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“THE INTUITIVE MIND IS A SACRED GIFT AND THE RATIONAL MIND IS A FAITHFUL SERVANT. WE HAVE CREATED A SOCIETY THAT HONORS THE SERVANT AND HAS FORGOTTEN THE GIFT” – ALBERT EINSTEIN-
People use the term “gut feelings “, but they don’t originate in the stomach or intestines! These feelings originate in our subconscious mind also known as our “emotional brain” is connected and sends messages to the vagus nerve in the stomach….these feelings and emotions than travel throughout the nervous system.
The subconscious mind first accepts incoming information. Then it compares and matches it with a store of similar past experiences. These past experiences are stored in the subconscious,in the form of images. The subconscious is so powerful that it matches information in only 1/10 of a second! For example, you know that you’ve seen a house before and automatically the subconscious associates this information with past images which you remember. It can take a small amount of data and then select a picture instantly about it from our memory.
A very important function of our subconscious is that its the seat of our feelings and emotions. So when the subconscious reviews those images of a previous experience, even a tiny portion of it, you not only receive clear visual information, you also receive emotional input attached to this information. This is what we call our gut feelings. For example let’s say you are in an apparent uneventful situation, but you suddenly experience an unexplainable, intense feeling of fear. This is your gut feeling. What happened is that the subconscious instantly searched the situation by matching your new experience with related past experiences in its store of “images, and judged this new situation to be very dangerous. Now the conscious mind of our brain is the rational portion may see no hint of danger, but the subconscious is flashing RED ALERT! It’s saying ESCAPE!
Some people prefer calling gut feelings their intuition, but basically both are the same . Essentially it is our instinctive system providing us with a much greater amount of information than our rational process.
As we all know, our gut feelings or intuition may not always turn out to be right. Usually we are socially conditioned from an early age to prefer the laws of reason. As a result many of us will choose to distrust our gut feelings especially if there’s enough time to analyze the situation.
One of the most valuable uses of intuition is our judgement and dealings with other people, especially the ones we have just met. For instance, suppose you meet a person and suddenly experience a negative feeling about them. You can’t explain it but you just don’t like them. Your subconscious instantly is doing matches of similar people. It’s possible that they remind you of a tyrant boss you had years ago. You know you don’t like this person and instinctively will react according to the situation. Frequently in dealing with people, your gut feelings are right.
Gut feelings should be checked for accuracy. If a gut feeling is overwhelming and strong, we should give it special attention. Nature has given us our “gut feelings” as an important form of life insurance. When a real emergency arises and there’s no time for analytical thinking, it’s wise to follow our basic primal instincts – our gut feelings.
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