intuition

You know your truth and you know your path. You immediately know if you can trust a person or if caution must be exercised. You know if you are in danger. You know if you are safe. You know when something is right for you and when it is not. At the deepest and most immediate levels you know this, but if you are like most human beings, this knowing has been conditioned or punished out of you. Most often, this knowing has been sequestered into box called “can’t” “should” or “shan’t.”

You can’t possibly know that!

You shan’t be so judgmental.

You should give people and situations the benefit of the doubt.

You should give it a chance.

But why? If you know, you know! Remember that tiny hair on the back of your neck that stood up when you met that person who later of turned out to be a complete jerk? How about that clenched feeling in your belly when you were left alone in the room with Uncle ____. Or that tickle in your ear that said, “don’t take this road” but you took it anyway and rolled your car? How about that snap moment of panic just before you got rear-ended? Or the outside force that picked up your leg and moved it to slam on the brakes saving you from getting t-boned by the big green van running the red light?

Or more subtly: the sneaking feeling that a co-worker had it out for you? The lightning bolt that went up your arm when you shook the hand of a new acquaintance and you immediately knew they were a liar and a manipulator? The feeling that something felt too good to be true – and it turned out to be!

You know! You know your truth. You know what’s right for you. You know when you are to remain on your current path and when you are being called to change it. You know what is life-giving for you. You know what is soul-sucking. You know when you want to share your energy and time; how and with whom. You know when you simply want to be alone. You know who your allies are. You know your enemies.

This knowledge is communicated in your very first thoughts. Trust them!

Lauri Ann Lumby supports you in trusting your first thoughts!

Lauri has over twenty-five years of experience as an educator, facilitator, soul-tender, and guide. She has supported hundreds through her one-on-one guidance, books, workshops, retreats, over thirty online courses, and online community.

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Do you ever get the feeling you weren’t really made for this world? That this world simply feels too loud, violent, harsh, bright, etc. etc. etc.? Me too! Do you suffer with symptoms that might indicate that this world is indeed too harsh for you? Symptoms like anxiety, panic attacks, vertigo, unexplained pain, fatigue, depression, sun or light sensitivity, tinnitus, migraines, or any other number of “unexplained illnesses with seemingly no cause and definitely no cure?” Me too. Do you find it (increasingly) difficult to be around people and have an aversion to crowds? Me too! Have you been told there might be something wrong with you? That you need to seek medical or psychological help to overcome your symptoms? Have you been told to just get over it? Do people look at you like you’re nuts when you try to explain these symptoms and how they make you feel? Have you been tempted to believe these voices because it’s what our society tells us as well? Yep. Me too!

What if there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU and the “symptoms” you are experiencing are your body’s way of telling you the world is wrong and that it has the potential to cause harm to something precious and sacred inside of you?

What if your “symptoms” are not a disease,

but instead are signs of your magic?

On day five of a full body migraine, with no evidence of a cause and no sign of a cure, this is what I am considering. What if all the symptoms I’ve been trying to manage or make go away (migraines, physical pain, intermittent vertigo) are signs of my magic – magic trying to be made known while also seeking my protection.

The truth is, I’ve been so busy drinking the patriarchal Kool-aid (work= success, hard work = more money, doing has value, being is laziness), that I have missed the opportunity to see these experiences in another light. To see these signs in another light, we must ask ourselves what magic needs? This may differ from person to person, but for me,

My magic needs:

Solitude.
Quiet.
Gentle movement.
Stillness.
A safe place to live and work.
Deep listening.
Deep seeing.
The freedom to do things in my own way and in my own time.
People with whom to share my magic.
Vehicles through which I can share my magic.
A simple lifestyle.
Honesty.
Integrity.
Authenticity.
Sacred practice.
Meaningful and purpose-filled work.
Loving friendships.
Sacred community.

Recently my magic has also reminded me to bloom where I’m planted and has done so forcibly by making it impossible for me to stray far from home (without my protective charioteers).

(The travel thing is the hardest thing for me right now! I want the freedom to go where I want to go when I want to go there – but apparently my magic has other ideas.)

This is what I’m talking about! What if the things we’ve been calling disabilities, disorders, disease, impairments, illness, etc. etc. etc. are none of these, but are instead, our magic

wanting to be known and
letting us know what keeps our magic safe and what puts it at risk.

Remember: they once burned witches!

While this is (currently) illegal in this country, believe me, our culture finds other ways to punish and do harm to women who demonstrate certain kinds of power. While they might not be able to burn us, their actions might make us feel as if they are!

Bearing this in mind, it might be helpful to take another look at our magic and the threats to its safety.

Where have your gifts been questioned/challenged?
Where have you been punished/demonized/pathologized for your gifts (sensitivities, intuitive sensations, inner knowings, visions, prophecies, etc.)?
Where have you been told you’re crazy for knowing/sensing certain things?
When have you walked into a room and had the immediate sensation you should run?
Where have people clung to you and drawn energy and power from you, making you feel drained?
What environments or people feel draining?
What feels like pressure to you (expectations, the wagging finger of “should”)?
When have you been told you’re being judgmental when you share your bad feelings about a person you hardly know?
When have you been called a bitch for setting boundaries?
Where have others tried to damage your reputation or harbored jealousy over you?

All of the above are examples of how our magic is being threatened, along with an invitation to be more mindful of what our magic needs to feel safe and sacred. There is no one who can care for our magic but ourselves. There is no one who can create the space and environment in which our magic can survive and thrive but ourselves. Isn’t it time we do for ourselves what we so readily do for others?

Your magic is a sacred gift. Give yourself permission to treat it that way – no matter what society tells you otherwise!

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