@susan-daisy Your story is just so sweet. I too am glad you all made it through the car crash. One of the most delightful parts of people's sharings here is their childhood stories. Seeing that angel floating up to the ceiling warms my heart.
Gosh, girl, you could commercialize the 'potential partner' radar that you have! Imagine how many people you could spare from miserable relationships. Jeanne observes that you have an amazing gift; I am so glad that you are feeling more comfortable with it and hope you will share developments.
The red car dream was a whopper! I wonder if you might mine more intuitive guidance from your dreams if you kept a dream journal? I am lazy but I know from experience that with practice, dreams can yield treasures.
I should try to do that. This past week, I felt like I was on a journey and shown so many things but when I awoke, I could not remember any of them. In the dream, I went through a range of emotions and remember saying to myself what just happened? I tend to recall the dreams when I am in the moment - "Deja vu."
In retrospect, I believe my intuition has been fairly keen my whole life and I'm now 70. About 21 years ago I experienced many repeated traumas from an ex, who was a narcissist and a sociopath. My intuition had warned me repeatedly over the prior ten years and I ignored it. That story is not my focus on this post.
The experience with this man was so painful that I vowed to ALWAYS listen to my intuition again. And I have. There have been incredible hits of intuition. I will share two at this time.
About two years ago I'm at my computer and my intuition had my typing "jeanne mayell". I had never heard of this incredible woman before. Never. The name came to me out of the blue.
Finding this site has been a gift and very calming during such difficult years. I cannot thank you all enough for your predictions and tracking the success. They gave me a great deal of hope when the narcissism of the orange guy was re-triggering my prior traumas and ptsd.
My deepest thanks to all of you. I immediately subscribed monthly.
The most life changing hit of intuition came about 15 months ago. I kept getting a repeated thought to get a mammogram. I had not had a mammogram in at least 15-16 years. Now, it's almost a persistent nudging. I got a mammogram and there was a mass. They did another test and again, were concerned. The doctor did a biospy of several samples and it was cancer. A few weeks later, the surgeon removed the tumor. It was stage 1. The surgeon said the results were "the best possible outcome". Intuitively, I felt all the cancer was gone.
A year ago, the oncologist recommended 5-6 weeks of chemo and radiation. It felt like every cell in my body was screaming "no". I declined any further treatment. I have felt great in the past year.
That experience further reinforces the value of listening to my intuition. It has always been right.
There have been times that my intuition warned me to stop at a GREEN light. I did. Another car ran a red light.
I have moved based on my intuition to another state (that wasn't on my bucket list). I have changed careers based on my intuition. While many of these changes were not on my "bucket list", they were absolutely the best decision in retrospect.
This is not something I can share with others in my work or social circle as they look at me like I am an alien. So, I'm just quiet. Being in a safe place to share it, I hope, gives some inspiration to others.
(Disclaimer: I feel a sense of responsibility to caution others when it comes to your life. I had many remarkable situations trusting my intuition and was willing to bet on it. Every person should use discretion and the consultations with health care professionals before making a decision. Meditation and centering within to get the right answer for you, after input from health care professionals, can possibly be beneficial.)
I do love Fannie Flagg and will check that one out. I. also gravitate to books about NDEs. The Scorpio rising in this Gemini sparks my interest in the occult.
A great book on the topic here is The Afterlife of Billy Fingers. It is a sister's account of communication with her brother beyond the veil. It could be fiction, but it rings with truth.
@oscaroreo or Jan
What a wonderful gift! Receiving Jeanne's full name out of the ether was a remarkable example.
The only time I have received a name was in a dream; I dreamt that a dark skinned man was boxing my husband in a boxing ring. "Cholo," was the name that entered my head. (I do not like boxing nor know anything about it.) The next morning I asked my husband if he had ever heard the name Cholo and he said, "Yes, he is a Mexican boxer."
I have had a variety of intuitive experiences since I was a child. I have not discussed this one ever but the earliest I remember was in fact, my first memory at all. I must have been between the ages of three and four and I was sitting on a concrete step behind a house looking at the area around me and watched it slowly shift. Even though I could not have had the language to describe what I was seeing, it seemed as though reality changed as it might in a theater, the backdrop and scenery altered. It was fluid, for lack of a better word--an altered present. It felt eerie but not menacing. That memory and shifting scenery is still clear to me now.
Like Jan, I have had intuitive experiences that saved me from harm. For one, I was driving up a winding, tree lined road when a clear, strong male voice in my head ordered "Slow Down!" I immediately took my foot off of the accelerator and seconds later a speeding car came careening around the corner in my lane. That message saved me from a head on collision.
Another was a feeling I was being watched when I got out of my car at night going into my apartment. I did not see or hear anything but I strongly felt a threatening presence. It was so strong that that for the next few days, I called a male neighbor as I left work to ask him to come out on his balcony to keep an eye on me as I entered my apartment. A day or two later, I also felt a shudder when I looked at a window at the back of the apartment and so I rushed to close and lock it. A few days later, an intruder climbed into the apartment next door, through the window next to mine. Gavin de Becker describes this kind of intuition in his book, The Gift of Fear and like Jan, encourages us to always trust and act on those feelings.
I am enjoying this thread. There must be mountains of experiences amongst this talented group. I look forward to hearing more.
I love this thread. I consider myself to be a good people reader with intuition though I still struggle with the idea that I have any psychic powers, so I appreciate Jeanne's suggestion that they are in fact the same. I often know things or can 'read' people's thoughts (though all women can, right? that's why they burned us at the stake ;)). I have a strange ability to "know" when people have gone through trauma, especially if it involves the death of a loved one. I meet people and know immediately that someone close to them has passed. In one case, I knew this immediately but because the death involved the murder of a sibling, it wasn't confirmed to me until years into my friendship with the person (he kept the murder private and never spoke about it). I've also known friends were pregnant (without seeing them in person), or known when someone is cheating.
When I was young I lived a very vibrant internal life, even though I had siblings and friends, I felt Very connected to spirit, especially angels. I have a memory of being in the back garden of our family church and the church had erected rows and rows of statutes of angels, and I walked through them, looking up at the angels. But no one in my family remembers this ever happening and I wonder if it was something I was just seeing.
I also have the thing where I can 'read a room' and know if something is off. I've been to weddings that I felt were 'off', even the most beautiful ones, to find out later something nefarious was going on (eg husband to-be had been cheating the whole time); I've met people and instantly know they were going to be bad for me (or others); and for both of the serious relationships I was in before my husband, I knew instantly "this person will be important to me for two-three years." I now think maybe I was accessing my akashic records.
My mother tells me that her mother had psychic abilities, like she would know who was calling on the phone or if someone had died.
I sometimes hear a voice that reassures me in times of severe stress. And I believe that I have been 'saved' a few times from terrible accidents - like a hammer falling onto my shoulder only because i moved my head, or would-be car accidents. I have met several people I felt were angels or sent by angels to help guide me (though I believe we all play these parts at times).
@raincloud Thank you so much for sharing your examples.
Intuition has always kept me safe from harm. In my early 20s, I drank and took recreational drugs a lot. Amazingly, I was never harmed. (I have been free of recreational drugs since 1974 and alcohol since 12-22-1979).
I keep tuned in constantly. As long as I'm clear and not overwhelmed or stressed, I can get a clear sense. Usually, I can sense if a situation (or person) is safe in advance so I can avoid it. That doesn't mean I haven't met my share of nuts or users. Just have not been physically harmed.
Very glad you listened to your intuition about the window. I love how that works.
Now, more than ever, I need to be guided to my next career move as my current position ends 8-14-2023. What helps the most is getting quiet in a peaceful environment and going within. Many well-intended friends will give me ideas; I find it challenging to come up with a response as the truth is that I listen to my intuition 100%. They think logically; practically. I am totally driven by my intuition as it is always right; even when it's not a move I'm personally not thrilled about. It is always right.
It's a gift that keeps giving and I wouldn't trade intuition for all the money in the world.