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Many people would consider women to be far more in touch with their feelings and intuition than men. However, we men tend to use a guidance system we were all meant to remember how to use for our own greatest good and for the benefit of others – it is called our gut feelings. It intrigues me that the men I have worked with, from shop floor to senior management, all know about this guidance system and use it to some degree but have not given it the credibility it deserves.

It works like this: – When we are in amongst a lot of contrasting experiences, we get to notice those we don’t want or dislike and those we do want or like. Now, whether you are aware of it or not you set those things you do want as goals or intentions and they create a flow of energy. The energy flows towards the things you want and/or are best for you. It is a bit a river or a stream heading towards what you prefer, want and like. The question then becomes, are you heading upstream or downstream? The choice is always yours as you decide where you put your focus.

This stream is made up of pure, positive creative energy. There is no negative or dark stream out there. Just like in a room – there is only a light switch that either lets the energy flow and we have light or cuts it off and there is no light. So when we let this pure positive energy flow by lining up with it and therefore head down stream to wards those things we have asked for, it feels good. When we get out of alignment with it and close it down by heading upstream, it feels awful. So it is a simple system of opening it up or shutting it down – feels good when it is opening up and running or it does not feel good when we close it down.

So how does this relate to gut feelings. The energy stream can be sensed through the 5 physical senses of sight (light vibration), hearing (audio vibration), taste, touch and smell but these only allow you to pick up on about 20% of the energy at best. The remaining 80% plus is sensed through a very clever sensory system. Let me explain it.

We have 2 basic types of nervous systems. The Central Nervous system (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous system (PNS). The CNS is sheathed in myelin which does not allow energy in nor out, so it is like a super conductor, transferring electrical impulses between all parts of the body almost instantaneously. The PNS, however, is largely unsheathed allowing energy in so we can sense the flow of energy. Coming from the base of the brain is a major nerve called the Vagus nerve and it travel down into the chest and solar plexus area, where it explodes out into millions of nerve endings, largely unsheathed.

So now you have this large area that can pick up on how much energy is flowing. It can indicate whether something is lining up well for you or not. You either feel good or you feel uneasy / not so good. Your gut feeling is your indicator as to whether you heading downstream towards what you have asked for and is best for you with an increasing energy flow (feels good), or heading upstream away from what you asked for into a diminished energy flow (feels awful or not so good).

There are a couple of analogies that might help you to better grasp this idea: –
1. The hot-cold game. This game is often played with children where someone hides something and the children try to find it. The only clue allowed is to say whether they are getting hotter or colder. Gut feelings operate the same way by indicating whether you are moving towards what you want or away from it.
2. A GPS. This works by you setting the destination you want to be at and the satellite triangulates where you are and where want to be, combined with information feed in by computer on all the road and traffic conditions, and then tells you the smartest route to take. You gut feelings operate the same way. There is an intelligence that is part of the energy stream that understands everything and can indicate to you the smartest route to take to get from where you are to where you want to be, no matter what the topic is.

Some people seem to have remained in touch with this guidance system. We call them lucky or having the knack of being in the ‘right place at the right time’. We were all meant to remember this guidance system and consciously use it. Most of us have forgotten or been discouraged from using it. Those that do use often do not speak about it because it hard to logically explain it. We all have the opportunity to develop the use of it for our own greatest good and the benefit of others so as we all win, so to speak.

In the next article I will cover how to develop your ability to use it. In the meantime, just become aware of how it feels for you when the energy is lining up (feels good) and when you are getting out of alignment (feels awful or not so good). Just stop for a second or two and sense what is happening for you, then decide what action you are going to take based on your gut feeling.

Go well and have some fun with this.

Craig Galloway
Personal and Business Development Consultant
Transforming People and Businesses

“Self-Empowered Conscious Co-Creation – The way of the future. Develop your ability to use it now”

Email – craig@cgaa.co.nz

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