| The Gallop Organization conducted a survey in 2005 | | | | vowed to 'listen up' no matter what when I heard the |
| of the beliefs of the general U.S. population regarding | | | | familiar distinct voice. I began using I-80 East to make |
| paranormal topics [1]. The results revealed forty-one | | | | the thirty minute drive each day. |
| percent of those polled believed in extrasensory | | | | Two weeks later, and although, construction was still in |
| perception; twenty-six percent believed in clairvoyance | | | | progress on Route 10, as I was getting into my car, I |
| and thirty-one percent believed in telepathy or psychic | | | | heard the familiar voice, 'Take Route 10.' Not again, I |
| communication. | | | | thought. Is this a trick or a test? I decided to heed the |
| The truth is everyone has psychic ability. However, for | | | | information. I took Route 10 and in spite of the |
| the majority of people it is hidden, ignored, untested or | | | | construction arrived on time. Alright, I reasoned, my |
| distrusted. Therefore, it is common to hear people say | | | | intuition is telling me that I can go back to driving Route |
| that they are frustrated with lack of success at | | | | 10. When I got home that night, my husband asked, "Did |
| tapping into their intuition or sixth sense. | | | | you get caught in the traffic back up on 80?" "No, I |
| No matter the level of psychic awareness you enjoy, | | | | took Route 10." "Good thing," he said, "There was a |
| you certainly could improve your success rate. An | | | | tractor trailer and several cars piled-up, traffic was |
| interesting perspective about intuition is that you can | | | | backed-up ten miles with a two hour delay." Then I told |
| monitor your talent (and improve) your ability by your | | | | him the story about my odyssey on which route to |
| 'failures' as much as with your 'successes.' You can | | | | take. |
| also use mundane experiences to improve this spiritual | | | | So this incident clearly points to the wisdom that |
| practice. | | | | teaches us that we can sometimes learn quicker from |
| One of my stories of a 'failure' and subsequent | | | | mistakes, and that failure holds an opportunity for |
| 'success' is shared with chagrin, because my first | | | | self-improvement. |
| conscious awareness of my clairaudience and | | | | Yet, this opportunity is really only beneficial when you |
| clairvoyance was between eighteen or twenty months | | | | make the connection between the incident and the |
| and has remained consistent and accurate throughout | | | | forethought. And then, by contemplating the nature of |
| my life. | | | | the signal that you received as intuitive or psychic |
| In 1994, I was doing consulting work for a company in | | | | information, you will more readily recognize that feeling |
| Parsippany, NJ during the day and maintained my | | | | or sensation in the future. Once you have clarity about |
| hypnosis practice in the evening. I left the Parsippany | | | | how you receive that type of intuitive information, you |
| office at 5:00 p.m. to drive the thirty minutes to Verona. | | | | can continue to build and expand that sensitivity. |
| As I opened my car door, I heard the distinct and | | | | In what way can you learn more about your intuition |
| familiar voice, "Take 80." I knew this to mean, I-80 east. | | | | from the mundane activities of life? How do you |
| It was the distinct voice I was accustomed to all my | | | | sense psychic messages? Do you hear a voice or do |
| life. However, my ego mind refuted the information. | | | | words come into your mind? Do you have distinct |
| "This can't be right, I-80, is bumper to bumper this time | | | | thoughts or pictures? Do you have specific sensations |
| of day," I thought. | | | | like fluttering stomach, chills, muscle twitch, or pain? |
| As I passed the entrance to I-80 east on Route 10, my | | | | How can you more clearly make a connection |
| regular route, I wondered if it would be better to take | | | | between a signal and a message? |
| I-80. A mile past the entrance traffic on Route 10 | | | | "Growth is a process of trial and error; |
| came to a halt. Oh, my gosh, it must be a car crash, | | | | experimentation. The 'failed' experiments are as much |
| the message I heard was right, traffic doesn't halt like | | | | a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately |
| this normally. As the traffic inched along, it became | | | | 'works.' "The Rules for Being Human" - Author |
| apparent it was construction that had started during | | | | Unknown |
| the day. Now I would be late. As it turned out, I was | | | | [1] David W. Moore (June 16, 2005) "Three in Four |
| only ten minutes late and my client was unaffected in | | | | Americans Believe in Paranormal." Gallup News |
| any substantial way. I breathed a sigh of relief, and | | | | Service. |