear feeds and from which it grows fat. The popular caricature of the clairvoyant that we know from films, fiction, and fantasy—the fortune-teller, gypsy woman, and eccentric psychic—has a well-known reputation for telling the future. Because of this predictive orientation, the more sacred aspect of intuitive work has been largely lost and the work itself almost totally discredited. In fact, it is not very difficult to tell someone their “future.” With our intuitive awareness, we can perceive others as they function in their daily life and we can gain intuitive access to their hopes and fears, their projects and dreams. Perceiving their psychological nature and their usual pattern of behavior, we can with reasonable ease “predict” the possible scenario of the rest of their lives. If they continue to behave in the same fashion, without making decisions or choosing conscious change, their life will unfold in a largely “predictable” pattern. With a client who is open and vulnerable, it is possible to plant the program of “gloom and doom,” “health and happiness,” “loss and gain,” “death and depression,” or “fortune and goodwill.” Predictive work is not true intuitive work, it is simply a “psychic circus act,” an entertainment show, and more importantly an often unconscious power game.
It is true that, with our intuition, we can perceive possible future scenarios. It is also true that we can experience flashes of what may seem to be the future, but these are only possibilities. We have the power to go toward one possibility or to choose another preferred possibility. It is our choice, our birthright, to create the reality of our choosing.
To fall into the trap of prediction is to fall into a deep trap of self-delusion, domination, and manipulation. People may ask you to tell them their future. It can be a great temptation to fulfill their desire, to please them, and to soothe their fears by telling them what you perceive through exercising your powers of intuition. Be aware of the temptation—it is one of the greatest traps you can face.
We must remember that there is no greater power than the power of the truth. One great truth is that we are the creators of our own destinies. All that we create, we can transform. We are totally responsible for the creation of our lives. As intuitive readers, we can offer no greater gift to others than the gift of their own creative power. If we can help others to see and understand that their path is their own to sculpt and create as they feel and as they choose, we are then truly working in our capacity as healers. In the philosophy of intuition development, prediction has no place, as it is contrary to the sacred truths of freedom, evolution, and individual choice. Somebody who practices predictive work is not practicing intuitive work in the sacred sense of its original purpose as a catalyst for spiritual evolution. Therefore, at all costs, avoid the trap. If others ask you to tell them what their future holds for them, ask them what they would like it to hold and help them to explore the possible futures of their lives. Help them to find within themselves the resources they need which will empower them to create their lives and manifest their dreams. Help them to become responsible for the lives they are living in the here and now, so that they can more clearly choose their direction for the future. Discussing possibilities for the future is not at all the same thing as predicting the future. We must remember that the purpose of intuitive readings is to aid others in understanding who they are, where they are, and why they are where they are, here and now. This is already a large agenda for a session and more than enough to manage, especially when you begin to practice readings.
When we utilize our intuition to gain information and insight into the state of another person, we receive the responses to our questions in several possible forms: as direct perception, as symbolic images, as words, as feelings (emotional resonances), or as sensations. The more we develop our intuitive capacity, the more we will receive information at all these levels of possible function—as an image, with words, feeling, sensation, and a sense of knowingness. With practice and experience, and with familiarization of the intuitive process, the art of asking, receiving, and communicating in intuitive mode becomes second nature, a state into which we slip simply and naturally.
In the beginning of practice, we are grateful to receive any response from our intuition and we are relieved that the response is clear enough that we can communicate it to someone else in answer to their questions. As beginners, we are not yet able to apply ourselves comfortably to the art of interpretation, which is, in itself, a sophisticated and subtle challenge, demanding time, patience, and lots of practice. Once we become familiar with the functioning of our intuition and begin to understand the way it communicates to us, we will naturally begin to understand the messages contained within the information given.
The art of interpretation rests in the delicate balance between saying too much or too little, becoming too concrete or staying too much in the symbolic. A symbolic image can be a powerful catalyst, full of meaning and justice for the person to whom it is offered. It can also be received as a somewhat vague message, saying something, but nothing very precise or particular.
Our challenge when we work with the symbolism of the intuition, is to give a concrete sense to the information we receive, without rendering it so solid that we create a limitation for the person with whom we are communicating. We must allow the symbol room to breathe and speak to the unconscious of our partner, trusting that if we have received this particular information it is because it is appropriate for the person with whom we are working. It is not necessary for us, as intuitive readers, to logically understand the sense of the message in order for it to have a sense for our partner. It is always comforting to feel we understand, but we must remember that understanding at this level is comprehension by the logical mind. On an intuitive level, we can often “feel” the truth of the information, while at a conscious level, we cannot see or understand its relevance at all. In the case where we give a reading and do not particularly understand the information we receive, we can be pleased, as in this instance we know it is our intuition functioning and not the logical mind. We can be assured that we are in relation with the other at a level of deepness that corresponds to intuitive function.
The most common problem we encounter in regard to interpretation is one of trying to interpret with the logical mind, rather than allowing the intuitive self to explain the meaning of the information received. We must trust that the intuition has all the resources it needs to explain to us the relevance of one symbol or another and we must, above all, remember to ask our intuition to interpret for us.
In the beginning, we have a tendency to stay in intuitive mode long enough to receive the information and communicate it, at which point, we let go with a great sigh of successful relief, come out of trance, and begin to discuss with our partner the possible meaning of the information received. It is really much simpler, more interesting, and much more pertinent to stay in trance, ask our intuition, and communicate the response. Then we can come out of our inner state and share the results together.
In order to master the art of interpretation, you must be willing to continually question your intuition, until you have, within yourself, the intuitive sense of the meaning of the information received in relation to the original question of your partner. Very often, when your intuition gives you an image as a response, you will need to begin to describe the image to the other before you begin to feel the sense and relevance of it in relation to the question asked. It is as though the image must begin to move and you, with your intuitive awareness, must begin to move within the image before it can come fully to life and express its sense to you as words and feelings.
If we interpret information with our logical mind, we discover that we are again faced with the problem of projection—putting our concept of reality onto someone else, rather than stepping into their reality. Interpretation done by logic may appear accurate, but it will be dry, cold, and lacking in feeling for the person who faces it.
If you have difficulties receiving interpretations from your intuition, simply describe what you receive and allow your partners to interpret the sense of the message for themselves. In more advanced intuitive training, the art of interpretation is dealt with in depth and precision, as it is an indispensable aspect of intuitive work. However, for the reading and healing exercises that follow as practical teaching aids, you will find that the symbolic images have a tendency to interpret themselves. After your reading, you can ask your partners how they relate the information to their daily lives. The feedback you receive will help you enormously to understand the meaning and sense behind the messages you have received from your intuition. In this way, you will advance slowly but surely along the path of accurate interpretation.
The intuitive state is above all, a state of inner presence and silence. Entering into communion with ourselves, with our deepness, and with our truth, we can simply be. In the emptiness of inner silence, we find peace and, paradoxically, the fullness of the plenitude of our being. From a state of inner presence, we commune with nature, with light, and with the universe. We can also enter into communion with the deepness of another and reflect back to them the truth of how we perceive them in their deepness. When we give an intuitive reading, words are the tools we use to communicate the perceptions we receive on an intuitive level. Words have a tremendous power and, thanks to them, we can share our perceptions. But we must also remember the power of silence, the power of atmosphere, and the power of presence as healing tools.
When we are centered and silent in our intuitive mode, we radiate a very particular atmosphere, an atmosphere of calm, of centeredness, and of presence. This atmosphere will unconsciously help our partners to find this same state of being within themselves, whether they are consciously searching for it or not. In a reading session, there are many things we will say that will touch the heart and soul of the person to whom we are speaking. In the moments of silence between words, the person will be touched in another way and this touch, the touch of silence, of presence, will also bring healing, solace, and hope. In moments of silence, a deep communion can happen, a meeting of being with being. For this reason, do not be afraid of silence. Rather welcome it, knowing that even in moments of silence healing is happening.
When you give a reading to another, take the time to prepare yourself. Take all the time you need; five to ten minutes is not too long. Accept your need to be silent, to return to the silent place of your deepness, the silent presence of your intuition, before you begin asking questions and offering answers. Do not consider silence to be a sign of a weakness on your part. Rather, perceive it as a strength, as an integral part of the session and as a balance between moments of dialogue shared with the other.
In silence, there is a transmission that occurs, going beyond words, straight to the heart of the other. In silence, we find the sacred atmosphere of the temple and in this atmosphere we find true healing.
Words have tremendous power. Intuition, as a vehicle for truth, requires words if the truth is to be shared in the form of communication. There is an art to communicating intuitive truth in a manner that can be heard, understood, and integrated by the receiver. Communicating with diplomacy, simplicity, and grace can create profound and permanent healing, while careless communication can create confusion, defensiveness, and even deep psychological damage.
As an intuitive person, it is important to respect the limits of an individual, sharing information received to the extent that you feel it is useful. Too much information, even when of a high quality, can create a state of confusion and imbalance. You must learn to witness the impact of your words as you work by intuitively maintaining a perception of the state of availability of your partners. You can feel their state of receptivity with your clairsentient capacity or perceive clairvoyantly by observing the changes in their subtle energy state as you work. When and if they reach saturation point, you can begin to terminate the session, allowing them to digest and integrate the information received at their own pace.
There are several basic rules and essential tools for communication used throughout most counseling disciplines, which are appropriate to learn and practice when you work with your intuition on others.
When you are giving an intuitive reading remember the following points: