The other day, my daughter and I were doing errands. One of the errands was to pick up her brother and a friend who were playing golf. There was a vague idea of when to pick them up, but no definite time. As we were driving along, I indicated that we'd better go and pick up the boys first before we go to the store. Why she asked? She was in a rush get to the store to pick out birthday treats for her upcoming party. I told her that I just checked in, and I felt the boys would be ready for pick up when we got to the golf course. Mind you, I did not call on my cell phone for this information...rather, I checked in to my well honed inner guidance system.

My daughter wanted to know how I checked in, what made me feel like the timing was right?...quite a good question from a nine year old. And, it got me to thinking...how do I check in? How can I explain this in a understandable way?

I have always known, appreciated and honored my inner voice, my intuition, my gut feelings. My family never thought that "checking in", or feeling out a situation was odd, rather, it was studied by some and appreciated by most of us. So, I had local, friendly support of my inner guidance system from a young age. Without this support, I may have supressed my guidance or thought it crazy to listen to that little voice or that body sensation. Luckly, I had a family where I could talk about my thought and feeling processes.

I also took time to study about intuition after I realized that it could enhance my lifestyle. Intuition offers me so many ways of guidance: it is a faster way of doing work in the business world, it allowed me to filter social issues to see what was right for me, it allowed me to know immediately when I met my husband that we were to marry, it alerts me to safe places and more. I keep the second guessing to a bare minimum as I practice, practice, practice this easy way of knowing.

So, as I answered my daughter, I explained that I feel out the situation in my body and mind by asking the question and to see if the signal is to go and get the boys, or go to the store first. The answer was a vague, subtle signal that is not easily explainable, but the emphasis was to go pick them up first. This took place in the space of 1-2 seconds. As I practice more and more, the timing for questions and answers shortens. Some people use muscle testing, pendulums, red/green light signals in their minds, or other ways of knowing with the therory being that our spirit knows before our body and mind. I use spiritual guidance for the mundane things in life. It works for me!

As we drove into the golf course, the boys were just finishing their putts on the ninth green and were ready for pickup. The timing was impecable and I thanked my inner sense for such excellent guidance. Once again, inner awareness saved me time and effort...quite a relief in our time starved culture!

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Suzie Daggett is the producer and host of "Healing INsights" a TV show in the Grass Valley/Nevada City, CA area. She is the Vice-President of New Frontiers of the Gold Country, www.intent.com/nfgc, and is active as a networker in her community to bring spiritual awareness to interested parties.