I thought I'd share something about what I've learned about shifting awareness between Logic and Intuition.  Many of you have probably seen me mention my project of developing psychic ability, or intuition.  I've studied it for years, diligently, and have adhered to all the rules and tricks and tips I've learned along the way.  It's why I got attracted to Bruce's work and what he teaches, because his tools and techniques for nonphysical exploration are the same thing as using intuition.

My kids and I started doing geocaching.  It's something to get you outside walking, with the fun of exploring for hidden treasure.  People anywhere in the world can hide a cache and then post its whereabouts on line.  You log on and it finds your location, and it gives you coordinates for nearby caches, and the GPS guides you there with a little map showing where you are in relation to the hidden cache.  The GPS tells you how many miles and then feet you are away, the closer you get.  It's never precise and can only come just so close, so once you get in the general vicinity you just have to look around.  Some caches are "microscopic" which is smaller than the size of a tiny tube of pencil lead, or they can be the size of a lunchbox, small ammo box, or much bigger.  So you just look under rocks, between rocks, logs, bushes, trees, anywhere.  Inside the cache, if it's big enough, is paper to sign and date and sometimes little "treasures", toys or souvenirs...take one, leave one. 

So the very first one my daughter Abby and I tried, well we had no idea what we were looking for.  We didn't know how big it would be or how obvious it would stand out.  We were led to a creek filled with water, mud, cattails, and rocks.  Trees and grass and rocks surrounding the area.  A tunnel where the creek went under the road.  The GPS had us pointed right into the creek.  Abby said, "Well I'm not adventurous enough to get down there and look through all that."  And I wasn't either! 

We knew the GPS had us in the general area but one step one direction and you were suddenly several feet away from the supposed spot.  It was a little confusing to know exactly where we were supposed to be looking!  The how-to video on the Geocaching site tells you that if you get within 20 feet or so, just start looking all around you in any direction since the GPS can never be exact.  Well, we realized this could be harder than we thought.  We walked and looked around all the trees, looking for disturbed earth.  Looking for tracks or obvious spots where something was out of place.  Looking for anything odd or an obvious hiding spot.  Nothing.  Got back down toward the creek again and cringed at the thought of looking in it. 

As I walked along the creek, I remember thinking that I didn't want to just give up.  This was adventurous, and I didn't want to disappoint my daughter, and I am not a person who gives up easily.  When I want something, I do everything I can to get it.  So then I told myself, "Vicky!  Duh!  You're looking logically.  You need to focus intuitively and just feel for it.  This is a perfect opportunity." 

I used a little mental trick...I envisioned a gauge stick shifting from the left side of my brain to the right, kind of like watching the speedometer when you step on the gas.  Once it shifted over I stopping thinking and turned my attention on what I felt.  I felt like turning my head to my left,  so I did.  My eyes fell on one rock near the creek bed at the head of the tunnel around 15 to 20 feet away from me.  I walked straight toward that rock knowing that my intuition had pointed me there. 

I said to Abby, "It's right here.  It has to be right here."  And she saw me reach down and pick up that rock.  Underneath it was a tiny cache the size of a pill bottle covered in camouflage tape and nestled in a little nook in the dirt.  I remember Abby saying, "Oh my gosh how did you know it was there?  How did you do that?"  But she knows.  I told her my intuition told me and she wasn't surprised.  My kids are used to it.

Switching from logic to intuition was like going from trying to look, to deciding to just stop looking.  All that was left was what I felt.  It happens in a flash of an instant, so you have to pay attention to whatever you feel, no matter what it is.  And it really doesn't matter what it is, just as long as you notice a feeling.  When you do, follow through.  Following through means having no doubt about the process.  Don't question it, analyze it, or work out in your mind if it makes sense or not.  Just allow your conscious awareness to move with it.  In this case, it meant turning my head toward where I got pulled, and walking over to where my eyes were looking. 

Vicky

Hi Bruce!

You are very welcome, it's my pleasure.  Thanks for your response.  I wouldn't have gotten this far so quickly if it weren't for your help!!

Vicky

Hi Isee,

I'm sure shifting your focus would change how we experience life in general with other people, but you wouldn't want to be operating like that all the time.  There's good in having a balance between both sides. 
But for instance, I do intentionally use an intuitive nature when visiting with people.  Much more can be read and communicated through energy exchange than through the physical.  I especially use it when acquiring someone's services.  I use it in addition to logically looking at someone's experience or credentials or judging someone by how they look. 

Here's a good example.  I remember years ago when I was still married and we were buying our second house.  We needed to find an inspector and we were choosing between two supposed reputable ones.  I remember my husband asking me to focus on both of their business cards to see what I thought or picked up on.  One card had just the name and information, and the other card included the man's photo.  I received so much more of a feeling of trust from the one with the photo that despite the fact that he was more expensive was the one I trusted more, so we chose him.

Same when I was looking for an attorney many years later when getting my divorce     I interviewed several attorneys before choosing the one I wanted to work with.  He wasn't the cheapest but I had such a good rapport with him and could sense that he and I were on the same page and that things would be smooth-sailing.  My focus of awareness while interviewing was a place of consciousness I had put myself in going into it so that I knew exactly what I wanted and needed...and then feeling these people out to see if they matched that intention and frequency.  We probably naturally use it without really thinking about it, but I know that I intentionally use this focus for specific situations.

And in a close or intimate relationship it especially is a wonderful way to communicate and interact.  It's so much easier to focus on the feeling of love from an intuitive perspective!

It sounds like both of you were in a place where you were ready and willing to communicate and "hear" each other.  Good relationships always have ups and downs and do take a lot of effort from both sides.  I can relate to what it's like to feel like the physical interaction of communication got us nowhere, but later alone I'll be better able to shift my mind to seeing the conversation from another perspective and then feeling and reacting differently, better, to it. 

Yes, when we "raise" ourselves we definitely affect the way we relate to others and how they relate to us.  It's an interesting thing to keep in mind in all daily contacts with people.  Glad the conversation with your friend had a way of bringing the two of you back to a good place and understanding and acceptance.

If a brook babbles in a forest...and no one is there to hear it...does it make a sound...

Bruce Moen wrote on Jun 17^th, 2013 at 4:18pm:


Hey Bruce, would you mind describing again your 360 spin technique here?  I know that my own technique is along the same concept as yours the way I "send out" my awareness when I "scan".  I'd like to hear your way again, and I bet others would like to hear it too.

Thanks

Vicky,

So well stated. I love how you're able to describe so eloquently what so many of us struggle to put into words.


Thank you and much love,

Ginny

Vicky wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2013 at 8:19pm:


Hey all. I'm still waiting for the '360 Spin Technique' from Bruce! Maybe it might cost me dollars for this mystical solution. As Always. Lars