Posted: April 10th, 2012 | Filed under: Divination, Intuition | No Comments »
The most complex systems humankind can come up with, are in essence, made of Yeses and Nos. On and Off. The presence and absence of whatever. We are drawn to opposites. They make our minds light up with the desire to ease or inflame the resulting tensions. If the answer is Yes, we think in howevers. If the answer is No, we dream about perhaps. Whether we like it or not, in whatever reality we are basing our presence, something either Is or Isn’t (whether this is actually the case in an infinite universe, is a post for another day).
To divine is to know. It is to surmise an indication of future events.
The simplest way of knowing is called Cleromancy. Throwing lots. There are many forms. This is perhaps the easiest. I will teach you now.
To begin, you will need a lot of things.
You can get ornate. An abalone shell full of stone beads, for example.
Some lots are more delicious than others…
I prefer my jar of lentils. I like the way my fingers feel when I dip them in a dish of dry grains.
The simplest way of knowing requires the simplest kinds of questions. Yes or No. This way or That way. Red pill or Blue pill.
My daughter fractured her leg last week. She is going in for exrays on Monday and there is the slightest possibility she may get her cast off (there was disagreement over whether or leg was actually fractured, but the standard is to over-treat, especially for children). My question is, “Will Freyja get her cast off on Monday?”
Knowing your question, understand that 1 = Yes, 2 = No. That is, all odd numbers = 1 = Yes, all even numbers = 2 = No.
Don’t think about the next step too much, just do it. Experience it.
Scoop up some of your lot with your hand and place it in another dish or on the table.
And then count.
64. No, Freyja will not get her cast off on Monday. I’ll report back and let you know how it goes.
Now it’s your turn. Test the method as often as you can over the next week. In the comments here, on a blog post you link, on twitter, facebook or g+, cast your own lot. What was the result? Now report back when you can. Was your prediction correct?
Posted: January 19th, 2012 | Filed under: Intuition, Pareidolia, Philosophical | No Comments »
The Intuitive nudges us toward the Divine. Always. They are both parts of the whole, after all. And this is how you know you can trust it. Ask yourself, would I be closer to divinity? If the answer is yes, rest assured you’ve tapped that deep knowing well.
Intuition presents itself in different ways. Sometimes those bits of flying-about Universe that catch in our dreams, visions, mind eyes and hearts, are messy to process. Sometimes it’s painful to hear. Sometimes it’s the obvious you were avoiding. Sometimes it’s the inspiration you were waiting for.
And sometimes it’s the tears at the grocery store. Pushing us toward flour, salt and water.
Sometimes it’s the bleakness of midwinter.
That if we can look past, would unveil, through the spitting snow and biting cold, a kind of life still in the trees.
Sometimes it’s sweetness in an indulgence. A sacred moment that we can prolong for hours through ingenuity.
And sometimes it’s a skill we have to invoke, by creating a space and waiting for the light — which is easy to find if we stand very still, and are willing to get very, very close.
I have an intuitive sense for magic-making and for seeing patterns that unfold into the future, like an origami chain building in one direction, one mountain or valley at a time. But it’s not something I can do on auto-pilot (at least, not yet). I have to slow down, listen carefully and get present to make it work. My coincidences start to pile up when I choose instead to bury my head as though it doesn’t exist. Being intuitive isn’t always fun. Mostly it’s not fun at all. And I would like to pretend I could live in ignorant bliss of the future, of my path, of your path; of the pain I know we will both experience. But then I read cards for someone who is desperately clinging to that ignorance, and I realize that it’s not blissful at all.
What is most important for you to remember is that you are NOT CRAZY for listening to the voice of your inner self. Your intuitive sense is perhaps the most important sense you can develop. Like our other senses, it is how we navigate our lives. How we make decisions. How we experience the sacred (or mundane) of our everydays.
How do you experience yours?
