I appreciate your post so much. Intuition is powerful and sometimes life-saving, the result of factors you describe so beautifully. I suspect one reason for the down-grading of intuition is that it is associated with the female, heaven forbid. In addition, we often confuse deep intuition with the unconsidered impulse to take ill-advised actions, when we might better be with our experience and see what arises in a settled state. (Perhaps an explanation for my use of Amazon Prime the moment I decide I "need" something, despite my negative feelings about under-regulated corporations.)
The crazy thing is that we often use our "rational" minds to overrule our felt sense, much to our detriment. Or we have a strong feeling (e.g., anger, greed) and then go to great lengths to justify hurtful actions with rational argument, conveniently failing to acknowledge what drove us to tirelessly marshal all the "facts" we put forth to justify ourselves. Given the state of our world, I definitely believe that we humans do not always benefit from our overgrown prefrontal cortex!
I'm meandering here, a sure sign I have important tasks I'm avoiding! Thanks again.
I appreciate your post so much. Intuition is powerful and sometimes life-saving, the result of factors you describe so beautifully. I suspect one reason for the down-grading of intuition is that it is associated with the female, heaven forbid. In addition, we often confuse deep intuition with the unconsidered impulse to take ill-advised actions, when we might better be with our experience and see what arises in a settled state. (Perhaps an explanation for my use of Amazon Prime the moment I decide I "need" something, despite my negative feelings about under-regulated corporations.)
The crazy thing is that we often use our "rational" minds to overrule our felt sense, much to our detriment. Or we have a strong feeling (e.g., anger, greed) and then go to great lengths to justify hurtful actions with rational argument, conveniently failing to acknowledge what drove us to tirelessly marshal all the "facts" we put forth to justify ourselves. Given the state of our world, I definitely believe that we humans do not always benefit from our overgrown prefrontal cortex!
I'm meandering here, a sure sign I have important tasks I'm avoiding! Thanks again.
I agree totally, Marcia! Thanks for your comments.