High on its perch, the bird watched the world go by, wondering what it would be like to fly into the sky. The door opened, the bird was given the chance to explore.
“If I get out of the cage, what will be waiting for me? I don’t want to be in this cage, but I know how it comforts me. I don’t know any different, so I think I’ll stay. Maybe one day it will change.” “
We all want the courage to break out of the cage and take to the sky, but it takes confidence to really let go and allow the freedom to live to flow. When we lack self-confidence, it becomes difficult to make decisions and leads to self-doubt.
Trust creates the change necessary to live the life we want. If we don’t trust ourselves to drive, we will never get behind the wheel.
Like the bird, our known experiences are comforting, they allow us to stay in our current circumstances even if we don’t like them. The ego tells us that this is the best place to be, while the courage keeps everything in place. The illusion is that we believe life is meant to be this way.
Being in tune with intuition will naturally play into the relationship you have with trust. Questioning every feeling, thought or event. Is it my mind or is it intuition? This is the result of prior conditioning.
Intuition is not driven by emotions so keep an eye out for thoughts that come up because if emotions are tied together it is more than likely a bi-product of past teachings manifesting as intuition. Emotions can create fear which will later cause trust issues.
The story of the bird highlights the power that emotions have over our thoughts and the inability to trust ourselves. The bird sees the cage as a link to feel safe. When the door is opened, the bird feels uncomfortable. Taking a step towards freedom from held beliefs; “Don’t do that. You don’t know what’s out there. You may get hurt or you may never come back” are so overwhelming that the bird is forced by fear to remain in the comfort it has become accustomed to.
Our fears come true when we don’t listen within ourselves. Fortunately, human beings are wonderful at adapting to the environment and changing our minds in a second.
Trust is often learned by listening to others, we become trusting because a bond is established to feel safe. When life is going well, we trust that all is well, and often we attribute it to something outside of ourselves, be it God, the universe, a parent, or a teacher, but when the trust is no longer there, we become disappointed and our mind clings memory, stored to be used as a validation of why we can’t change.
The reality is that we experience trust from within. Being able to understand that a decision is based on your ability to know what is best for you is an example of self-confidence. Intuition and trust are intertwined, both are necessary to receive the full power of what is possible.
Tips for trusting your intuition
• Intuition has no emotional attachment
• Trust is intertwined with intuition and cannot be separated
• Fears come true when we don’t listen to the inner truth.
• Thoughts and emotions can be linked to the unconscious giving a false sense of security and preventing what can be a positive decision.