"Some adopt a rigid system that answers all possible questions and so you don't have to think beyond its systems.  The other response is much more seemingly fragile but much more expansive, because it doesn't lay down a rigid framework.  It allows you to move within the mystery of it.  And that seems to be flowering right now.  I think people are more and more interested in embracing that because they've been through everything else.  It is a willingness to embrace mystery, a willingness to embrace not knowing, allowing that intuitive awareness to speak."

Paul John Roach

Source: The Translucent Revolution: How People Just Like You Are Waking Up & Changing the World

 

The Observation

I recently had a dream in which I saw a fish at the bottom of the ocean - but instead of roaming free, it was living in a fish bowl.  The whole ocean was available, if it would only swim out the open top of the fishbowl to the expanse beyond.  When I asked what the dream meant, it was about how our mental perceptions and conditioning sometimes limit our ability to vision, think or act beyond self imposed limitations, or artificial boundaries of our own 'fish bowl.'

The Inspiration

On a recent whale watching trip I had the opportunity to see the way hump back whales frolic on the surface then dive deep for minutes at a time.  Whales symbolize awakening inner depths, creation and potential.  Webster says potential means:  capable of being but not yet in existence; denoting possibility, capability or power; the inherent ability or capacity for growth, development or coming into being.

The beauty and wisdom of the whales is inspirational - playing on the surface, using their blow holes to exhale loudly (releasing old energy), or breaching completely out of the water (creative inspiration).  Then while diving deep they use sonar (echo-location) to bounce sound off things to get back information (a type of vision).

So let's use the ocean and the wisdom of the whales as a model for diving into the depths of creativity, expanded vision, and potential.

The Process

Here's a way to dive into the brilliance of your business to vision bigger using your intuition:

1. Take a few deep breaths as you close your eyes
2. Imagine a flat video screen in front of your closed your eyes (this is your intuition screen)
3. Hold the intention that you are going to dive into the brilliance of your business to get information that your business wants you to know
4. Visualize your company logo on your intuition screen - or if you don't have a logo, create a symbol that represents your business
5. Hold in your awareness a business question to which you'd like an answer.  It can be specific or general such as "What does my business want me to know?"
6. Now picture yourself diving into your logo or symbol as you ask your business for its answer to your question
7. As you imagine yourself inside your logo allow yourself to take some time and be hyper sensitive to all extra-sensory input.  All input provides pieces of the answer.  What symbols or pictures do you see unfolding on your intuition screen?  What do you hear with your inner ear?  How does it feel in your body?  What do you just know?  As you allow it to unfold, more information will come forward.
8. When you feel complete, take a few deep breaths and withdraw your attention from you logo or image, and back to your physical surroundings.
9. Record your experience to make it more real, answering the questions in # 7 above.

 Another technique is, starting at # 4 above, imagine yourself swimming out of your fish bowl at the bottom of the ocean (yes you can easily breathe under water!) and into the expansive ocean while you observe with all your inner senses.  When you feel complete, rise to the surface and frolic like the whales with your new found insights.

One of the things I love about using intuition in business, is that it helps us tap into the bigger vision for our business that is available when we get out of the 'fish bowl' of our mental limitations and conditioning.  Sometimes our businesses have a bigger vision than we are consciously aware of!

Here's to diving deep into the brilliance of our businesses for more expansive vision and potential.