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Published on: Mar 02, 2011 by Pollyanna Darling
Last updated on: Mar 02, 2011
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We humans love a celebration, a cause we can get behind and rally for, an excuse to get together in a meaningful way. It's been going on for thousands of years. The calendar is peppered with "Days" - Valentines, Christmas, Mother's, Father's. Do we know what we're celebrating? Does it matter? March 8th 2011 is the centenary of International Women's Day (IWD). It began in 1911after a Copenhagen conference of working women from over 100 countries, decided unanimously to support a motion to establish an international day for women. This day would celebrate the achievements of women and press for their demands - equality of rights, pay and freedom. It's a national holiday in China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria. Interestingly, there is al...
Published on: Feb 15, 2011 by Pollyanna Darling
Last updated on: Feb 15, 2011
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freedom / n. 1 the condition of being free or unrestricted 2 personal or civic liberty; absence of slave status 3 the power of self-determination; the quality of not being controlled by fate or necessity 4 the state of being free to act. Humans have a tendency to define freedom by their circumstances. If you are imprisoned - you are not free (you're restricted by walls). If you are in relationship with others - you are not free (you're restricted by obligation, responsibility and duty of care). If you are sick - you're not free (you're restricted by the limitations of the disease) and so on. It is an absolute truth of human nature that we can experience life from two perspectives - that of our perception, and that of our expanded inf...
Published on: Jul 17, 2009 by Pollyanna Darling
Last updated on: Jul 17, 2009
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What is intuition? The dictionary definition of intuition is “immediate apprehension by the mind without reasoning.”  That means: what you immediately receive or understand before your busy mind begins adding beliefs, thoughts, feelings and what it already knows, to the information you are receiving. How? What? Where? You are an infinite being connected to all things through all time and space, despite anything you may think. As an infinite being, you have access to extraordinary gifts, abilities and information, one of them is intuition – an ability that enables you to gather information on any topic you can come up with, without using your thinking brain. Everyone has intuitive ability, including you!  Who can say where ...
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 Posted at 10:30:03 PM on Mar 08, 2011
Hey Abhijt - I recently used my intuition to tune into what my ego's ideal self is. Oddly I was tall with long, thin legs (definitely not something I will be achieving in this lifetime!!!). Totally unachievable, but where did it come from? It's not just the media projecting these images. My childhood dolls were "Sindy" and "Pippa" both of whom were willowy with long thin legs.That stuff gets into little heads very young, by the time we can read, the media are just confirming our suspicions.
It's incredibly liberating to acknowledge the 'ideal' that we unconsciously want to become and then embrace the true self. x Pollyanna
 
International Women's Day - What are we celebrating?
 Posted at 09:39:49 PM on Mar 03, 2011
Hello Dave - thank you for your thoughts. In reflecting on your response, I would revise the word 'lost' to 'forgotten'. The inherent qualities of the feminine are not 'lost'. We still have them. They are the balance to the masculine. If our cultures honoured the qualities of the feminine (as well as the masculine), we would reach true equality without even trying, instead of striving to make masculine and feminine the same (which doesn't work for either).
I LOVE that in sharing a viewpoint, others reflect, share their viewpoint, clarify mine and so on and so on. x
 
Introduction to Intuition - Unleash the Power of Your Heart
 Posted at 04:23:29 AM on Dec 04, 2009
Hi Ian - thanks for the feedback. Am not quite sure what you mean by abstract concept, but will try to address your comment! Did you try it, by the way - there's practical instruction in the article towards the end - you learn by trying it and the method given gives you a structure to use your intuition in, rather than floundering about in gut feeling etc. If you consider yourself to be a rational human being, you may have trouble with the idea, but I have never known anyone to be unable to use their intuition.
Personally, I use my intuition daily. Using the method above, I tune into decisions I have to make, what I would love to do on the weekend, where I would love to live etc etc. You can use it for anything. You can use it to identify your limited perceptions of reality - to find out what crap is going on for you unconsciously that may be holding you back from creating what you would really love. All you have to do is create a definition, stand in the circle, receive the information and make up the interpretation.
My partner and I recently created our wedding entirely intuitively - we tuned in to where and when and what. We tuned into action steps to take and followed them. The whole thing flowed really easily, was absolutely magical and every single person who I've spoken to said it was the most beautiful wedding they had ever been to (and it was all very simple).
Give it a whirl, you may be pleasantly astonished. xx
 
 Posted at 12:32:11 AM on Jul 20, 2009
Hey Abhijit - in response to your question: who knows? The universe is ever expanding, the intuitive realm is an endless universe in my experience. Intuitive ability is one of our many talents as humans, another sense, like taste, smell, hearing etc. There isn't really anywhere to get to as far as another stage of development goes. x
 
 Posted at 12:50:48 AM on Jul 18, 2009
Hey Abhijit - Great question. I'm sure (without ever really being able to know!) that we're all born with an innate capacity to use our intuition, however it's much neglected. I distinctly remember many occasions when I was a child when I "knew" things which were dismissed as nonsense. Our rational, linear modern mindset tends to reject all things that don't have empirical evidence, hence most people do not cultivate or listen to, their intuition.
The great news is that anyone can start using it right away. It takes time and persistence to really develop skill at interpreting and in getting your rational mind out of the way, but it's perfectly achievable for any person.
The only other thing that deserves a mention here is that: if you use your intuition to discover information, and then you don't act on that information, you are sending a powerful message to your subconscious mind (the ever-creating part of you) about what is important to you. Intuitive knowledge without action is worthless.
The more you act on information you have received intuitively, the more magical and wondrous your life becomes. I have personal experience of this and have witnessed it flowering in the lives of the people I coach.
I guess in answer to the final part of your question - like everything, the more attention you give your intuition, the more it expands and I see no reason why that shouldn't continue through the generations. My children naturally pay attention to their inner intuitive voice because it's a normal part of our household.
Thanks for reading my article. x
 
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