The diamond-shaped girdle of Venus prominent on my right palm says that I have a very highly developed sixth sense. My Mars line is also prominent on both hands, dictating a high degree of sensitivity to my surroundings that is not only innate (left hand) but that I am living up to my potential (right hand).
I am sensing and sensitive, and sensibly so.
Open to new ideas but with my code of ethics intact, I enjoy stepping out of my comfort zone to stretch my senses, to experience all of that which Life has to offer and to discover ways of keeping that spark lit. I have allowed that spark to be extinguished once, and I suffered a complete breakdown. Never again will I permit my spirit to be dampened by another. Yet that agreement with myself comes with a comprehension that only I have the power to maintain, nourish and permit that spark to grow into a fire that pushes me into new experiences and out of comfortable complacency.
I cannot depend on any other to make me sense Life; others can only strengthen or discourage this power, depending on the positive or negative influence they exert over me.
I can give pages of examples of when my sixth sense has told me that somebody close was in grave danger, or has saved my life. Some stories I have to tell I may, one day, weave into a perhaps rather narcisstic short story collection. I can experience physical manifestations of pain and the great trials of my loved ones, those with whom I share a multi-leveled bond. In my musician days, I permitted that the music would enter my being and carry me; indeed I was not a master of technique but instead it was my ability to sense and learn to make others feel the music I could offer that made me a good musician.
I allowed my senses to empower me rather than to hold me back. Yet there is a certain degree of maturity and being open to learning new ways that must accompany this sensing. And I cannot speak for all here, as we are all following different paths, but the numbing of my senses through medication or a dictatorial brainwashing of right vs wrong that does not jive with my inner being creates in me conflict so great that I feel forced into hiding, away from that which I feel is a true danger to the good in my soul, to the marvelous and unique creation that I am.
If I inhibit, or allow the inhibition of, my power to sense, how will I be capable of feeling?
Trusting my senses guides me, most often than not, toward a path that I might not normally have taken. The free will of decision still exists, but that intuition exerts great influence over which steps I take next. This often is the fabled "road less traveled" so alluded to by Frost, but I have seen from an early age how that does, in fact, make all the difference.
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In a combined thematic writing effort shared with The Quest for T and The Exception, this is the first theme put forth. I had so many thoughts I first typed, then deleted, then tried again. Some of those thoughts might come forth later--we shall see. This topic will be discussed throughout the week, I am sure, in posts and comments; for any parties interested in becoming involved or posting on this same topic, please link in so we all can derive the maximum benefit from each other's points of view.
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I've always thought that some people are more intuitive than others, picking up on cues others don't attend to. I don't really have that, except for getting a distinct sense when something is "off" with someone. I think of it as a disturance in the Force :).
ResponderEliminarI ignored my inner voice for a long time. But she grows stronger with each lesson, with each day, and I am learning the signals....they were always there, but I didn't recognize them until very recently.
ResponderEliminarIntuition is a marvelous thing. I don't trust mine very much. Wish I did more. On the other hand, I have incredibly keen powers of perception. I can see things a mile away before they happen. Not quite the same as intuition, but pretty darn powerful when I interact with others.
ResponderEliminarbtw - I didn't know Venus wore a girdle.
Next time we meet, you can read my palm!!
ResponderEliminarI trust my instincts to a fault I suppose - relying heavily on them about people, places, situations... They have yet to serve me wrong! It is when I try and ignore them or don't give them room that interesting things can happen.
Citizen, funny you mention the "Force"...we just watched the Star Wars trilogy...the OLD ones...this weekend. I want to be a Jedi!
ResponderEliminarI think that intuition is a skill toward which some are more inclined than others...and with practice, those more inclined can hone. I don't believe that sensing is gender-defined in the least.
Dads, I didn't know Venus had a girdle, either, until I studied a little palmistry. Interesting stuff.
Be well, all.
I've always been a preacher of listening to one's "inner voice", 6th sense, or what ever name you give it.
ResponderEliminarIt has quite literally saved my life of more than one occasion. Twice in the middle east, and many times here in the states.
I truly believe that it is a primitive skill that we have always had but have ceased to listen to as we became sedintary agrarians. Tons of people can't even hear that voice anymore.
I've learned to always trust it and act on it, regardless of what my "rational" mind tells me. It's instictive.
Citizen was spot on when she called it "a disturbance in the force". I think that is exactly what it is. Animals have long been known to act strangely prior to disasters such as tornadoes, and earthquakes. There are even dogs trained to warn epileptics of oncoming seizures prior to them feeling one coming on.
But it is a skill that has to be honed. It takes practice. But anyone can learn it if they try.
Windy, last night I continued this (and just posted) that developed a bit into what your comment mentions. It is true that sensing is a skill--some are more inherently inclined to this skill than others, just as some are more inclined to music, or math, or words, or physical endurance--but all skills do take practice to be effectively and efficiently used.
ResponderEliminarBe well, Windy.