How To Build Faith
Society's programming taught us that you must see it to believe it. Building faith is easier than you think. Building faith means moving in the right direction. It allows you to push through effortlessly through any resistance, and with time it creates an unbreakable strength…
Society's programming taught us that you must see it to believe it. Building faith is easier than you think. Building faith means moving in the right direction. It allows you to push through effortlessly through any resistance, and with time it creates an unbreakable strength. You can practice faith to set the dynamic for manifesting your being into whom you wish to be. When you allow faith unseen, you expand your world into infinite opportunities.
Gratitude
One of the most powerful tools you have for building faith is gratitude. It grounds you and makes you savor the joy and happiness of life at that moment, which creates with time, more of that which you seek. You begin to feel yourself in a flow state with your personal growth and push through resistance with ease. With gratitude, your positive aspects of life continue to expand to what it is that you desire. How you feel is an important sign of whether you are following what you wish to manifest in your life.
Your Mind is Powerful
If you emotionally arrange yourself with your thoughts and your faith, you can manifest what you aspire from yourself. Keep in mind you may meet some resistance with what it is you truly want, but trust yourself. The spirit within you already knows what it is you want to do.
You find faith by reaching for that feeling. When everything is alive around you; that's faith. Faith builds up through your intuition, where you connect to the message of your God, Goddess, Spirit, Universe or personal higher power. We desire a connection to our self and our higher power. It is that connection that helps us to reach our highest potential. It is after you have achieved this feeling, and aligned with your higher power that you can manifest your desires into your life.
“Faith in its purest form is the absence of resistance even when there is no physical evidence present. It’s a knowing that the evidence defies.” ~Abraham Hicks
Vision of Yourself
Most people define what they do want, by describing what it is they do not desire. The result is you are not clear about your vision when you specify the negative. Take inspired action instead to think about what it is you specifically want to occur. You’ve come into this world to align yourself with whom you are. If you align yourself with your vision, it feels incredible, and you are full of energy. Conversely, if you do not align yourself with whom you are meant to be, it saps your energy and drains you. When you feel the faith of connection, it's real. You will feel the clarity and alignment.
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“Faith in its purest form is the absence of resistance even when there is no physical evidence present. It’s a knowing that the evidence defies.” ~Abraham Hicks
© 2018 Janine Naus
What Is Intuition and How It Can Help You Heal From Trauma
As a culture, we learned to believe our rational minds take precedence when we need to decide on something. The decisions we need to make include things like what to eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner or when we are buying a home. But what about those moments when things don’t feel right? Those moments we have a gut feeling, an instinct, hunch or premonition about something? We all experience such feelings or intuition at times in our lives. It is a deep feeling that we carry inside. Sometimes we shrug off the feeling while other times we take steps.
As a culture, we learned to believe our rational minds take precedence when we need to decide on something. The decisions we need to make include things like what to eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner or when we are buying a home. But what about those moments when things don’t feel right? Those moments we have a gut feeling, an instinct, hunch or premonition about something? We all experience such feelings or intuition at times in our lives. It is a deep feeling that we carry inside. Sometimes we shrug off the feeling while other times we take steps.
What is intuition?
According to Sonia Choquette, “Intuition is an ability that we are born with; it comes from our non-verbal and intuitive right brain, and never goes away. However, most of us suppress it over time and prefer to listen to the logical left brain. The trick is learning how to interpret the information you receive.” This means it is something we have. It comes from our brain. It all comes from the logic and reasoning within us.
Intuition is difficult to explain, but easy to feel. It’s that “inner voice”, that little something, that gut feeling, and something instinctual coming from within you telling you how you feel beneath the logic layers. Intuition appears quickly in consciousness. It’s noticeable enough to make you act if you want to, but without being fully aware of the reasons for its occurrence. It also gives you the ability to know what you are dealing with directly without the need to bridge the gap between the unconscious and conscious parts of your mind. It arises without analytical reasoning or bridging the gap between instinct and reason. To keep it short and precise, it is your “Inner teacher.”
What does intuition mean for us?
Since intuition helps us to understand something instinctively, it means a lot to us, especially those who experienced or are experiencing trauma. In this case, intuition can be the best way to venture into your internal world, heart, aura, and soul and find a way to heal from the inside. It gives us the ability to enter our body and help us make decisions that suit our problems at that moment. Intuition is an incredibly powerful asset, if not misused. It's our key to a better decision-making future. It's more reliable than simply our mind. Intuition can lead us when we don’t have conscious reasoning.
Another thing that intuition can bring you is clarity and inspiration. It helps you identify when soothing is right or wrong. In other words, your intuition will inform you when something is not in alignment and give you the ability to align, clarify and bring inspiration to your life’s purpose. So, if you feel empty, not the depressed empty, but unwary empty, if you don't hear your intuition or gut feeling like you used to, you need to initiate it. How do you succeed?
How to initiate intuition
As shared above, we all have the knowledge we carry inside us. This knowledge or intuition gives you the information and wisdom needed in life. To access this wisdom, you need to get in touch with your intuition. Now that you know what intuition is, and what it means to us as humans, it’s time to learn what you need to do to initiate your intuition.
The easiest way is to meditate. A daily meditation practice is the most effective way of becoming aware of your intuition. One thing meditation offers is clearing your space to help you reconnect with your inner self and initiate your gut feeling. If you feel like you don’t have the gut feeling and intuition, then meditation can help. Other things that you can do to initiate your intuition includes things like:
Get moving: avoid sitting in one position for a long time. Get more oxygen. Take a walk or do something that will give your brain more oxygen. The results are rewarding.
Asking your intuition questions: ask open-ended questions…a question answered by more than a yes or a no. Like Lynn A. Robinson, M.Ed., an expert on the topic of intuition says, "Spend your remaining time writing any and all answers that pop into your mind. Don't censor or judge the responses until you've completed the exercise."
Allow yourself to daydream: daydreaming is a powerful intuitive tool. Allow your mind to wander to wherever it wants to go.
Visualize: try to create an image in your mind. You may gain insight in your image that solves a problem. Sometimes, intuition doesn’t come to us with words but appears in visual images.
Since intuition can help you access your inner self and wealth of wisdom: you need to learn how you can get in touch with it. This way you can avoid making irrational decisions and make sure you are making more accurate and strong decisions.
How to become aware of your intuition
After you initiate your intuition, you need to become aware of it. You need to understand how it works. You need to know when it works. Frustration could arise if you cannot explain what that gut feeling relates to. To understand your intuition, you need to let go of the frustration, relax and try the following:
Step away from the current situation: By giving yourself some breathing space and stepping away you become aware of your intuition. Stand up, go somewhere to relax, or walk in nature. Whatever your mind tells you to do, now is the best time to do it.
Be honest with yourself: It's easy to ignore your gut feeling and brush them off. Sometimes we may put the gut feeling away, and take an easier option because we don’t want to change direction. We are afraid of failure, or we don’t want to say no. Be honest with yourself. Acknowledge your unsettled feeling. Let your intuition guide you as you become aware of it. Just simply focus.
Try writing a journal: Sometimes writing is a great way to become aware of your intuition. A journal allows you the space you need to release emotions, process your thoughts, work through issues and allows for greater understanding, knowledge, and self-discovery. Writing a journal helps you to become aware of your intuition.
Can your intuition help you create the life you want?
As you become more aware of your intuition, your life experiences start to unfold in front of you. As these experiences continue, it's time to take a deep breath, observe and discern your next step. If you want your emotions to lead your observation, then you need to follow through with inspired actions. Always avoid creating your reality with emotional acts.
For example, if someone angers you and you respond in anger, more anger will follow. It's reality with an emotional response. However, if you had just stopped and taken a deep breath, even for a moment, you will get the time to connect to your intuitive power inside you. This way you get into what feels right even if getting there means you have to take baby steps.
One important thing to pay attention to is the signs your intuition gives you. It doesn’t always tell you what you want to hear but if you focus it will tell you what you need to hear. For those experiencing trauma, paying attention is very helpful. Taking a deep breath and knowing how you are feeling once your intuitive signs are real provide you with insight. Coincidences become noticeable and you feel hunches for a perfect outcome.
Another thing you need to consider is listening to your intuition. Pay attention to how you are feeling, allow yourself to feel your way through life and stay tuned with your feeling. It's the only way you can expand your life experiences. If something feels right, pay attention to it. Your intuition may guide you to something you never dreamed of, and you will be more confident when it comes to decision-making and following your hunches.
Always remember when dealing with intuition, you continue to consider your rational mind and reason things out. Intuition and your ability to reason complement each other. Balance is also important. Balance your gut feeling and your reasoning ability knowing that your feelings are important, especially during decision making. Reasoning can guide you through your intuition. They go hand in hand. When your intuition is in alignment with your desired result, you can set your intentions and feel them in a vibratory nature. They allow things to flow into your reality.
How intuition can help you make powerful, measured and authentic decisions that are true to you, and in alignment with your heart
Today we rapidly gain new experiences every day. Technology, our busy schedule, trauma and everything that goes on in our day-to-day life add new experiences. The good thing about experiences is that they give you an opportunity to become an expanded version of your true self. Intuition allows you to understand your inner self, the divine connection that helps you navigate through life.
To make powerful, measured and authentic decisions take the time to feel grounded and centered, become more aware of the signs and messages you are getting and choose your intuition consciously. Balance your intuition and the rational part of you. Set intentions and remain open to your trust and intuition. When you do these things, your highest good comes into your being. As Comedian Michael Jr. puts it, “When you know your ‘why’, your ‘what’ becomes more impactful because you’re walking towards or in your purpose.”
Trust your Intuition
Think of your trust as a camera. You can take a clear picture of your Intuition by adding more light, which means developing and understanding your intuition. You can also turn ordinary images into extraordinary ones by listening to your intuition. The result is better decisions. Trust what you want from life and from your intuition. Trust your intuition to come to you. These are the best ways to leverage your power. Listen and understand your intuition.
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© 2018 Janine Naus
Dig Deep Into Your Mind For Positive Experiences
Our mind is what tells our body what to do. When our mind moves, our body moves. In fact, what is in our mind can be exhibited outwardly by our body. For example, when you are sad, your shoulders may slump and you may move more slowly.
Did you know that this great mind of ours is split into two parts? It sure is – the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. Think of it as if there is an invisible line separating your mind into these two parts. Each part has its own characteristics.
Our mind is what tells our body what to do. When our mind moves, our body moves. In fact, what is in our mind can be exhibited outwardly by our body. For example, when you are sad, your shoulders may slump and you may move more slowly.
Did you know that this great mind of ours is split into two parts? It sure is – the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. Think of it as if there is an invisible line separating your mind into these two parts. Each part has its own characteristics.
Our conscious mind allows us to think freely and create new ideas. It is simply trying to make sense of our experiences. It encompasses all our senses, such as touch, taste, sight, sound, and smell. We can physically experience these things. These senses send the information to our conscious mind and we can make decisions, choices, and evaluations based on what we encounter.
But what about the things that aren’t tangible? That is where our subconscious comes in to play. It is full of all our beliefs and memories to include unconscious (repressed) thoughts such as irrational thoughts, feelings, emotions, fears, etc. that we have accumulated over our lifetime. You may find yourself on the road to a peaceful place in your life now, but every negative, hurtful, abusive, mean, fear-driven experience you have had in your entire lifetime can disrupt that peace – and it all comes from that subconscious mind of yours.
Think of it this way:
You are finally at a place in your life that you can take some classes to get that nursing degree you have always wanted. You go to your local college, you meet with an advisor, you sign up for classes, you pay your tuition, then proceed to the bookstore to get the necessary materials for your classes.
Consciously you know you can handle them and you are ready. You know your previous studies and how well you did. You have discussed everything with your advisor and you have prepared the way to move forward. But then, right there in the middle of the bookstore, you begin to have a feeling of doom and you are bombarded with questions like, “What makes you think you can handle this?” or “You know you won’t succeed at this program so why are you wasting everyone’s time?” And, of course, “You are not cut out to be a nurse.”
That is your subconscious mind piping up and giving you its two cents, as if you asked for it, right? And its feelings are all based on your lifetime of experiences – like that time when your ex told you that you worked at the local grocery store because you could never do anything better. Or that time in school when you didn’t understand the assignment and the professor made an example out of you in front of the class. Or maybe it is the years of being put down by your mother when you were growing up – you never did feel “good enough.”
Everything that you have experienced in life has been soaked up by your subconscious and has led you to react the way that you do. See, your conscious mind can kick back the info it doesn’t want. But your subconscious isn’t that nifty. It is like a sponge – and it fills itself with the good, the bad, and the ugly.
That, my friend, is why it is so important to dig deep into your mind and clear out all that negativity and repair all that damage. The best way to start this process is to become aware of how you react in each situation. Let’s visit the four conscious perceptions that can get you focused on how you react -- both internally and externally.
Perceptions: Step outside yourself to learn how you perceive a situation. Be objective, rather than subjective, and ask yourself, “How do I perceive this situation?” This can allow you to analyze your feelings to discover why you may perceive a situation one way instead of another.
Assumptions: You will make assumptions in every situation. And, believe it or not, in each of these situations, the assumptions will change depending on circumstances, who is present, etc. We have reasons as to why we assume and, since our life has been different than the next person, their assumptions will be different, too. Be aware of the assumptions you make.
Expectations: Our expectations of something or someone are usually based on desire or fear. When we think positively of someone, it likely stems from desire (and often we tend to overlook any negative traits because the desire is so great). If we think negatively, it is likely stemming from fear.
Feelings: Yes, we give our feelings a name, but our body, its language, and its vibrations can send vibes to those around us – giving up our current feeling or emotion, without us even having to say it. Know your body.
It is important to be aware in each situation and how your mind acts and reacts. If you are having good thoughts, but not getting good results, then you will want to look deeper into your subconscious mind to see what is going on.
Remember, your conscious and your subconscious do not necessarily work in sync – and your subconscious has been programmed automatically for you. When you begin to align your conscious and subconscious thoughts your life flows and you manifest what you desire.
You can shift your experiences through focused intention of your conscious mind. Choose to refrain from trying to make sense of it all and simply be open to receive positive energy deep within your subconscious mind then healing can occur. The more you increase your awareness of this, the easier it will be to obtain the results you are looking for.
If you’d like to talk further about shifting your life toward positive experiences… Click here to schedule your complimentary 30-minute Trauma Relief Strategy Session with me.