My mother is very intuitive.  She discovered her gifts when she was in her twenties, shortly after she got married to my dad.  She just “knows” things - thoughts will pop into her head, and instinctively she will know that’s her intuition.  What’s really interesting is how her intuition impulses her - she receives different kinds of sensations for different things, and they’re consistent!  Back in the days before cell phone technology was introduced to mankind, her upper arm would always twitch whenever there’s an emergency at home (she hates that), and she would rush home from wherever she was, only to discover that she was right.  When her palm itches, she’ll know that a big expense is coming up and she’ll have to spend money.  She really trusted her intuition, and as the trust grew, so did her intuitive abilities.  My mom later learnt palmistry and face reading from my grandfather (who was also extremely intuitive) and she was able to read for friends with uncanny accuracy.

Then something happened that made her lose that trust in her intuition, and for years she lost that magic touch.  My mom was visiting a Chinese temple with a friend and they passed by a Chinese medium who was performing a ritual on a “possessed” person.  My mom was accidentally scratched by the whip that the medium was using for the exorcism (yes you read it correctly, it was a WHIP - the ones normally used on horses!).  To the horror of everyone present, coupled with the exaggerated, animated apology of the medium, she was made to believe that this accident had brought her great misfortune.  It did not matter that NO misfortune befell my mom nor anyone in the family … my mom’s faith was badly shaken and since that day, the magic was gone.  For years my mom would lament about the loss of her abilities and she blamed the incident as well as her own bad luck.  Fortunately her beliefs have now shifted and she’s allowed herself to start tuning in again, which is great!

A friend of mine recently shared his own experience with me that was similar to my mom’s.  When he was a teenager, he used to trust in his intuition and was able to manifest things rather easily.  Things were going well and he was happy.  Until a close friend told him that his abundance came from the devil, and that if he had any sense, he should stop.  His intuitive and manifesting abilities died that day.

When we are tuned in to our intuition (and our Spirit Guides) and believe in it, we allow its magic to work in our lives.  You will notice that our intuition is always right, and that life is actually smoother, more abundant than if you had believed otherwise.  Call it the “Law of Attraction”, or wisdom from the “Kung Fu Panda” movie, or mom’s experience - all that matters is that our beliefs and our intuition work hand in hand to boost each other.

The next time you receive a little nudge from your Guides or if your pinky finger is telling you that you’re going to strike that lottery - I suggest you suspend your disbelief and just go with it.  As long as it’s not going to cost you an arm and leg, why not allow yourself some fun and see what happens?  Of course if you DO strike that lottery, then you’ll know I’m right and you can buy me a fancy dinner.  Or an Audi.

Blessings,
Irene