Wisdom & Mastery
Honing Your Intuitive Prowess
by Marty Fuller, Potentia

"Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which
you must see the world."
~ George Bernard Shaw

Imagine your intuition as a divining rod to your highest truth and good, accessing guidance and spiritual grace for you. Your intuition offers you both direction and inspiration, be it sometimes subtle and sometimes explicit. And as much as we would like to think it is our intuitive "powers" that we need to sharpen to gain clearer insight and knowing, more often than not, it is our own openness, connection, and listening prowess to our intuition that truly deserves attentive healing.

It is helpful to take a holistic approach when focusing on honing our intuitive connection and prowess. No matter how strong, clear, and powerful the information might be divining through our intuition, we often "cloud" what we receive through the filter of our belief systems and the mental and emotional patterns of thought and behavior.

Often we are viewing and interpreting this information through our ways of looking at the world, ourselves, and life through senses that are thickly layered with a patina of our past. Our bodies and physical health also store and reflect emotional and mental energy that has not been honestly processed, adding static to the filters and thereby dulling our receptivity and capacity to engage with the present and be in tune with our intuition.

"My intention is to be alive and awake in my life
so that I manifest myself as clearly as I can."
~ Sylvia Boorstein

Intuition often "speaks" to us through the language of imagery, immediate physical and emotional responses, and/or decisive impulses for action that rarely require analytical manipulation. We may miss the point and the authentic intention of an intuitive hit as the information filters through our preconceived biases, beliefs, or past-driven reactions to the situation we are in when the divining rod "lights up."

Healing ourselves, clearing out emotional and mental tension and static, and being in the present-moment all help to more fully open our connection and capacity for authentic listening and intuitive strength. As George Bernard Shaw says, "Better keep yourself clean and bright, you are the window through which you see the world." As we "clean our windows", we are better able to recognize, interpret, and skillfully apply the language of our intuition.

Marty Fuller is the founder of Potentia, and an Ivy Sea Collaborator. Marty is a masterful intuitive and energy healer, and long-time inspired-leadership consultant. Marty also wrote The Energy of Possibility and Truth for Ivy Sea Online's March 2005 edition. For more information on the power of guided visualization, meditation, and energy healing for you, your own "sacred space," and your organization or team — or for a guided session tailored specifically for you — learn more about Marty Fuller.