07-21-2011, 08:58 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2011, 09:01 AM by Tenet Nosce.)
Hi Eric,
I don't think it is at all embarrassing, and really not that unusual. Growing up, my intellectual mind was highly encouraged, but there was little acknowledgement or instruction in the use of intuition.
By the time I got to my first year of college, my rational mind reached a major crisis point. It seemed like every little thing I was contemplating got analyzed to the nth degree, and almost invariably I ended up with two equal and opposite views, with no way to discern between them.
Repeatedly bumping up against this natural boundary/limitation of the intellect was what prompted the opening of my intuition. I realized that my intellectual mind was quite adept at clearly delineating which choices were available to me, but offered no real assistance in choosing between them. So, in a way, it was for me the intellectual analysis of my own mind, and drawing the rational conclusion that there must be some "higher" way of knowing that first opened me up to intuition.
Having brought awareness to the intellect of its inherent limitations, eventually, my rational mind acquiesced to the possibility that it wasn't the "end all, be all" mode of intelligent perception.
So I would offer that it is not necessary to try and curb your intellect, or turn it down. Rather one could simply allow the intellect to offer its input, thank it, then let it rest. Once quiet, ask if the intuitional mind would like to offer a view. You can even set up a "scientific" experiment where you test the hypothesis of following your intuition, and seeing if it consistently leads you to where you want to be.
In my opinion, this is not a small point of interest, and observing the differences in communication can lead one to rather profound insights.
(01-17-2009, 05:01 PM)Eric Wrote: Such moments of thinking can be a little unnerving. Which is usually when the heart takes over and I start thinking about things from an intuitive standpoint, after which I regain some balance. The trick is, (and I have yet to master this) is to think MORE from the heart than the mind. As Q'uo says in this transcript, the intellectual mind should be at the service of the heart, not the other way around. How do each of you do this, or is it natural by now? I know some people have NDE's and other dramatic visions that resolve this issue for them completely- I haven't had that myself unfortunately. I'd be interested to hear any and all comments.
It's a little embarrassing to fess up to this, but I think if there's any group to bring it in front of it's this one, there's quite a base of knowledge here.
I don't think it is at all embarrassing, and really not that unusual. Growing up, my intellectual mind was highly encouraged, but there was little acknowledgement or instruction in the use of intuition.
By the time I got to my first year of college, my rational mind reached a major crisis point. It seemed like every little thing I was contemplating got analyzed to the nth degree, and almost invariably I ended up with two equal and opposite views, with no way to discern between them.
Repeatedly bumping up against this natural boundary/limitation of the intellect was what prompted the opening of my intuition. I realized that my intellectual mind was quite adept at clearly delineating which choices were available to me, but offered no real assistance in choosing between them. So, in a way, it was for me the intellectual analysis of my own mind, and drawing the rational conclusion that there must be some "higher" way of knowing that first opened me up to intuition.
Hatonn Wrote:That part of awareness, while not at all intellectual, is extremely intelligent. In fact, rather than thinking, its power is a power of knowing.
Having brought awareness to the intellect of its inherent limitations, eventually, my rational mind acquiesced to the possibility that it wasn't the "end all, be all" mode of intelligent perception.
Hatonn Wrote:From the point of view of the heart, the workings of the intellect seem young, untrained and immature.
So I would offer that it is not necessary to try and curb your intellect, or turn it down. Rather one could simply allow the intellect to offer its input, thank it, then let it rest. Once quiet, ask if the intuitional mind would like to offer a view. You can even set up a "scientific" experiment where you test the hypothesis of following your intuition, and seeing if it consistently leads you to where you want to be.
Hatonn Wrote:When information stems from the heart and its powers of intuition and direct perception, it is a knowing that is functionally stable and solid as long as the intellect does not begin to take it apart. Gnosis [2], or knowing, has a validity that is not vulnerable to methods of investigation in proof.
Eric Wrote:Also small point of interest, the speaker for the Q'uo group is usually Latwii, but for this session Hatonn speaks. It's interesting to see the difference in the dialog.
In my opinion, this is not a small point of interest, and observing the differences in communication can lead one to rather profound insights.