Unleash Your PowerZone
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By Edie Raether
(excerpts from Why Cats Don't
Bark)
“I did not arrive at my
understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.
The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in
consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to
you.” — Albert
Einstein
Unlike traditional IQ, with a
century of research behind it, intuitive intelligence is a new concept. It is a
different kind of intelligence. In recent years, it is gaining in
respectability largely because psychologists are recognizing it as a natural
mental skill that helps us make decisions, solve problems, generate creative
and even forecast future events. We are beginning to realize that intuition is
not just a mysterious gift or an accidental insight.
As you get rid of the emotional
cataracts and your vision becomes clear, you will find the walk upon your path
effortless as you proceed with ease. Fears will dissipate as you relinquish
yourself to a greater cause or your reason for being. You will feel in sync,
not out of touch. You will experience your work as an extension of your “self”
or you very soul, feeling one with the process of becoming. You will achieve a
level of unconscious competence where excellence and peak performance feels
effortless as the energy is allowed to flow through you. Perhaps that is why
Michael Jordan refers to this as being “in the flow.” Other sports use
different buzz words, although the experience is the same. In golf, it is
referred to as being “in the zone.” Tiger Woods would qualify. In the current
world of musicians, Wynton Marsalis seems to become one with his instrument, as
does any exceptional musician. The question is, can we all achieve this supreme
level of mastery? I believe the answer is “yes,” if we are in sync with our
instinct and we learn the mind-empowering strategies that provide access to the
inner unconventional wisdom of our intuition and instinctual intelligence.
While all living things grow into
their nature with a supportive environment, we must also have the courage to be
different to make a difference. We must transcend from success to significance.
As we gravitate toward our own uniqueness, we must respect the direction of our
“future pull” which is our present self becoming our future authentic self.
Singleness of purpose means avoiding exterior clutter like power, prestige and
possessions, which may interfere with the chief purpose of our lives. Shakti
Gawain, author on visualization, explains,
“Every time you don’t follow
your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power and a sense of
spiritual deadness.”
Activities and life experiences
which derive from our purpose are not burdensome because there is harmony
between what we feel we are supposed to do and what we want to do.
Unfortunately, we are often derailed and live in someone else’s comfort zone
other than our own. Our parents often encourage and coerce us to manifest their
own unfulfilled wishes and destiny which, if we obey, is a violation of the
soul.
Until we do the work of
excavating, claiming and expressing our uniqueness, we run the risk of putting
our life script into someone else's hands. Joseph Campbell, in his book Myths
to Live by, warns,
“The world is full of people
that have stopped listening to themselves to have listened only to their
neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave and the
values are that they should be living for.”
Unfortunately, for many people,
All of us are far richer than we
imagine. None of us possesses a life devoid of magic, barren of grace, divorced
from power. Our inner resources, often unmined and even unknown or
unacknowledged, are the treasures we carry, what I call our spiritual DNA…the
stamp of originality, which is the blueprint of our unfolding.
Human curiosity, intuition,
practicality and logic are the fulcrums of personal and professional
achievement. They are the revitalizing forces for converting raw human energy
and potential into sound judgments and creative ideas. Intuition cannot be
ordered, commanded, contrived or predicted. We simply have to be ready for it.
Jack Schwartz, reknown researcher
and author, has a theory that at the moment of indecision, there is
simultaneously a solution. However, it may take years for us to discover that
awareness and act on it, creating confusion and learned helplessness, as we
become victims of toxic logic. Yes, “look before you leap,” but sometimes we
just have to take an intuitive leap and trust that the net will be there.
To be fully intellectual beings
and experience those “leaps in consciousness” that Albert Einstein believed are
necessary for bringing solutions to us, we will need to develop our intuitive
abilities as well.
Edie Raether is a performance coach and
expert on the champion mindset. She is also a psychotherapist and has
been a college professor as well as an ABC talk show host. She is a frequent
expert resource for hundreds of publications and trade journals.
About the Author
Contact Edie Raether – (919) 557-7900 or edie@raether.com or visit her website at http://www.raether.com
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