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articles here as well http://www.oprah.com/spirit/The-
Power-of-Your-Intuition
TRUSTING INTUITION
Shakti Gawain (1948 – 2018)
Beloved trailblazer and international bestselling author Shakti Gawain passed away on November 11, 2018. As the
cofounder of New World Library and author of books like Creative Visualization, Living in the Light, and many more,
Shakti was a true pioneer in the field of personal growth and consciousness. Her work has facilitated countless indi-
viduals in developing greater awareness, balance, and wholeness in their lives. We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from
the 25th anniversary edition of her international bestseller Living in the Light, which we share in her loving memory.
Most of us have been taught external (false) security, but we will gain integrity, wholeness,
from childhood not to trust our true power, creativity, and the real security of knowing that
feelings, not to express our- we are in alignment with the power of the universe.
selves truthfully and honestly, not to recognize that In suggesting that our intuition needs to be the guiding force
at the core of our being lies a loving, powerful, and in our lives, I am not attempting to disregard or eliminate the
creative nature. We learn easily to try to accommodate rational mind. The intellect is a very powerful tool, best used
those around us, to follow certain rules of behavior, to sup- to support and give expression to our intuitive wisdom, rather
press our spontaneous impulses, and to do what is expected than as we often use it — to suppress our intuition. Most of us
of us. Even if we rebel against this, we are trapped in our have programmed our intellect to doubt our intuition. When an
rebellion, doing the opposite of what we’ve been told in a intuitive feeling arises, our rational minds immediately say, “I
knee-jerk reaction against authority. Very seldom do we re- don’t think that will work,” “nobody else is doing it that way,”
ceive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own or “what a foolish idea,” and the intuition is disregarded.
sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and
honest way. As we move into the new world, it is time to re-educate our
intellect to recognize the intuition as a valid source of infor-
When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive mation and guidance. We must train our intellect to listen
knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and to and express the intuitive voice. The intellect is by nature
approval from others, we give our personal power away. This very disciplined and this discipline can help us to ask for and
leads to feelings of helplessness, emptiness, a sense of be- receive the direction of the intuitive self.
ing a victim, and eventually anger and rage — and, if these
feelings are also suppressed, to depression and deadness. ...continued on page 28
We may simply succumb to these feelings and lead a life of
quiet numbness. We may overcompensate for our feelings of
powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other
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