Rykki Rei

Truth Seeker’s Take

Blogs of Brainstorming. Stickies of Truths.

  • When Intuition Hits

    I was watching Charmed. I know, I know…but there is a loyalty factor…you know like New Kids on the Block…

    Anyway, I was watching Charmed and Phoebe got a premonition. She shuttered and closed her eyes and had a full on scene play out in her mind. It lasted for quite some time and the impact of her receiving the vision was significant enough that it was noticeable to anyone around her that new she got visions and they ask…”Was that a premonition” or “What did you see?” This is not the only show that these gifts this way. This paints a certain picture, and can cause confusion when one tries to connect with their own intuition…expecting it to be big and loud and obvious. This is not what intuition looks like. Not even close.

    Intuition is subtle. If you are looking for some sort of energetic kickback, a physical jolt, flashing neon signs, or a 30 second cut scene, you will miss it. If your mind is too loud with the noise of anxiety, worry, all the things you “gotta do” then you will miss it. Intuition is FAST (like one, two seconds), and it is quiet, and it is so soft and subtle that if you aren’t listening you WILL miss it. I may not be able to tell you exactly what your intuition will look like for you-because while we all have it, it is does not look the same for each of us-but I can tell you that if you are looking in the wrong place for the wrong thing at the wrong volume, you are not getting messages. If you are looking too hard, you are not getting messages. The messages are coming at you, they always are, your intuition is always working for you. But if you don’t know it then you are too busy, too noisy, too worried…Or you could think of it from the opposite perspective and know that you just need to get calm, get quiet, get still.

    But HOW? Mindfulness. Meditation. In my guide on Mindfulness I talk about how I’m not sure everyone learns about mindfulness-or how to be mindful-early enough in their journey. I didn’t learn about mindfulness until much later and it was a disservice-to me, to my growth, to my healing. Once you start your healing and/or spiritual path, mindfulness should be the first thing you learn. It is fundamental in building a strong foundation for your practice. As is meditation. I realize that meditation is not looked on with favor from every one. Some people are resistant to meditation. If this is you, it could be because you don’t fully understand meditation. It could be because you have difficulty meditating, or because meditation truly doesn’t work for you (although I haven’t met anyone yet for which that is the case). The key to meditation is to find a way to meditate that does work for you. We aren’t meant to sit with an empty head focused on the mind void of thought. That’s not it. Meditation is meant to remove you from the noise, from the chaos and put you in a state where you can focus on something specific that will allow you to calm and quiet your mind so that you can master getting still, so that you can master listening, so that you can learn to discern what your intuition is saying to you. Meditation teaches you to get calm, to be open, and receptive to the messages your intuition is giving you. The trick is to be ready to accept what is being given. It will do you no good to force these answers. Looking too hard will have the opposite effect. But meditation-whether you are just closing your eyes and being while you shower, getting lost in your favorite hobby, dancing, taking a nature walk, gardening, sitting under a tree or actually sitting crisscross and focusing on your breathing-will help you to get still, get open, get clarity and understanding.

    Intuition can come in a million different ways. And so often we recognize intuition without recognizing that it IS intuition. So when a song pops into your head, it is likely a sign that you are getting a message. Make a note. What was the song, what does it mean, is there one lyric repeating and what is that, what were you doing or thinking about or talking to? Start paying attention and looking for patterns. Did you just help someone problem solve by giving them the most genius answer and have no idea how the hell you knew that? Did you get a “picture” in your head that looks like a memory and made you want to reach out and talk to somebody? There are so many ways to get messages and they will differ for each of us. And you aren’t bound to one single gift. You get messages how you get them. It’s just a matter of you recognizing how they come in, and then figuring out what they mean. Just remember, the quieter you are the better chance you have at recognizing the message because unlike Phoebe, you aren’t going to be stopped in your tracks or knocked off your feet for a 15 second interlude with a no mistake message. It’s going to be 2 seconds long (if that-totally a flash). It’s going to look like your imagination. It’s going to be “light”-like the shadow out of the corner of your eye or the question of whether that was a fly you just saw zoom past you or the creepy vibe that makes you want to leave the area asap. It will likely be a message in symbolic form for you to discern. However it works for you is yours to discover and to master. The point I’m trying to make here is that whatever the case is for you, don’t look to the Tele or the Big Screen to give you an accurate depiction of what it looks like. Find someone that has the benefit of experience and listen to their wisdom. Once you are able to master the way your intuition works for you the world changes completely.

  • The Yes/No Epidemic

    If you spend time scrolling through Tik Tok, you may have noticed there is no shortage of “Readers” or Lives dedicated to answering Yes/No questions from their (sometimes) vast audience. It’s such a strong presence that often people come into my lives and immediately pose their question, assuming that is the format of my live. And to be honest, it’s not the most unreasonable assumption, considering how many rooms there are that follow that format. Unfortunately, I do not follow that format. As a matter of fact, I warn against it. And I’ll tell you why.

    I’m going to say some things in this blog that may offend people, or might hit a button a little bit harder than they’d like, or that they might just outright disagree with, or even think I’m speaking out of turn or from a place of judgment with no basis. But I’ll take my chances, because I am writing what I believe to be truth. And I absolutely do speak from experience. And I do believe this will help people.

    It was not all that long ago that I was getting readings (not just FREE readings either-but that’s another post) and was downright addicted to the Yes/No oracle. I would “live hop” constantly asking the same questions over and over again. And I did this until I annoyed myself. And I realized exactly what I was doing and exactly why it was NOT, in fact, helping me. See, we aren’t meant to live by Oracle like that. I’m not saying don’t go get readings, I’m saying don’t create a situation for yourself where you can’t get along without them; Don’t seek them to give you answers so that you can skirt accountability for decisions or attempt to obtain some guarantee for a decision you need to make. That’s not how it’s meant to be. We are meant to live by our intuition. When we get readings, they should be for assistance, guidance, uncovering messages we aren’t getting, finding some clarity, or navigating energies, not for ANSWERS-especially not all the time. Our guides are not our test takers, they are our tutors. They aren’t meant to give us all the answers-what would be the good for us in that? Why would we even incarnate? We are here to learn, not to cheat. If you need to cheat on a test by having someone else give you the answers, you aren’t learning. You’re here to learn. You are failing yourself.

    The Yes/No format is especially dangerous for a couple of reasons. First reason is because you can’t necessarily rely on prediction anyway. There are too many variables-including Free will-that affect outcome and timing. It’s a quick investment and seemingly quick “results” so you are more likely to want to repeat it. It gives a false since of security, thereby hindering your own acceptance, blocking your own healing, and disconnecting you from your own intuition, which is WHERE YOU SHOULD be seeking answers from.

    If you think about it, we don’t even believe the answers we get most of the time. We go to a room, get our answer, and then go to another room and get an answer from the next person. We do this until we are satisfied and Sweet Baby Jesus forbid if we get SIX yes’ and ONE no. We will focus on the one no and need 13 more readers to tell us yes. I heard a yes/no reader tell a person one time, “No, you are not doing a good job.” That was their yes/no question…’Am I doing a good job’…and the reader told them NO. Could you imagine being the person that heard that from a reader?

    Now we are going to talk about something that might be hard to hear. How did I stop live hopping for Yes/No answers? How did I overcome the need for Yes/No oracle and see them for how detrimental they really are? I slowly began to realize the answers were not helping me. I woke up and saw that all of this live hopping I was doing was driven by something inside of me that needed to be healed. Insecurity, Lack, Fear. They created a sense of urgency that consumed me to the point that I needed Yes/No answers. I needed to heal that and learn how to trusts my own intuition, learn how to live by my own truths and to be able to be confident in that. So I started working on it and healed myself past the need for those pesky yes/no oracle.

    I will tell anyone that comes into my live that I’m not a yes/no reader. I also won’t tap into a third party and read them for you (YIKES! Readers actually do that for people) because I believe in Ethics and consent. All of the information I get in a session is from directly from you and/or given by your guides (always with consent). I’m here to help YOU. To help you heal you, to help you find your most confident, authentic, and Intuitive self. How do I know I can do it? Because I have done it. But we won’t be talking about other people or predictions. We’ll be talking about YOU. You, and only you. Where you are at right now, how to meet you there and move you forward ❤️.

  • Gratitude for Free

    There are two perspectives here. Both point to the same foundation for thought. That foundation is none of us are entitled to someone else’s energy, effort, or knowledge for free. It is with gratitude we accept gifts from another, as these gifts are a form of abundance, but they are others’ to give. Giving is the choice of the giver and the blessing of the receiver. Expectation and gratitude have a tricky relationship. It is important for us to never ever expect without the energy of gratitude.

    So the first perspective is to have gratitude for what is freely given. All interactions are an exchange of energy. If someone is offering you something for free, it still costs them their time, energy, and effort and is usually not about a return on investment for that someone. It is an honest and pure intention to help or to gift. Whatever the case, we are never ever entitled to someone else’s anything. It is not ours to take, and an even exchange of energy is always in the highest good for all involved. So when you are gifted a blessing from a giver, be sure to repay them with at least gratitude, well wishes, blessings, or some other energy with positive intention of equal measure.

    The other perspective is to not take advantage of what is freely given by constantly seeking ONLY what is freely given. This, again, is rooted in a sense of entitlement. If you watch someone that sells Crystals on lives and you go and sit in their lives never buying but always trying to win the giveaways, this is taking advantage. If you scroll through social media and/or lives entering free give aways, asking for answers, readings, or messages for free and you never purchase anything to support any of those people, this is an issue. This indicates a lack of gratitude and the presence of entitlement. It would be a safe assumption that the same people seeking ONLY free things would absolutely not punch a clock and work for free or tolerate customers that came around ONLY asking for free things. It is a lost art…”Putting yourself in their shoes” but it should be reprised. Should it be practiced more readily, honestly and without judgment, one could reconcile that they would not work day in and day out with no compensation. Then maybe they would appreciate the hard work and understand the blessing of an even energy exchange and how it is in the highest good for both parties.

    So if you have the opportunity of the blessing of a free gift, enjoy it, with gratitude. If you find with that free gift the source of products you love, the source of guidance that you trust, do that source, and yourself a favor and show them some support. Show them that they are worth more to you than “free”, that you value them more than “free”. It doesn’t have to be constant, often, or forever. But it should be more often than seeking products or services for free, because those people are trying to make a living, same as you, and there is a definite indication of the value you perceive in their efforts based on how you interact with them. You are sending messages whether you intend to or not and those messages include but aren’t limited to “I see no value in what you provide because, while I seek out your service or your product, I am not willing to pay for it.” Imagine working for someone who says this to you.