Intuition, Nature and Prepping
This morning, I thought of how many times I have used intuition and nature as part of how I prep.
Intuition can be considered the ability to understand or know something immediately, without conscious reasoning.
I was raised in a family of intuitive people, which made it difficult to get away with anything as a child. Their abilities went beyond parental instinct.
I was taught to pay attention to my intuition and use my instincts for the ability to do something about what my intuition noticed.
I thought everyone’s family was like my family and never considered it unusual, until as an adult outside my family unit, I acted upon my instincts. That was when other people noticed and I found out we didn’t quite follow the norm.
For example, I would get a sudden mental flash that a friend was in trouble and call them. The conversation went something like this:
Me: “Are you okay?”
Friend: “No, I’m not…wait a minute, how did you know?”
The friend was particularly surprised because I had called her at 3 a.m.. I had awoken out of a dead sleep to respond. I was surprised also.
That was the point when I realized that not everyone paid attention to their intuition or used their instincts. This is not to say that I always got it right. It took some years for me to understand how to focus some of that intuition on protecting myself.
I was also taught to pay attention to nature and be mindful of the physical world around me by using all my senses.
It was the smell of snow, of the shift in the air when Spring had really arrived. It was about observing how animals behaved in different seasons. Were the squirrels out longer gathering food? How heavy was the moss on the trees that year? Were the horses suddenly running because a storm was coming or was it something else?
Nature has a way of telling us things if we pay attention.
There have been many times when I make decisions to do something prep related that can appear spontaneous, but are actually driven by intuition and nature combined.
For example, regardless of the weather forecast, I can decide to go immediately to do a grocery shop rather than wait for the planned for time and day.
This has happened in fall and spring stock up times. There have been many storms I have avoided by simply following that intuition and paying attention to what I sensed in nature and not the weather forecast.
When I lived in the city and could frequent thrift stores more easily, I did the same thing, a sudden decision to go because I had that flash of intuition that told me go now. Sure enough, I would find an item I had been searching for and needed for my preps.
Now in a rural area, it works the same way for online shopping. I can be in the middle of baking bread, stop cold and check online for an item I have been searching for and there it is, on sale.
I use intuition alone for dealing with safety and security issues. Again, I can awaken out of a sleep to check security cameras and there are people on the street or in the back lane.
I don’t think I’m the only one who does this. I have a theory that we all have the ability to be intuitive, but many people are not taught to pay attention to their intuition and nature as I was taught.
So, this morning my curiosity leads me to ask whether anyone else uses their intuition as part of how they prep, and if so, how?
I also wonder if anyone else understands what I mean about reading the signs in nature and if so, how does that affect how you prep?
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