Heightened Perception
Author: Brendan Nichols

I walked into a warmly lit room in the company headquarters. The space was long and rectangular. In the center of the room was a very expensive timber and glass coffee table. The whole place had the scent of prestige, money and power. If this room had a name, it would have been known as "The special meeting room to impress people." If you worked for this company, this would be the room you would aspire to be in. Around the coffee table were thick, luxurious lounge chairs, and on these were seated the chief executives of the company.

I had been asked into the company headquarters as a consultant. I hadn't been given any information on the company's financial position. All I had been told was that the company was looking to expand their horizons and develop their people. After I was formally introduced, the conversation moved to where the company saw itself heading and the bright prospects that the future could bring.

I knew from past experience that nothing really changes in life, business or relationships until you get to the truth. It seemed that this particular meeting was just going around in circles.

Finally I leaned forward in my chair and said, "Look, if it's okay with you, I'd like to cut straight to the chase." I looked directly at the Chief Accountant. "I bet if I looked at your books, I would find that if this company doesn't do something drastic in the next few years, you will be in liquidation."

An immense silence filled the room. The accountant looked at me in amazement and said, "Yes, that's true. How did you know that?"

"I felt it," I replied.

The accountant, puzzled, gently shook his head and said, "Well how do you do that?"

I looked at him and replied, "How do you not do that?" What I meant was that this ability is a natural part of our makeup. We naturally have the ability to sense things but at some point many of us turn this sensibility off.

A few weeks later I was working with one of the Chief Executives in her office when she asked me, "Brendan, I notice that on many occasions you seem to have this uncanny ability to read situations and people like a book. You seem to know people's deepest thoughts. I feel that I lack that insight and it is limiting me in my life and career. How do you do it?"

"Okay," I replied, shifting in my chair to directly face her. "I want you to look at the desk and describe to me one object that is on the table."
After she described a pen to me, I asked, "So how do you know it's there?
"I can see it," she replied.
"So," I continued. "You trust what you see don't you? That's the first step in accessing your intuition or your knowing — you need to trust it as much as you trust all your other senses. If you heard a loud crash outside in the street you would have absolutely no doubt you heard it, so why doubt your intuition? When you awaken your Sage it is like turning on another one of your senses. Just like you trust what you see, hear and smell, you learn to trust what you feel. Imagine walking around constantly doubting what you see. Imagine how confusing that would be. Well, it's also confusing when you doubt what you feel."

She nodded in quiet, thoughtful agreement before I continued. "You see, your intuition is like a friend. If you have a friend that constantly gives you advice that you never heed, what will your friend do?"

"They will either go away or keep quiet," she answered. "Exactly," I replied. "If you listen to your intuition and follow it, then that friend actually becomes stronger and more powerful. It becomes a very powerful ally."

BEYOND DOUBT

The biggest enemy of intuition is doubt. As Shakespeare said, "Our doubts are traitors." One kind of doubt is where you receive a strong intuition to go in a certain direction and then doubt its validity. I have lost count of the number of times people have told me how they acted against their intuition and as a consequence have had major learning experiences.

Another kind of doubt is where intuition itself is regarded as irrational and unscientific. When people refer to the god of science as being the paragon of rationale, I often remind them of Einstein's words, "I have not arrived at my understanding of the universe by means of the rational mind."

The rational mind is very important. We use it to do our taxes, figure out road maps and a host of other useful things. The rational mind provides us with clear thinking, which is essential in problem solving. This ability to think clearly is the most elementary level of the Sage. However, beyond this is a world that the rational mind cannot penetrate.

Some people hold the view that they can only believe in things that they can touch, hear and see. Yet science itself estimates that there is less than one billionth of our reality that can be recognized by our physical senses. A dog, for example, has a certain range of hearing that we do not posses. What we see is just a tiny fraction of what is actually there. In fact, the eye is a lens which perceives the world upside down. Our brain then turns the image the right way up. Our physical senses register only a narrow bandwidth of physical reality.

The rational mind is crucial to negotiate the problems of the world, however, it has its limitations. The intuitive mind knows. The rational mind thinks it knows. Intellectual understanding can only take you so far. You can study everything about the taste of chocolate but until you actually eat chocolate you will never truly know what it tastes like. When Carl Jung was asked if he believed in God he answered, "I don't believe in God. I know."

If you would like to awaken a higher level of perception, begin to trust those intuitive messages. Know that who you really are is more powerful and extraordinary than any of us can possibly imagine.








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Brendan Nichols is an international speaker, life coach and author of the best selling book, Your Soul Purpose. He teaches people to remember their spiritual purpose. If you would like to try Brendan’s free quiz to determine your inner makeup, Or to find out about his unique vision quests go to www.brendannichols.com
Contact: 61 2 6680 4888 (outside Australia)
or 1 300 8888 13 (within Australia)
Email: info@brendannichols.com
Mail: PO Box 76, Ocean Shores, NSW, 2483, Australia.

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