Perhaps we have all had moments when we just knew something, without prior knowledge, warning, or evidence. Intuition is something that is often talked about but seldom followed. Yet lives have been saved by it, and tragedies avoided when it has been trusted. Intuition is defined as “knowledge or belief that is obtained neither by reason nor perception; instinctive knowledge or belief; a hunch or unjustified belief.” Sometimes we describe it as a cautionary voice within. We refer to it when we say, “something told me…,” or “I should have followed my first mind.” Whether you call it a ‘sixth sense’ or by another description, it is apparent that there is something we have that we do not consciously exercise and use on a regular basis.
Our minds are capable of knowledge and insights that we have not developed. Even governments have studied the capabilities of the mind to determine the extent to which we can access knowledge intuitively. In fact, years ago both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. funded research in parapsychology. Whether we call it prophetic in the religious sense, or psychic in the realm of the psyche, we all possess abilities that we do not use. Perhaps your mother or grandmother, like my mother, could know things before they happened, or could tell you things in advance that made you wonder how they knew.
Don’t simply dismiss that first thought that came to your mind. Just as our senses can be sharpened through discipline, we can sharpen our ability to hear and know the voice of our thoughts, and the voice of God. You may discover that you have access to knowledge and insight that you are not using, and that you know more intuitively than you previously thought. If we discipline ourselves for success in this area, we may discover that we have an internal ‘google’ to rival the external one.