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watch in your hand, you can definitely focus on its physical traits. But once you've done that, allow your attention to move a little higher to a level beyond what you can sense in the physical realm.
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Just as you can focus your thoughts on the material world, you can also focus on a less tangible one. Following are a few ways you can become more attuned to psychic experiences that are constantly occurring all around you. Once you open up to noticing them, you'll begin to see how abundant they are.
Paying Attention to the Subtle Message
Messages from your intuition are often very faint or indistinct at first. And because we're so used to hearing our negative self-talk, we often drown out our own intuition. It's not called your still, quiet inner voice for nothing!
When you're just beginning to tap into your intuitive cues, you may have difficulty differentiating between your intellect and your intuition. One way to tell the difference is to note if you are experiencing any fearful or anxious thoughts. When information comes from your intellect or negative self-talk, it's often based on thoughts of guilt, feelings of fear, or a need to protect yourself from a perceived threat. Guidance from your Higher Self tends to come through in a way that makes you feel peaceful and balanced; it is always encouraging and positive. Think of it this way: Your intuition ''speaks softly"; it's your intellect that carries "a big stick."
Synchronicity
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A common saying is "Synchronicity is God's way of remaining anonymous." Carl Jung coined the term "synchronicity" to describe "a causal connecting principle" that links mind and matter. He believed that an underlying connectedness draws everything together, and that meaningful coincidences cannot be explained by cause and effect. Rather, synchronicity seems to draw everything together with a sense that something bigger is happening out thereand it seems to have everyone's best interests at heart.
Many times your inner knowing helps you to arrive at the right place at the right time. Indeed, events come together with such precision that you may feel launched on some preordained course. When you are in the benevolent flow of synchronicity, you know you are trusting your intuition. Here are a few samples that many people can relate to:

 
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