subject: Non-believing Partners - How To Make Mixed Intuitive Relationships Work [print this page] Developing intuition is a relationship with your true self, that must be managed and nurtured. The honesty you need to find, then establish and then develop in order for you to discover and nurture your real potential is essential. But what happens when your intuition is not supported by those around you? So many times intuitive people have trouble with a non-intuitive partner, so here are ways to make these relationships work.
The thing is, all of us will find ourselves in this situation - whether it is with our life partner or a family member, friend or colleague. It may not necessarily be related to their non-belief in intuition or spirituality, but it could be about any range of topics that you may believe in or support that they may not. The key is to know what the level of each relationship is and how it is that you normally communicate within each relationship.
If you feel that you cannot communicate openly and without criticism within your partnerships and relationships, then it really is time to do a very honest, raw and strong analysis of yourself. If you feel that you cannot discuss what you are thinking, feeling, learning and developing then you need to dig deep and think about what fundamental additions - rather than changes - you need to be discussing and implementing within your relationships.
I say that you should look at how you can add to your non-intuitive partnership or relationships rather than attempt to change them, as often what happens in these situations is that we shut down at the thought of what our partners or others might say and so stop any potential to share the experience before it can start. When you are intuitive you often use the 'sensitive' aspect of yourself too highly and as a consequence, you can be too emotional. Being emotional is not being intuitive - please understand this.
Making mixed intuitive relationships work can be enjoyable, even when they are frustrating. To increase the joy aspect I suggest you get sensory with your partner. When you are feeling something don't just discuss this with your partner but also do a visualization technique with them so they are able to learn what the sensations you get are like.
For example, I remember a friend explaining to me that she had constant bubbling in her brain and that her husband had said it was the bubbles of stupidity! She said that she went out and bought some cheap champagne and then asked her husband to close his eyes and to put his arm out over the bathroom sink. My friend then asked him to imagine a conversation he had had that day with a friend of his and as he did so, she gently poured the champagne over his forearm. Silly? Maybe, but it did the trick. He opened his eyes, burst out laughing and now he asks how her Moet moments are developing!
Another suggestion for you to share with the non-intuitive who is not at all interested in what you say is to suggest they remember an incident in their life when they had a gut feeling about what was about to happen - most people have had one. Get them to close their eyes and re-live it. Let them tell you about how it felt, sounded, smelt etc. Once their intuition has been re-engaged it usually continues to gently pave the road of acceptance.
If however, you are with a non-intuitive who pulls down or apart what you are doing, please think about why you choose this relationship. What is it about this relationship that feeds your soul and development? The simple fact is that we may not all get along and completely agree with what we all do as individuals - but if you are in a relationship that pulls you down then you need to get out.
Gentle communication, open communication and remembering intuitive moments in all their variable ways are the most progressive ways to keep your mixed intuitive partnerships and relationships on track and working.
