How do I raise my intuition and confidence?

Question

I wanted to ask two questions at once. I want to be more intuitive and confident as expressed in the above mentioned question. Thank you for your courteous response. I will take all in with as much equanimity as humanly possible. Thanks
Poshka

Answer 1

social interaction with other people...all kinds of people.

Answer 2

You can increase your confidence by using your words to motivate you and make you feel better! Intuition is always there, it is not a matter of increasing it but of just uncovering it. Listen to your gut!

Answer 3

Do you have something to be confident about? Life is doubt, accept that. People who are confident are usually lying to themselves. Most "confidence" is really overconfidence.

You should only be confident about something if you have investigated it thoroughly and have good reason to believe in it. If you want to be confident about your own abilities then you should develop your abilities until they are better than average, and test yourself to make sure you really know how good your abilities are. And even if you do all that, you should never be 100% confident of anything.

As for intuition, this is when you analyze facts (and sometimes gather facts) subconsciously instead of consciously, and then the result is passed from your subconscious mind to your conscious mind. The advantage is that the conscious mind is small compared to the subconscious mind, which can do more and hold more. The disadvantage is that the subconscious mind cannot be monitored much or controlled much, so you cannot minimize its biases, and the logic of the subconscious is a flawed logic. To make up for this you can try to learn more about yourself to identify your biases and maybe recognize when those biases have affected your intuitions, and use your conscious mind to correct for that. You should be careful to not rely on your intuition for judgments that require precision.

I think the intuition is most useful in interpersonal matters, because your subconscious is better at analyzing other people's subconsciouses than at analyzing material things. Still, be careful because your subconscious has a tendency to assume that other people think and feel like you, and although people are indeed similar, they are not all the same.

To increase your intuition about interpersonal matters, you basically need to learn to listen to the results your subconscious gives you, and learn what those results mean. To start with, spend time around different people and monitor your feelings about them. See how different people spark different feelings in you. Try to notice the patterns.

I have noticed this pattern in myself: when I feel excited and thrilled in particular way around a certain person, that usually means that person is chaotic and aggressive. I have learned to listen to that feeling and recognize that the person might not be good for me to get too close to. But I also wait to see if the facts back up my intuition, because intuition by itself might not be all that reliable. And sometimes when my feelings want me to do one thing, that is a good sign that I should do the opposite!

Your patterns will be different from mine, of course. Try asking yourself who a certain person reminds you of. This might explain some of your reactions to them. Women of my mother's age remind of my mother, so sometimes my intuition tells me to expect them to act like my mother, but of course that intuition is a very unreliable one! Not every woman of that age has a personality like my mother!

Once you get used to someone, like a friend or family member, your subconscious might learn to recognize the patterns in their behavior and be able to predict what they might do or think or feel. When you are talking with a friend, ask your intuition what your friend might be feeling, then check with your friend to see if you were right. Over time your intuition about your friend might become fairly accurate.

Intuition is one of those things you have to practice to improve. Expect lots of errors. Don't be overconfident.

Answer 4

Well this is a great question. Try somthing new!!! I do it all the time!! Don't just do the same thing everyday, try somthing new. Trust me better things will happen if you try something new!!!

Answer 5

Meditation and taking risks.

Answer 6

magic