Problem-Solving And Decision Making

Are you using your intuition to make decisions? I rely on my instincts to make decisions. When you are staring at the paradox of choice, most people defer to their intellect and rationality. Your intellect is limited to logical guessing, whereas intuitive decision-making goes beyond the physical. It is based upon spiritual principles and not limited by time or space. So, in examining intuition vs. rationality, doesn’t it make more sense to go down the more powerful path, intuition? Something we all want to do, right? And sometimes, it seems easier said than done.

Problem-Solving Process & Using Your Intuition To Make Decisions.

Decision Making: Discernment Or Dithering

Have you ever experienced dithering in decisions? Whenever you have a decision to make, you can have input from various aspects of yourself. The Body, Mind, and Spirit are often discussed in the spiritual realm. So, are these three aspects of you always in alignment regarding decision-making? Maybe not.

These three aspects of you as Spirit manifest in the flesh do not always align. This is especially true when you are not in tune with your Spiritual nature. Spirit is never wrong. The body or the mind, not so much. These two parts of humanity are fallible. So, when it comes to decision-making tools and problem-solving approaches, would it be wiser to depend on your intuitive gifts?

Decision-Making Process Opinions And Advice

When faced with a decision or problem that you are challenged with, many of you seek out someone wiser. Often, people don’t want to just help you, but they want direct input into your life and decisions. Once again, these people generally are coming from their intellect or rationality. Their desire to help may be sincere, but is it better than the direction you can receive from your Spirit. Probably not.

Why Use Your Intuition?

Out of all the different incoming messages and voices, how do you know or differentiate the voice of your authentic intuition? Before you can follow the direction from your intuitive gifts, you need to be able to discern the communication. What’s the authentic voice of your intuition? Versus, what does my husband, wife, or friend want me to do?

These messages can be more than physical messages from individuals. This can go as deep as hearing what those voices you have internalized since childhood want you to do. It would be best to discern nonsupportive messages and intuitive insights from your higher information. That depth of discernment takes desire, training, and practice.

You And Your Decision-Making Biases: Your Body

What and where do some of the different inputs into a decision come from. The first one is your physical body. So you’ve often heard it said you are not your body, but your body is your vessel. It’s your physical instrument. It’s the vehicle that carries you through your earthly life and earthly experience. It does have sensory apparatus, but that sensory apparatus primarily helps it navigate the physical world. So, your body will tell you about your experience in the physical world. But is that your intuition?

No, because your intuition comes from your higher being, your higher self, Spirit. And your body is not your higher being. It’s a creation of your higher being that you are implanting into physical reality to go through different experiences. So, you have your body to consider in any decision or problem-solving model.

What is your body saying? Sometimes, your body might be in alignment, and sometimes, it might be fighting you, resisting you. It might be in a state of abject fear of the unknown. So your body can send you all kinds of messages. In the face of an important decision, you might want to ask, “What is my body saying?” Is it comfortable? or is it concerned? If so, what’s it concerned about?

Problem Solving Questions Regarding The Body And Emotions

One of the best ways to tune in to how the body feels. Listen to its decision-making emotions. How is your body feeling? What’s your primary emotion when you think about this decision? Is it decision-making anxiety or even fear? You know? Or is it excitement? If it’s excitement, your body is in alignment, and all the energies are moving smoothly.

But if it’s in fear, it’s in some level of resistance. Then, it would be best to address what that has to do with. So, the physical body will give you messages about your decision-making process. And you need to listen and take it into consideration. But remember, that’s not the same as what your higher being is telling you.

Decision-Making Capacity And Your Energy Body

Another form of input involved in your decision-making process is your energy body or your energy fields. So you have your physical body, and part of this body is your energy field. This energy field reflects your thoughts, memories, beliefs, and past time experiences. All kinds of things can be stored there.

In someone who does a lot of spiritual work, it might be pretty clear and easy for it to fall into alignment with the higher being. But for someone who doesn’t, all kinds of things can be out of alignment and cause conflict.

So, when it comes to problem-solving and decision-making, what input comes from your energy body? Are you being triggered by some old, past-time traumatic event? Maybe you’re looking at moving, but the last time you moved was when you were a child. At that time, your parents got divorced. There can be all kinds of things going on in your energy system that can interfere with your ability to make a clear, grounded, present-time decision based on using your intuition to make decisions.

So, when making a decision, what’s coming up for you? In what way are you triggered? What kinds of thoughts? What kinds of memories are being activated? What kind of hard-headed limiting beliefs are you banging your head against? And also, where are these things stored within your energy field? You know, so you need to consider all of that as well.