Your Animal Friend as an Intuitive Guide

Our gut feeling - Intuition

Intuition is our ability to understand or feel something without having any logical or conscious reasoning to "prove" it. We just know with what we usually call our gut feeling. Intuition can come as a feeling like fear, worry or joy. You may not understand why the feeling suddenly appeared but still you are so sure, deep down, that this is something that you should listen to. Instinctively you know that it is something that is important to you. But intuition is more than an instinct, it is more connected to our subconscious and emotional wisdom.

Intuition is often fast and quite fleeting, it tickles you easily like a feather before the logical part of the brain tries to take control. But silencing your mind and trusting your inner knowing can be very beneficial. There are studies that show the direct connection between intuition, the meaning of life and the feeling of happiness. When we live in line with our intuition, we become happier, healthier, more satisfied with life and also have greater job satisfaction. In a society that is today predominantly governed by algorithms and AI, which distance us from our intuition, intuition works just the opposite. It promotes and strengthens both our emotional intelligence, our creativity and helps us make decisions that bring us closer to our genuine self.

The heart and intuition

We all have intuition, but it is just like a muscle that constantly needs to be trained. In order to hear our inner voice, silence and stillness are a magic formula. To start by shutting out and withdrawing from the external noise with all that it means from nonstop stimuli and information flow, stress and all external impressions. We want to listen inwardly, to our heart and intuition. Meditation, mindfulness and also writing down our feelings and thoughts in a diary are all very good ways to strengthen our intuition. Creating space to be here and now, closing our eyes, breathing deeply and directing our attention inward. Don't rush, just allow yourself to observe. What are your body and emotions saying? What is your heart saying?! The heart is constantly communicating intuitive information to the mind and brain, and studies show that the heart receives and processes information about future events before they actually happen. So when we lean into our heart and listen to what it tells us, it increases our ability to go beyond automatic reactions and perceptions. The heart's intuition helps us make more intelligent decisions from a deeper source of wisdom, and in this way create a better flow in our lives.

Your animal friend as an intuitive guide and mirror

Animism comes from the Latin "anima" which means soul or life. Animism has a view that claims that everything is souled and everything is connected. People, animals, trees, plants, rocks, stars, everything is equal parts of the universe. All parts of our nature are alive and have a spiritual essence and life force, which also emphasizes that we should all live in harmony with each other. 
It is believed that Animism first emerged in prehistoric times, but it is difficult to know for sure. Animism is not a religion but rather a term for a worldview and customs and traditions that affirm the multifaceted relationships that exist between animals, nature and humans, which must also be respected. Many indigenous peoples refer to the outside world as soulful and alive, as if we are just listening, expressing ourselves in our own way and having a communication.

For me personally, animals and nature are the foundation and the best tool to tune in to my own intuition, and I trust them one hundred percent. When I am, here and now, with an open heart, animals and nature begin to communicate. Not with verbal words, no. It is a different language. 
A language that involves sensing and interpreting energies. It can be the breeze whispering in the treetops, the rain patter on a tin roof. Or something new in the ravens' morning greeting or the buzzards' dance in the rising winds. Everything has a message, if we just listen with our full presence. When we allow ourselves to relax, sink deep within ourselves and listen with, yes, the heart. 
There you have intuition! 

In this relaxed here-and-now state, you can also be fully present with your animal companion in body, mind and soul. Animals use their intuition in a completely natural way and are very energy sensitive, so when they feel that you are meeting them in a calm energy space, without demands, without analysis, but just being, then they will begin to communicate with you. Show you how you can communicate on your unique energy frequency. It can come as images, smells, sounds or feelings. Don't overanalyze, just be calm and open and your animal friend will guide you and show you how you can develop your intuition. Because animals can truly be amazing teachers, and will happily show you how we can strengthen and develop our intuition.

Everything is energy. All our thoughts, our feelings, our words. And animals are masters at sensing energy frequencies and shifts in them. No matter what you show outwardly, your animal friend will always read you like an open book and reflect back and show you the frequency you send out. But they don't just reflect you. They will also show you what energies they pick up in the people around you. This certainly doesn't mean that they are "bad" people in any way. It could rather be that they want to show you if there are different shifts in the energies that you may need to be aware of. In their way, they will show you energies that may be exhausting if you are very tired and need to rest. Or energies that you need to laugh or talk if you have been feeling a little low for a while. They will always have your best interests at heart and reflect that in a very refined way.

Animals are calm when they feel the vibrational frequency of truth, and they will always be a fantastic support for promoting your own authentic self. Perhaps this is why many people feel more secure with animals than with other people. An animal friend will always be authentic and they help us open our hearts in a way that humans cannot. Think about it for a moment, when it is just you and your animal friend completely alone. Surely you feel that you are and can be fully relaxed your genuine self. You are safe with each other. So even if the world around you is storming, your animal friend will always guide you to a frequency that is authentic. With a language beyond words, they anchor you with your intuition. What we need to do is instead of listening with our ears, listen with our hearts!