Tap Into Your Spiritual Intuition for Trauma Healing
Have you ever heard the saying “trust your gut” or I had a “gut” feeling. I know I am not the only one who has ever questioned the phrase “gut instinct”. Well, I have done a bit of research over the years about our innate spiritual traits or “gifts”, if you will. I believe that we all are born with intuition, and some may call it “discernment”. However, you choose to define it, one thing is true - you know how it feels better than you are able to explain it.
As I sit here, open to the prompting in my spirit, I am reminded of an incident that happened a few years ago. I was called upon to help a sister in need in another state. I was living in Indianapolis at the time. It was a request made by my family and I jumped at the opportunity to be of service as “family first” is my motto!
Well, once it was decided that I would be going to California to assist, I became very excited about seeing California. All the California songs began playing in mind, “It Never Rains in Southern California” to “all the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray...California dreaming”. I had never been, and this was my big chance! I knew that I would be needed to care for my sister’s 3 children as she was bedridden after going into labor in her 2nd Trimester with her fourth child. I would be cooking and cleaning, doing laundry, grocery shopping, bathing, and potty training a two-year-old and waiting on her hand and foot. I didn’t mind – what sisters are for.
As the plans and logistics were being decided, I began to feel something amiss in my spirit. I wasn’t sure what I was experiencing. This was something I had never experienced before. It was a lamentation in my spirit. I was lamenting for someone other than myself, but how can I explain this feeling to someone, anyone? I thought surely this feeling would go away, but it didn’t. I knew it was a spiritual experience even though I couldn’t articulate it.
I went to Momma because I needed to tell someone. I told her, “Momma, something is going on inside me and I know it’s not good.” I went on to tell her what I was hearing in my spirit, “Mom, something is going to happen.” She tried to console me as she had in the past, but this time was different. She said, “Oh don’t worry baby, the angels will protect you.” Momma believed in Angels and taught me to believe that they are real. I told her “No, Mom I am not worried about me. It’s someone else.”
This first attempt to get me to California failed due to financial resources. As the second week approached, I was still feeling this ominous feeling inside; a warning is what it had begun to feel like. I could not shake the feeling that something really bad was going to happen. I went to my brother who has a strong belief and said, “Hey, something is going on! I feel like something terrible is going to happen here in Indianapolis after I leave, or something is going to happen there once I get to California.” He didn’t have much to say. I felt like I needed to sound an alarm - something is going to happen, people!!!!
Finally, the time had come for me to go to California and assume the responsibility of my family. I was excited for the opportunity, and I prayed I was wrong, but the feeling of doom was still lingering. I arrived just fine, and her husband came to pick me up from the airport. On our way back to the house we began to have a talk about the means by which we would not want to leave this earth (ways we would not want to die). He was drowning. Mine, due to my trauma experience, was suffocation. We stopped off to get food on the way back to the house and finally made it home. I was happy to be there and immediately jumped in to assist. Her husband had been working during the nights and caring for the family during the days – no wonder he was tired.
I was there in California taking care of the family, just as I had promised. It was great up to this point!! As the weekend approached, my sister wanted fish so being the loving husband, he decided to take his son and go fishing. This day marked a week to the exact day that I arrived in California. We remained at the house waiting for the two to return with the fish.
It was dark and they had not returned.... we were deeply concerned (I knew in my spirit – it was happening).
It wouldn’t be long before there was a knock at the door, it was the Military Police and my 5-year-old nephew. We received the news that his father, my brother-in law, was missing. He had drowned that day and did not make it home.
I called my mom to tell her what had happened. She said, “Oh, my Lord, Benitta, you said something was going to happen.” This was my first understanding that I had a special gift. Of course, I didn’t know what to call it or how to operate it.
It would be years until I would gain the knowledge and wisdom to access this special, God given gift. Over the years, I have gained acceptance of my intuition and can only explain it as clarity that comes with no logical answer, I had no idea how I knew. I do not question how, I only accept that I have this amazing gift.
I know that there are many others who may have had experiences as I have. I want to encourage you not to hide from your gifts. Clairvoyance, Clairaudient, and supernatural knowledge are gifts that give you access to the spiritual realm and not everyone has these gifts. Conversely, Intuition, imagination, visualization, and creativity are innately ours, tools given to us by the Creator to communicate with the spiritual nature that lives within. There are many times I have relied on my intuition in decision making. During meditation, we connect to the spiritual realm, and this is when our supernatural tools are charged and made ready to use to navigate life in this physical plane. I believe we are supernatural, spiritual beings and we communicate with the Universe and the Universe communicates back to us via our Intuition, imagination, visualization, and creativity.
I took a quick intuition test on YouTube where the person is asking the viewer to test their intuition; to conclude which number 1-7 is under his hand. I immediately said the number “3” and think to myself “This is interesting. I have never actually tested my intuition in this manner.” So, I decided to keep playing along. There was a slight hint of pressure, but it was fleeting. I paused the video. I closed my eyes and took a couple deep breathes in and out and I tapped into my spirit. Through practicing meditation as a spiritual practice, I am able to access my spirit intuitively. Once I felt the connection, I then considered my answer to the question which number is under his hand. The number 3 came to me strongly. Through my intuition, I knew it was the number 3. I resumed the video and as he moved his hand away the number 3 appeared. Jose Silva Mind Method is a great way to become more connected to the right brain which accesses that spiritual realm.
Due to your spiritual wounds, if you were constantly berated and belittled it can be difficult to learn to trust your innate gifts. Not being valued may leave you feeling like you cannot trust yourself. As you heal your spirit and learn to trust your connection through meditation you will come to know your intuition. Meditation is connecting with the God, or your understanding, and intuition makes it possible to communicate spiritually with Source.
