tension in parts of our body) every time you think about that particular decision.

Listening to your intuitiveness on a felt-sense level will immediately tell you whether a decision you are about to make is going to be right or not. Decisions on any level based completely on what you should do will invariably steer you in the wrong direction. In fact, if you look back over some of what you would consider the best decisions of your life, you might remember that these decisions were based on what you knew would make you happiest - they were based on you being truthful to yourself. This inner knowing - and the positive physical sensations you experienced as a result (vital energy coursing through your body, feeling calm or relaxed, being excited, etc.) - let you know in a very real way that what you were about to do was going to be a good thing.

When you pay attention to your internal feelings and physical sensations, you receive raw and insightful information. For example, have you ever met someone you instinctively liked? On a felt-sense level (long before you had a chance to get to know this individual), your intuition gave you some positive internal indicators. You might recall feeling immediately comfortable and at ease as you were speaking with this person. Or perhaps you felt sensations of warmth in various places in your body (people often describe feelings of warmth in their heart and chest regions).

Now compare this to a time when you met someone with whom you didn't 'feel' so comfortable. Perhaps you were introduced to someone new in your workplace and almost immediately felt like you had to be guarded around this person. Before you even get to know your new colleague, you can't help but feel cautious - like something doesn't quite feel right about them. This is your intuitiveness speaking strongly to you! And yet, what so many of us still do is rationalize our gut instinct. We diminish our internal felt-sense by thinking: "Maybe I shouldn't be too