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Everyday Intuition – Living From Wisdom In Daily Life

by Clare Downham

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guided
Activity
Meditation
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Everyone
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Intuition is not just for big life decisions. It is present in everyday moments — what to say, when to rest, how to respond with kindness. This longer meditation invites you to slow down, feel the steadiness of body and breath, and see how wisdom naturally rises when thought quiets. From a 3 Principles perspective, everyday life becomes guided, calm, and creative.

IntuitionThree PrinciplesBody AwarenessBreath AwarenessMindfulnessPresent MomentStress ReductionSelf CompassionEmotional ResilienceLife FlowIntuition CultivationThree Principles PerspectiveMindfulness Of ThoughtsPresent Moment Awareness

Transcript

Welcome,

This time is for you,

A space to slow down,

To come home to what is constant and to remember that the wisdom you seek is already here.

There is no need to chase it,

No need to find it,

No need to earn it,

Because intuition,

This quiet,

Gentle knowing,

Is not a thing to get to,

It is the essence of who you are.

Let's begin by arriving,

Notice the surface beneath you,

Let it fully support your weight,

You don't have to hold yourself up,

The chair,

The cushion,

The bed,

Whatever is here is holding you,

You can rest into that.

Take a slow breath in,

And let the exhale soften the edges of the day,

Let the shoulders drop a little,

The jaw loosen,

The belly release,

You are safe to let go.

Now notice your breath,

Just noticing,

Not managing,

It moves naturally,

The body already knows what to do,

Inhale,

Exhale,

Let that rhythm be your anchor,

If the mind wanders simply notice that too,

And come back again,

To the rise and fall of your breathing.

You don't have to push thoughts away,

They are not the enemy,

Thoughts come and go,

Like waves on the surface of the ocean,

You are the ocean itself,

The depth beneath every wave,

Still,

Expansive,

Untouched.

From a three principles perspective,

Everything we feel arises from thought in the moment,

Our experience of life is always being created from the inside out.

That means intuition,

The quiet guidance that feels light,

Calm and grounded,

Is never gone,

It can only be covered by noise,

When we are caught in stress or overthinking,

It can seem like intuition has disappeared,

But the moment thought settles,

Even slightly,

Wisdom is there again,

As present as the breath,

Take a few moments to notice your breath more fully,

Let it draw you into this moment,

Feel the body breathing itself,

The simplicity of that truth,

Life living through you,

Is the same simplicity that carries intuition,

It moves through you all the time.

Now allow your awareness to open,

Notice the sensations of the body,

The feeling of the air on your skin,

Perhaps sounds in the space around you,

There is no need to label or interpret them,

Just awareness,

Presence,

Life as it is.

You may notice moments when thought wants to jump in,

Commenting,

Judging,

Explaining,

That is okay,

Simply notice and return again to the feeling of being here,

Each time you do,

You are remembering who you really are,

Awareness itself.

Intuition is born from this awareness,

It doesn't come from analysing the past or predicting the future,

It comes from the quietness of now,

The more we live here,

In this space of presence,

The more easily life begins to unfold,

You don't need to work hard for that unfolding,

It is the natural rhythm of mind settling into wisdom,

Just like muddy water clears on its own when left undisturbed,

Your clarity comes in the same way,

Not through effort but through stillness.

Bring your attention now to the centre of your chest,

To the space around the heart,

You might sense warmth or movement or nothing in particular,

Whatever you find is perfect,

This is simply a space to rest in awareness,

The mind may continue to chatter,

That's alright,

The noise does not define you,

You can listen to it without believing it,

You can feel it without being swept away,

Your intuition doesn't need the noise to stop,

It only needs you to see that the noise is not truth,

Once you see that,

Intuition naturally rises again,

Like the sun appearing from behind the clouds,

Let's pause here for a few breaths,

Let each inhale remind you that wisdom is breathing you,

Let each exhale release the pressure to figure anything out,

All is well.

Now imagine yourself moving through your daily life,

Ordinary moments like working,

Speaking,

Eating,

Resting,

In each of these moments,

Intuition is there too,

You don't need to stop to access it,

It travels with you,

It lives as you,

When you feel calm and settled,

You notice it more easily,

You sense which task to prioritize,

Which words to say,

When to rest,

But even in busy moments,

Intuition is not gone,

It is always humming beneath the surface,

Ready to be noticed in any pause,

The more you care for yourself,

The more space you create,

Space for this awareness to shine through,

Rest,

Stillness,

Nourishment,

These are not luxuries,

They are the soil in which intuition grows visible,

They remind the mind of what peace feels like,

You don't have to strive for that good feeling,

It appears naturally when you stop fighting thought,

And that good feeling is not just pleasant,

It's guidance,

It shows you that you're aligned with truth,

So let yourself linger in any feeling of ease that arises,

Perhaps a subtle peace,

A quiet warmth,

A gentle openness,

That is intuition speaking,

Not in words,

But in feeling,

Notice again the breath,

The soft rise and fall,

The stillness between each breath,

That stillness is always here,

Even in the busiest moments of your day,

You can rest into it,

Any time you remember,

Now,

Gently bring to mind a situation that has felt uncertain or confusing lately,

You don't need to solve it,

Just hold it lightly in your awareness,

Notice what happens when you rest in calm rather than analysis,

When you stop trying to work it out,

Often,

Clarity begins to form on its own,

Not because you made it happen,

But because the space for wisdom opened,

That is how intuition works,

Not through effort,

But through seeing,

Seeing that you are already connected to the intelligence behind life,

If insight begins to arise,

Let it come softly,

If nothing arises,

That's fine too,

The seeing itself is enough,

Take another slow breath,

Feel the body being breathed,

You are not doing that either,

Life is doing it,

And that same intelligence that breathes you beats your heart and renews each cell,

It's that intelligence that guides your steps,

It is intuition itself,

From a three principles understanding,

We begin to see that this life energy mind is always moving through us,

Thought gives it form in the moment and consciousness allows us to feel it as experience,

When thought is noisy,

The signal feels distorted,

When thought settles we hear the guidance clearly again,

But the source never changes,

So you never have to wait to be wise,

You never have to earn peace,

It is built in,

Your design is already whole,

Let that truth sink in,

You are not separate from your wisdom,

You are it,

Every breath confirms it,

Let the body soften again,

The shoulders drop,

The jaw ease,

Let the weight of the body sink fully into support,

This groundedness is the expression of wisdom through form,

You can live this way,

Anchored but open,

Rested but alive,

Guided but not striving,

When you follow what feels good,

When you slow down enough to hear yourself,

You're already living from intuition,

It doesn't need fanfare,

It's woven into the ordinary,

So as you move through the day,

Remember,

Each time you feel calm,

Each time you feel light-hearted,

You are close to truth,

And when the noise returns,

You are only one breath away from remembering again,

Let's take that breath now,

In through the nose,

Out through the mouth,

A soft natural exhale,

Nothing forced,

Nothing to achieve,

Intuition is not a place to get to,

It is the space you are coming from,

Every single moment when you see that,

Stress begins to lose its grip,

Decisions become simpler,

Life feels more like flow than struggle,

You are not following intuition,

You are moving as intuition,

You are not listening for wisdom,

You are listening as wisdom,

Notice the stillness beneath these words,

That silence,

The awareness that hears,

That is you,

That is intuition itself,

You are the presence that knows what to do,

When to pause,

How to love,

How to rest,

You always have been,

Take a final few breaths here,

Let each one remind you of the ease that comes when you stop trying to manage life,

And let life live through you,

As you prepare to move on,

Carry this calm awareness with you,

Not as something to hold,

But as something to relax into,

It will move with you into every conversation,

Every choice,

Every moment,

Intuition is a quiet thread running through it all,

It is your nature,

Your essence,

Your home,

Thank you for giving yourself this time to remember,

To listen,

And to rest in the truth of who you truly are.

Meet your Teacher

Clare DownhamLeeds, UK

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