I often ask myself how to make a discernment between what is our mind telling us and what is our intuition telling us? When to actually tune into the inner knowing and when to follow your head?

I’d like to think that our logical navigation is a mix of familiar patterns, our environment, the way we were brought up and expectations of our family or friends. Therefore, we often follow the logical path rather than listening to our being. I believe that humans became so disconnected from our inner knowing that we cannot even recognize it and if we do, we are quick to dismiss it because it doesn’t sound logical or because we question its accuracy.

But honestly, did that feeling ever led us astray? We try to manipulate it, to question it, to second guess it, but we know. We always know. Sometimes, a situation comes up, and you inner feeling tells you that whatever is happening is not just, it’s not right and that it’s not for you. But you keep on pushing it away, justifying, trying to find an excuse for a person or a situation. For example, you start working somewhere, in a new environment, new ways of operating, new people you find nice, yet your intuition tells you that this is not for you, the job is not for you, where it leads is not for you, but the brain does not accept it. The brain tries to find an excuse, and it starts giving all the reasons why you should stay and the most lethal one: What would my family say? It’s like we subconsciously and consciously need to live up to the standards of someone in our lives when it doesn’t make any sense. Your loved ones want to see you happy and if you have your own standards, you should chase them, instead of reaching expectations set by your family.

The thing is, we need to start accepting our inner feeling and seeing it as a main source of knowing instead of trying to connect the dots with our brain. I’m not saying that we should switch our brains off entirely, but when you feel something, you feel it for a reason. My personal problem is that I like to call myself out when I sense something. For example, I feel like my boss doesn’t like me, and probably has an aim on me, but instead of accepting that feeling, I call myself out and tell myself that not everyone is against me, that not everyone is my enemy. But how to explain that to my intuition? How to convince that inner knowing that not everyone is against me. I can’t, because our bodies, soul and mind already sense something. My being already knows things, and that persistent feeling of something is not right is so present every time a situation comes up.

All of the above can be applied to any person and/or situation because we always know. And even though it might be difficult for me to rid myself of logic and expectations, I’m learning how not to dismiss my inner feeling. When it tells me to run, I should just run, no questions asked.