Ask & Receive: Unlocking Inner Guidance

Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the power of questions. How do we ask the right ones? How do we recognize the answers? These are central to my understanding of DMGS, and as I dig deeper into different perspectives, I find new language to refine my own knowing. That’s why Gary Zukav’s discussion on intuition and awareness in The Seat of the Soul struck me so deeply.
"To the five-sensory personality (5P), intuitive insights or hunches occur unpredictably and cannot be counted upon. To the multisensory personality (MP), intuitive insights are registrations within its consciousness of a loving guidance that is continually assisting and supporting its growth. Therefore, the multisensory personality strives to increase its awareness of this guidance." (Page 65)

To Zukav, the difference between a five-sensory and a multi-sensory personality is profound: one dismisses intuition as an oddity, the other sees it as a direct line to something greater. I love this distinction because it perfectly captures what I’ve been experiencing myself. The more I trust my DMGS, the clearer the promptings become.

Zukav expands on this idea by explaining that insights, intuitions, hunches, and inspirations are not random occurrences but messages from the soul—or from advanced intelligences assisting the soul on its evolutionary journey. The multi-sensory person, he says, honors intuition in a way the five-sensory person does not. To the five-sensory individual, these moments of knowing are mere curiosities. To the multi-sensory individual, they are prompts and links to a higher intelligence—one of greater comprehension and compassion.

"The first step to this awareness is becoming aware of what you are feeling. Following your feelings will lead you to their source. Only through emotions can you encounter the force field of your own soul." He provides an example of a husband's reaction to his wife working late. Instead of blindly reacting, he suggests asking powerful questions: Why does the news of this meeting affect me this way? Why do I still feel disturbed? Perhaps I don’t trust that she would really prefer to be with me? Does my experience support my suspicion? What is my motivation?

Zukav emphasizes that we may not always be capable of hearing the answers when we ask, and the answers may not always come in ways we expect. Sometimes they come in the form of a feeling—a yes-feeling or a no-feeling. Other times, they arrive as a memory, a sudden thought that seems random at first, or even a dream. Sometimes the answer unfolds through an experience that occurs the next day. But, as he reminds us, "Ask and you shall receive" is the rule, but you must learn how to ask and how to receive."

Each time I read something like this and connect the dots to my own experiences, I’m flabbergasted! Just yesterday, I was talking with Juanita about the power of questions. Before that, I was discussing the Socratic method with someone else. And now, here is Zukav, insisting that questions—when asked with sincerity—always receive an answer.

But what really stands out to me is his emphasis on feelings as the pathway. Without the pause—that essential gap between stimulus and response—it’s nearly impossible to recognize these intuitive answers. Without that stillness, we get swept up in conditioned reactions, triggering someone else’s reaction, setting off an unconscious domino effect. The pause isn’t just helpful—it’s essential for untangling what’s actually happening inside.
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I reorganized some of Zukav’s words for clarity, but his message is crystal clear. The answers we seek are already available within us. We’ve just never been taught precisely how to ask the right questions or how to listen for the answers. This pretty clearly defines my current mission! My practice of tuning into feelings aligns exactly with what he describes, but what I hadn’t articulated fully until now is how essential it is to develop the ability to receive the answers as well.
So now, I ask: what questions am I ready to hear the answers to? And what about you?