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Franquemont: Intuition |
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SHARON FRANQUEMONT is an
international intuition teacher, consultant, and coach with more than 25
years of experience. She helped pioneer graduate classes in intuition at
John F. Kennedy University, and has taught in Europe, South America, and throughout the
United States. She is a member of The Intuition Network and sits on The
Advisory Board of Intuition Magazine. Ms. Franquemont is the author of Do It Yourself Intuition
and You Already Know What to Do.
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(view her biography)
(read her interview)
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WHAT IS INTUITION?
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The word intuition comes from the Latin intueri, meaning "to consider,"
"to look on." This intuitive “look on” implies something deeper than simple perception and is best
described as apperception, the ability to “take hold of” knowledge in one glance. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary sums up intuition as “the immediate knowing or learning of
something without the conscious use of reasoning; instantaneous apperception.” Simply stated, intuition is
direct knowledge.
It is my belief that we are all born with an InQ™ (intuitive quotient) as well as an IQ. Your IQ is a number which represents your ability to provide predetermined correct answers to
questions focusing on a variety of analytical skills. In contrast, your InQ reflects your ability to go inward, respond to a variety of intuitive skills, perceive connections, communicate
nontraditionally, and tap personal and collective wisdom. You can have this experience either by yourself or in the company of others, e.g. teams playing in the zone, musicians
whose performance clicks, creative brain storming, etc. I dream of the day when people can say, “ My intuition or InQ provided the answer to that question.” If intuition were valued
and accepted, this answer would be understood for what it describes: information that is available without the use of rational process as they are presently understood and defined.
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4 Ways to Boost Your Intuition:
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- Intuition lives in your body, so pay attention
to what it is telling you. Your body is the first place that your intuition
manifests. Learn to trust it.
- Practice your intuitive skills doing something
you love. Intuition follows love: the musician has intuition about music;
the athlete, about his or her sport. Your intuition dwells where your
passion dwells.
- Intuition is everywhere and communicates to us
through symbols. Learn to look and listen for its messages.
- Try letting your intuition "organically
organize" your day. Look at your "to do" list and ask
yourself, "What is it that wants to occur today?" Do that task
until it is no longer what you want to be doing. Then, go back to your list
and ask again. Try this for a week. Many people find themselves surprisingly
relaxed and rested at the end of the day -- and that everything that needs
to get done, gets done.
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