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Intuition, imagination, and instinct. These are 3 words, three concepts that people often find difficult to distinguish between. It is time to clear up that confusion. In this article, I will help you to clarify the differences between the three once and for all, starting with understanding instinct.

Your instincts are your inherent genetic survival drives. Every creature, large or small, that has a nervous system has instincts, as they are a basic survival tool for any living creature. They do not require any intelligence, nor do they involve any kind of inspired guidance from your Higher Self. Instincts are part of the basic drives wired into your physiology by nature.

Imagination, on the other hand, is something much more sublime and interesting. It is a powerful creative force driven by your thoughts, desires, and intentions (conscious or not). Your imagination has the ability to craft visions of value in the manifestation of your reality. While driven by your mind, the imaginative process uses many of the same inner senses as your intuition does to evoke into being new situations, possibilities, even entire new worlds. Your imagination is directed by your will, and is a powerful tool in the conscious creation process.

Using your imagination as a gateway or portal, you can experience inspiration and bring forth creativity. In other words, imagination and inspiration can serve as both the pathway to, and facilitators of, your intuition. When you visualize a place within your mind, your imagination creates an ideal internal space from which you can access and interact with your intuitive self, receiving insights and information from your subconscious mind and from your Higher Self.

As you can see, your imagination is a valuable tool and passageway as you travel the path of intuitive development. The imaginary environments and situations you evoke in your mind can form a potent backdrop and foundation for your intuitive practices. To take just one example, when you practice guided visualization, your imagination sets the scene and summons from the void an appropriate environment in which you can open yourself higher, more intuitive states of mind that are only accessible through your inner intuitive senses.

Working with your imagination to access your ‘inner realm’ is explored in detail in the Intuition Zone program. If you are prepared to begin this exploration, take the first step and visit http://IntuitionZone.info

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