When we begin to turn inward and search for our intuitive voice, it can feel as though the lights are on, but nobody’s home.
We notice many voices, but no blueprint.
Thoughts speak quickly.
Emotions interrupt.
Images appear and vanish.
Something feels true, then just as quickly dissolves.
Most confusion doesn’t come from a lack of wisdom.
It comes from not knowing who is speaking inside you at any given moment.
In the Toltec tradition, there is a word for this condition: Mitote.
Mitote is the internal noise created when many voices speak at once—beliefs, emotions, reactions, images, memories, borrowed agreements—all overlapping, none in coordination. It is not simply “thinking too much.” It is what happens when perception is fragmented and no single center is listening.
One of the most common questions people ask is,
“How do I know if something is intuition, or just my mind talking?”
It’s a reasonable question.
After all, everything inside sounds like you.
The confusion usually comes from not recognizing which state of mind is active.
Most people assume the mind is a single room with a single voice.
It isn’t.
It’s more like a house at night—different lights on in different rooms. A radio playing in one room at a certain volume. A television on in another, broadcasting images and sound. A computer running somewhere else, conveying an entirely different perspective. A stereo adds a whole separate soundtrack. Each one is completely independent of the others, and at times they try to drown each other out.
This is Mitote experienced from the inside.
Intuition does not come from thinking.
It does not arise from analysis, emotion, urgency, or logic.
Thinking has a texture.
It pushes.
It explains itself.
It wants resolution.
Intuition doesn’t do that.
When intuition is confused with thought, it’s usually because the thinking mind is trying to manage what it cannot control—adding more sound to an already noisy house.
When you are in a lower state of mind, the system is noisy.
Emotions react before you finish noticing them.
There is pressure, fear, excitement.
The body tightens or leans forward.
Thoughts arrive like overlapping subtitles.
This is Mitote in motion.
Decisions made from this place often feel rushed or defensive.
They don’t always fail—but they rarely feel clean.
This state isn’t wrong.
It’s just crowded.
When the intellectual mind is active but not grounded, the noise becomes more polite, but no less busy.
There is overthinking.
Justification.
Mental looping.
Second-guessing.
Mitote doesn’t disappear here—it becomes organized.
The mind builds cases the way a lawyer does at 2 a.m.—thorough, convincing, and slightly desperate.
That, too, is not intuition.
Intuition is heard when the system is calm.
When the body settles and awareness is no longer pulled by emotion or thought, something else enters the room.
Not loudly.
Not dramatically.
It’s more like realizing the refrigerator has stopped humming.
In Toltec terms, this is Mitote quieting—not because it was fought, but because it was no longer fed.
From this state, intuition does not arrive as a process.
It arrives as a result.
It does not argue.
It does not rush you.
It does not need to explain itself.
It is also concise and direct.
The intuitive voice never rambles.
It is never incoherent.
It does not spiral into alternate endings or imagined consequences.
When intuition presents itself, the message is clean.
Simple.
Complete.
There is nothing extra attached to it.
No commentary.
No footnotes.
A simple way to recognize intuition is by noticing how it feels.
Intuition feels grounded.
There is no emotional charge behind it.
No fear.
No excitement.
Just clarity.
Not fireworks.
Not relief.
Clarity.
It often arrives as a subtle recognition rather than a voice.
Like remembering something you never consciously learned.
Here’s an example.
Imagine you are deciding whether to have a difficult conversation with someone close to you.
One part of you feels a sudden urgency.
Your mind begins rehearsing sentences.
You picture their reaction.
You justify why this conversation needs to happen now.
Then doubt slides in quietly.
You question your timing.
You wonder if you’re overreacting.
The thoughts circle—now, later, maybe never, what if this ruins everything.
That looping is not intuition.
That is Mitote pacing the hallway.
Now imagine something else.
You stop trying to solve it.
You let the body settle.
And then a simple recognition appears.
Not yet.
Or just as clearly: Now.
There is no emotional weight behind it.
No rehearsal.
No strategy.
Just timing.
You didn’t decide it.
You recognized it.
That knowing didn’t come from thinking.
It appeared when thinking stepped aside.
The Different States of Intuitiveness
Not all intuitive experiences come from the same altitude.
Some arrive close to the ground.
Others feel like they drop in from above.
Confusing these states is one of the main reasons people distrust themselves—because Mitote can speak convincingly from many levels.
Reactive intuition comes first.
It carries urgency.
Emotion.
A push toward immediate action.
It often contains information, but it is filtered through survival.
Mental intuition follows.
Pattern recognition.
Insight wrapped in explanation.
It feels intelligent, but it still needs language to hold itself together.
Somatic intuition is quieter.
It shows up in the body before it forms words.
A settling.
An expansion.
A subtle “yes” or “no.”
This state becomes reliable when the nervous system is calm.
Clear intuition arrives without ornament.
No charge.
No argument.
No explanation.
It is finished the moment it appears.
Embodied intuition is not an event at all.
It’s a way of moving through the day.
Decisions arise naturally.
Action feels timed.
There is no internal debate because Mitote is no longer running the conversation.
Field intuition is rarer.
Knowing appears without personal reference.
Without context.
There is no “me” receiving information—only response.
Clairvoyance and the Other Clair Perceptions
Intuition is direct knowing.
The clairs are perceptual channels.
Seeing.
Hearing.
Feeling.
Smelling.
Tasting.
Touching.
They are inputs, not authorities.
Below are the seven main clair senses through which perception may occur:
Clairvoyance (Clear Seeing):
Receiving information through mental images, visions, or seeing things with your “mind’s eye”.
Clairaudience (Clear Hearing):
Hearing sounds, words, or messages from spirit or intuition, not through physical ears.
Clairsentience (Clear Feeling):
Experiencing strong physical sensations or emotions (empathy) from others or spiritual sources.
Claircognizance (Clear Knowing):
Suddenly knowing something is true without logical deduction; an intuitive download of information.
Clairalience (Clear Smelling):
Smelling odors or scents that aren’t physically present, often linked to spirits or memories.
Clairgustance (Clear Tasting):
Tasting flavors or sensations in your mouth that aren’t from food, often spiritual or symbolic.
Clairtangency (Clear Touching):
Feeling physical sensations like pressure, warmth, or touch from spiritual energy or entities.
Most people utilize a combination of these senses, often favoring one or two, to receive intuitive guidance.
When these perceptions are active without clarity, Mitote becomes amplified.
The clairs amplify perception.
They do not decide truth.
Intuition remains primary.
How Intuition Relates to the Clairs
You always hear intuition when it is present.
What changes is what it is drawing from.
Intuition is the point where information resolves.
It integrates.
It recognizes.
The clairs may provide images, sounds, sensations, emotional data.
Intuition decides whether any of it matters.
If an image appears and intuition is present, there is no interpretation.
You simply know what it means—or that it means nothing.
If intuition is absent, the mind starts translating.
Narrating.
Guessing.
That is Mitote speaking again.
Will Intuition Ever Lead You Astray?
No.
Intuition does not give the wrong answer.
What gives the wrong answer is mistaking Mitote for intuition.
Intuition is calm.
Concise.
Complete.
It does not speculate.
It does not persuade.
When people say intuition failed them, what actually happened is simpler:
They listened to urgency.
Or fear.
Or hope.
Or an image that felt important.
Intuition never promised comfort.
It promised alignment.
Sometimes alignment costs something.
When the outcome feels uncomfortable, the mind looks for someone to blame.
Mitote is very good at that.
The Practice
The practice is not learning to “access” intuition.
The practice is learning to recognize Mitote—and stop feeding it.
Old emotional residue.
Mental noise.
Unexamined habits of attention.
As the system quiets, intuition does not need to be summoned.
It is already there.
Intuition is not something you create.
It is something you hear when the house goes quiet.
It does not mislead.
It does not dramatize.
It simply knows.
And when it speaks, there is nothing left to argue with.
The Magic of No Longer Choosing a Favorite Voice in the Mitote
When people begin to turn inward for reference and loosen their dependence on the outside world, something quiet and almost magical begins to happen. At first, it can feel disorienting, even lonely. The inner landscape is unfamiliar. The noise is loud. Everything speaks at once, and it’s hard to tell what deserves attention.
But over time, through patience and a willingness to stay, something changes. Trust grows—not in an idea, but in an experience. The internal wisdom begins to feel less abstract and more intimate. The true voice of intuition becomes recognizable, not because it shouts louder, but because it remains steady.
Gradually, the clamor loses its authority. The nonsense doesn’t disappear, but it fades into the background. It interrupts less. It convinces less. What remains is a quieter center—clear, grounded, and unhurried—where knowing no longer needs to announce itself. It simply waits, already present, until you are ready to listen.
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