What is Real Intuitive Guidance?

I recently found a cutout from an article I had read years ago from Wisdom magazine. Unfortunately, I don’t know who the author is but it’s a great description of what real intuitive guidance is and what it is not.  (It’s also applicable if you go for a reading seeking guidance from a professional):

“Inner guidance can be distinguished from unconscious ego agendas by its consistently loving tone, clarity and open-ended quality that doesn’t preclude our own collaborative response to the directive. True guidance is grounded and reasonable even when we’re being lead to make a leap into the unknown. Its counsel feels relevant to our soul’s needs and often brings a refreshing perspective that helps us through dense negativity. True guidance is always positive even when it asks us to examine flaws. Pure guidance is never judgmental, overbearing, hurtful, condemning, critical, harsh or pushy.”

So, let’s make sure that we’re listening to our true inner guidance, not the fears, not the critics, not the pollyannas, but the open yet practical loving guidance that our hearts and minds gift us with when we listen.