Born and raised in Asia, I learned English at an early age and excelled in it more than in my own native Filipino language. I remember that in grade school I often passed my English exams by asking myself if a sentence “sounded right” more than if rules of grammar and correct English were followed.
While Nicole Mayhew was at work one day, she had a strong
feeling that she has to go home and check on her husband. When she got to her house, she found her
husband trapped under the vehicle that he was fixing. The car had somehow
landed on his chest crushing some ribs and causing other injuries. The husband
survived the accident only because his wife found him on time.
Just one month in 1991 before she was supposed to defend her
doctoral dissertation, successful professional poker player Annie Duke suddenly
dropped pursuing her doctoral degree in cognitive
psychology, ran away to Billings, Montana to marry a friend she has never dated
before and started playing poker for money. Annie Duke obviously decided well. She won $2 million in 2004 in Las Vegas’ poker
world series.
Some mornings my mother wakes up and announces over
breakfast that a cousin or a close relative has passed on. It doesn’t take long in the day for my family
to get a call confirming my mother’s
news.
Maybe because intuition is not yet precisely understood
enough to be called a science, it has various names. Some
of those names are gut feeling, hunch,
discernment, clairvoyance, premonition, divination, innate knowledge, sixth sense, etc.
Even the field of psychology has diverging views about intuition. Some psychologists say that intuition is
really based on one’s knowledge and past experiences. Others say that intuition
comes from one of two “operating systems” that
we have. One “operating system”
is subconscious and is controlled by the right part of our brain as well as
those parts that man has had since pre-historic times.
The other “operating system” is logic- and reasoning-based
and controlled by the left and other “newer” parts of our brain.
We may not be conscious of it but we’ve been using intuition
through most of our lives. Some business
icons have used their “gut feeling” and not just logic to make piles of money
speculating, buying or selling. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is said to be very
intuitive.
Even scientist Albert Einstein acknowledges intuition. He said: "When I examine myself and my
methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of imagination
has meant more to me than any talent for absorbing absolute knowledge."
Elaborating, he added, "All great achievements of science must start from intuitive
knowledge. I believe in intuition and inspiration.... At times I feel certain I
am right while not knowing the reason." Thus, his famous statement that,
for creative work in science, "Imagination is more important than
knowledge."
Still others believe that being intuitive is yet another “app” to man as he evolves from a thinking being
to one “in the flow.”
Can you imagine a world where everyone automatically intuits
and knows about you or me, everybody, everything?
Could that be a world where humankind has more in common than in differences?
After reading your blog, I thought a great deal about my own life. I am guided by intuition to a great extent. Sometimes, my intuition seems to be derived from a mix of logic and faith in my own judgement. Sometimes, my intuition simply appears. Is it spiritual? Is it a connection to some form of yet undefined energy that guides the universe? In all cases, my intuition seems a force that leads me to better outcomes.
ReplyDeleteIs intuition spiritual or connected to some form of energy? Who knows? I also don't understand why some people seem to be more intuitive than others. I guess we won't know anything until much later but there's no assurance even in that. The good thing is that you are intuitive. Thanks for reading and commenting Mitch.
DeleteWhy? Because I feel like it.
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