Ask

Ask a question. Listen for the answer. Sometimes it may feel like you are making it up, but it’s the first thing that comes to mind after you’ve asked the question. You have to ask and listen.

The more reading I have done about intuition – from many multiple sources, the more I find that it’s all about the questions you ask. And all about being ready for the answer. Listening for it.

I’ve started to notice the times where I find that it’s working and I can rely on my intuition. Most often, I can ask where I put something down, what I did with it, and the answer will pop into my mind. And it’s correct. I’ll ask what sort of subject I should paint next. And then an idea will surface.

A few things have come into mind without even a question being asked. And that was an exact example of feeling like I had made it up, yet it was true. The example I am remembering, is when I was on a walk with Calvin one morning. And faster than the description could form the words in my mind, I knew he would go in a certain (different) direction and I would need the poop bag. And that was exactly what unfolded. And it was different enough from his normal field exploring, that it felt made up, like it wouldn’t happen, I was just grasping for something because it came to mind.

Very often at home, an unusual thing occurs that Jay always teases me about. Anytime I ask a question out loud directed at something happening on the tv, the answer is spoken immediately after my question. It’s happened more times than I can count: “What city is this happening in?” Some race car event for example, then a commentator immediately says, “coming to you from Monaco.” Jay just raises his eyebrow at me. Or I’ll say, “what kind of show is this?” With my eyebrows raised, and then the answer immediately presents itself. Even to comments about why a decision would have been made by someone on a show and then the person is next explaining why they had to decide to do an action towards a solution they were after. Then Jay just laughs. From being unusual to becoming reliable.

It’s such a subtle voice, I’ve found. Sometimes the sentence isn’t formed, it’s just a ‘known’ answer. And most often it’s so quiet, one would very easily miss it if you aren’t paying attention. And gone quickly. Like it came in on the wind and whisked away, before it can be grasped. This blog post is the result of asking, what should I write about next? Questions. And the art of asking the right ones.

Years ago, I had invested in a Mindvalley course with Michael Beckwith. Over the weekend, I was reviewing this again (this was from the time Mindvalley offered that if you paid for a program, you had access to that one for life – now they offer a subscription model). Michael Beckwith talks about asking the right questions for your life. If you are facing a challenge, to ask for example, ‘what good is here that I presently cannot see.’ Or ‘If this situation does not change and would last forever, what quality must I embody to have peace of mind?’ To questions such as, ‘what gifts are ready to bloom in my life right now,’ or ‘what is seeking to emerge in my life.’

The asking of the questions has been a gradual but newer discovery of how important this is. And since I don’t want to be stuck thinking of a question I should be asking myself, I have started a ‘questions’ note page in my phone. I don’t want to forget to ask or equally important – to listen.

Sending Love,

Devon