Written by: Regyna Curtis, Executive Contributor
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I have a saying that I started using many years ago. It is: when it resonates, I don't hesitate. I started using it after noticing that I have had many experiences in my life where I've made a very quick decision on something with extreme confidence compared to other experiences where I've struggled to find the evidence to support my decision before making it.
There are generally two camps of thought on this. One is that I made a snap decision or reacted impulsively and ended up lucky when it turned out in my favor. The other is that I followed my gut feeling and chose to act which led me down the path that was most aligned for me.
The thing is, that in my lived experience, those moments of extreme clarity and confidence to act before researching, comparing, and analyzing my choices have always benefited me.
Now, I won't say that they have not come with challenges. In fact, they almost always have, yet not in detrimental ways. They have stretched me, moved me beyond my comfort zone in some fashion so that I could go deeper, reach higher, and step more fully into who I am and how I most authentically show up in the world.
We have a widely accepted preference for analytical processing in our world at large; ways of knowing that are thought-based tend to be placed higher on the scale of importance. Even much of our language is centered around this way of knowing and being—what is most believable, for instance. We have the capacity to utilize all of our ways of knowing and being to some extent, yet we are likely more fluent (naturally) in some than others.
Some cultures honor forms of communication beyond thought-based modalities more than others, and they're beginning to earn a space in popular culture, vocabulary, and common practices more and more. What am I talking about, exactly? Am I talking about intuition? Yes, and no; it is more nuanced than that. However, intuition is a broad yet good place to start the exploration.
I was recently asked: Are intuition and psychic ability the same thing? My answer to that was that they are often used interchangeably, which is not incorrect, but they are also different. Is kind of like saying your thumb and hand are one and the same. In some ways they are, and they also each have a unique identity separate from the other. Your thumb will generally be understood as a part of your hand, but we may not always think about the hand as being a part of the thumb.
I prefer to use the term soul wisdom as the broad category or overarching subject of this exploration. I define soul wisdom as our authentic ways of knowing (how we receive and process information) and being (how we integrate and express it). I use the term soul wisdom languages as a general term for how that wisdom speaks to (knowing) and through (being) us.
We can break these languages into five main categories or channels of communication—akin to how spoken/written languages can be broken into families like Germanic or Latin for example, or how you can tune to different channels on your TV and receive different kinds of programming on each. These five categories are thinking, images, movement, emotional and sensory.
Within these channels, there are many expressions through which information may travel. Within the channel of thinking, for instance, we would find both analytical processing as well as claircognizance— interpreted as clear knowing or knowing without thinking. Therefore, we each have the capacity to both think in order to know and to know without thinking.
If the thinking channel of communication is one of your go-to soul wisdom languages—your most authentic or natural ways of knowing and being—but you've only been taught that one must think—receive through learning (the consumption of knowledge)—in order to know, then the idea of claircognizance could seem far-fetched or even impossible.
You may be utilizing this form of communication though, and not even be aware of it. Think about how much knowledge is stored in your brain. When prompted, you can drum up tiny details from experiences that happened many years ago. There's also information that we pick up almost by accident (although not really) as we subconsciously receive data that is presented in advertisements, books, TV, social media, overheard in restaurants or other social interactions, etc. When asked then, where did you learn this or how do you know, are you truly able to always cite the source?
Perhaps some of it has come to you through claircognizance. Some information may exist in your knowledge bank because it lives in your body's memory (sensory/clairsentience), or you received it in a dream (images/clairvoyance). I could go deep into this exploration but for the purpose of this article, I'm explaining this to get to the root of how confidence may actually be an indicator of clarity.
We're often taught to value clarity first wherein analytical processing is the permission slip for confidence. If that is your authentic way of knowing then this is a great strategy for you. However, many people actually know their answer well before they walk the steps to bring them to this same conclusion. In this case, their initial, unfounded confidence is an indicator of their clarity. There may or may not be evidence to support this knowing and this is what lands many claircognizant people in misalignment with their better judgment. If you have found yourself saying things like, I knew that was not the right decision or I had a feeling it would end up this way, as you attempt to understand why things did not go well, you are likely not trusting your intuition.
It has taken me years of first, unaware experimentation with this tool, and then several years consciously observing it to come to this conclusion for myself; mostly because I was never aware that it was even an option. I was taught early on in life to think through my decisions carefully and that excitement and desire are dangerous distractions that lead to impulsive decisions. Impulsive decisions were posed as a gamble and based on luck, as it was positioned, and we wouldn’t want to test fate like that, now would we?
I was not taught the difference between impulsive decisions played out as a reaction and intuitive decisions attuned to my specific channels of communication which were in response to an invitation or opportunity. Just because it may appear from the outside that my response is quicker than you’d expect it to be, does not mean that I haven’t run it through my own filter of knowing.
I won't say that I've never fallen victim to a poor decision in my lifetime, yet I now understand these experiences as part of my education and learning to recognize, utilize, and trust my soul's wisdom. The more fluent I've become with my unique combination of soul wisdom languages, the more competently I'm able to allow them to guide me with confidence and clarity in all areas of my life.
I’m so passionate, in fact about the exploration of soul wisdom languages, that I not only engage regularly with my own but have become a soul wisdom mentor and soul-sourced business strategist. I work collaboratively with others as they get to know, integrate, and trust the guidance of their soul wisdom in their life and business.
I encourage you to get curious about how you receive, process, integrate, and express information. Which of the five categories feel most expansive to you? Which feels uncomfortable or foreign? Take time to explore your ways of knowing and being first through observation and then through intentional engagement. Start with small, insignificant decisions, play with your soul wisdom, and see how it responds. You may find that one day for you too confident actually is clarity.
Regyna Curtis, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Regyna Curtis is a soul wisdom mentor, art channel, speaker, and internationally bestselling author on the subjects of spirituality and creativity.
With over 40 years of experience living as an intuitive being, Regyna has achieved fluency in the language of her soul. She is an expert in interpreting soul wisdom languages, supporting and empowering entrepreneurs and creators in finding their confidence and clarity to create in authentically soul-aligned ways.
A natural storyteller with a gift for relaying complex concepts in relatable, useful, and entertaining ways, working with her takes you on an adventure of self-discovery as she weaves in insights from her journey throughout the physical and spiritual realms. Regyna is a sought-after contributing author, podcast guest, workshop facilitator, founder of her soul-led business Atmaitri, host of the Soul Wisdom Exchange podcast, and an enthusiastic world traveler.
