I hear you and I actually don't subscribe to the belief that the HS is *as* involved as most would like to think. I do think this incarnation is in it for the experience and that there is definitely an element of free will with respect to this incarnations decisions and choices. I also don't think that your HS's sole purpose is to make everything all lovey dovey for you. For example, I had a choice to make about a year ago regarding whether or not to sign up for a type of training. I asked someone who has proven ability to communicate with HS's to ask my HS what it thought and here's what it/I said "Why not? She'll learn something." This response gave me pause and made me think about the whole 'experience' gig. No matter how it might have turned out - a sham or the real deal, it's true, I would 'learn' something, lol.

I also think we are each of us connected to our HS at all times, it's a matter of awareness of that connection and ability to 'download' info from that aspect of ourselves, not a matter of whether or not the connection is there. Intuition, imo, is a form of connection with the HS, just takes practice and care to learn how to discern the info coming from the HS, as said in my previous post.

I don't see that the only thing intuition is good for is to avoid bad situations though (not saying you are saying that, but just in case...). I see it as being a very helpful tool in communicating with people and understanding what they need, especially when they are not able to vocalize it well themselves. Can really help when one is working as a therapist. Something I think I should have done with this life and might still. That's the kind of intuition I find very useful. It also helps in attaining more information about people and situations from 'behind the scenes', allowing me to make more informed decisions that hopefully faciliate the growth of all concerned, growth being one of those words that many find easy to put a rosy spin on. A lot of growth can come from unpleasant situations, so, that's the kind of growth I'm talking about - the good, the bad, the ugly, not just the puppy dogs, ice cream and rainbow kind.