Excerpt from my chapter in Intuition At Work

The Inspiral Method of Intuitive Awareness is based on my twenty-five years of facilitating intuition within adults. It will catalyze your blueprint. The method provides a model of intuition and a map for its development. The word "inspiral" is a combination of in-spirit and spiral, which is the universal symbol for transformation Working with the Inspiral transforms spirit and allows spirit to transform us. We are both inspired and inspirational.

There is nothing mysterious about this. It is the natural outcome of inner growth. The Inspiral model also suggests "You are already using intution. You are already using phrases and words to describe your intuitive experiences at work and at home. Awareness is all you need."

Intuition, according to the Inspiral, is an ability to obtain knowledge without rational processes. This ability is spread over a continuum of seven steps ranging from instinctive intuition to universal intuition. The model names the seven steps, lists types of exercises for each and suggests specific applications in the organizational environment.

The first three ways of intuition, Instinctive, Emotional, and Creative, are common. Phrases such as "my gut", "it 'felt' right", "a light bulb went off" are all indicative of an intuitive process. These non-rational words 'gut', 'felt', or 'light bulb' describe instinctive, emotional and creative intuition, respectively. You are probably familiar with one or more of these phrases and may have used them yourself.

Intuition, according to the Inspiral, is an ability to obtain knowledge without rational processes. This ability is spread over a continuum of seven steps ranging from instinctive intuition to universal intuition. The model names the seven steps, lists types of exercises for each and suggests specific applications in the organizational environment.

The first three ways of intuition, Instinctive, Emotional, and Creative, are common. Phrases such as "my gut", "it 'felt' right", "a light bulb went off" are all indicative of an intuitive process. These non-rational words 'gut', 'felt', or 'light bulb' describe instinctive, emotional and creative intuition, respectively. You are probably familiar with one or more of these phrases and may have used them yourself.

Intuition, according to the Inspiral, is an ability to obtain knowledge without rational processes. This ability is spread over a continuum of seven steps ranging from instinctive intuition to universal intuition. The model names the seven steps, lists types of exercises for each and suggests specific applications in the organizational environment.

The first three ways of intuition, Instinctive, Emotional, and Creative, are common. Phrases such as "my gut", "it 'felt' right", "a light bulb went off" are all indicative of an intuitive process. These non-rational words 'gut', 'felt', or 'light bulb' describe instinctive, emotional and creative intuition, respectively. You are probably familiar with one or more of these phrases and may have used them yourself.

Our spirits are natural. Many times our instinctive to situations is correct. Peter Anderson, whose money management firm overseas $105 billion dollars, said, "I trust my more, not less. I’ve made good decisions and good money doing it for the past 27 years."

What is instinct? In 1982, I stood on a hill in Kenya, Africa and watched millions of grazing wildebeests. Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, the millions began to form a line. Like a wave going across a body of water, each grazing cluster of wildebeests fell into a long, winding line and the march northward began again. Instinct provided the "knowledge" necessary to make the journey.

Instinct is a word we use to describe an intuitive process found in the body. Our body is intuitive. It knows what to do.

Our spirits are sensitive. Human sensitivity is powerful enough to send and receive information without normal sensory means. We've all heard stories of people knowing when a particular person is going to call them, knowing when a beloved is in danger or has died, or knowing serene victory before the final score is tallied. Strong emotions, such as future victory or sadness, radiate information. Traditionally, this type of intuition has been called psychic.

Emotional intuition is found in daily activities as well as the stories of dramatic moments. Terms we already use to describe emotional sensitivity to non-rational information are vibing, sensing, reading, feeling, getting, scoping, using radar and scanning. A person or a team adept at emotional intuition is an excellent resource for (1) creating an atmosphere, (2) handling interpersonal relationships, (3) judging emotional appeal, (4) keeping values on target, and (5) honoring diversity.

Our spirits are creative. Creative intuition produces innovation, genius or artistry in all walks of life. When something is creative, we are struck by its "spirit". Intuition's spirit inspires, creativity follows, and an innovation or beauty is born. Intuition is the silent partner of creativity.

Philosophers and shamans describe two levels of the world. In Western philosophy, a term used to describe the world we consciously relate to is explicit. The silent world where intuition dwells is called tacit.

We are also in continuous, often unconscious relationship, with the tacit world. We have terms that describe this world and our relationship to it such as, "The problem is on the back burner" and "I want to sleep on it." Intuition lives in the "back burner" and in our "sleep". Innovation is born there.

Our spirits are collaborative. Systems intuition links us to each other and large scale patterns or trends. Individuals sensitive to these intuitive skills are attracted to marketing, public relations, investments and globalization. A key feature of systems intuition is the ability to experience intuition as "surround sound"--Intuition is embedded in patterns everywhere.

Gary Markoff, VP for Investments at Smith, Barney and Shearson, describes his art as "riding the waves and watching the currents". Markoff appears to surf the investment ocean using intuition for a surf board. His job is to identify the wave pattern that will take him and his clients successfully to an enhanced financial shore.

Our spirits are visionary. Visionary intuition is like a two-way mirror. We can look outward toward a vision of our desired future and sometimes our actual future looks back. We call these latter experiences precognitions. We see or know the future before it occurs. Our vision either guides the future reality or the future reality reveals a vision.

The word "visionary" is not meant to imply that the only valid information is visual. Visionary intuition can provide information through body sensations, auditory sounds, spontaneous activities of the body, clarity in the heart, sudden spoken comments, etc. Often these multisensory experiences surprise us. We can treat them like unbidden guests from the future or welcome them and assess their informational wealth. Do not hesitate to assess your unbidden visions of the future. True intuitions suffer from lack of acknowledgment, not caution and assessment.

Traditional, strategic visions of a desired future provide individual or

Our spirits are unifying. Native American tribes share a prayer whose meaning is the same in every Native language. The words said to begin and end every important event, meeting, and ceremony, mean "For all my relations."

These words are based on the cultural and spiritual belief that all life is related. Nothing is done without honoring and assessing the impact of that fact. Although we are many, we are also One. Our actions effect each other deeply because spirit is always working to unify life not foster competition.

Ironically, the etymology of the word competition comes from the Greek word meaning "running together on foot."

Universal Intuition: Beyond Knowledge

Our spirits are universal. The Lakota language, which emphasizes verbs rather than nouns, describes a sacred person as "going beyond knowledge he or she". The description emphasizes an evolving activity sharing a personal field rather than a person who has attained a state of being.

Inclusive intuition supports people becoming One. Universal intuition is without separation, so there is nothing to bring together. In this awareness, the known, the knowable, and the knower are indistinguishable from each other.

Leadership from this domain is provide by an encounter with pure spirit. Leadership doesn't act on you or even inspire you. Leadership becomes you. You know what to do. The splits between body and spirit, mind and heart, and ordinary and extraordinary dissolve. The universe lives inside you as you.

The seven ways of intuition in the Inspiral are different expressions of intuition's wisdom. They all have equal value. Students of the Inspiral experience it like a staircase you go up and down. All judgments disappear and your personal and professional life are alive as this poem depicts:

"And the illumined soul

Goes up and down

These worlds, eating any

Food it likes, assuming any

Shape it desires

Chanting...Oh, wonderful!

Oh, wonderful! Oh, wonderful!"

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Our spirits need intuition. Intuition is integral to spirit's activity in the world. A spirit-filled person, community, or organization radiates a connection to the source of life and leads us to remember our own.

Practice with the Inspiral Method of Intuitive Development will enhance your ability to love, be present, live your purpose, know profound silence and restore your connection. Experiment with intuition. Evaluate your results. Look for pragmatic outcomes as well as improved truthfulness, clarity, joy, meaning, and love. Don't settle for less.