Many a times, we hear people say that they have a strong feeling about some happening. Some choose to call it intuition, some call it a hunch. We choose to call it by different synonyms. Some even loosely associate that word when they suspect anything. Books on psychology say a woman's intution is strong. Commonly used word.. but what does it really mean?
When we encounter certain situations, we experience an instinctive feeling regarding it. We simply condemn a task because something tells us that there is an underlying peril. We do something, because something tells us that it is the right thing to do. When we look at a person, we feel that this is what would befall them. What is this something.. that forewarns us or instructs us to do something? Our mind is divided into three: Conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious mind. It is a known fact that one can find answer to any question, if he/she can probe his unconscious mind. Our unconscious mind knows it all. In some circumstances, the gap between the unconscious and conscious is bridged. This is why we know for certain about the immediate happening. In psychology, they call it adaptive unconsciousness.. in layman terms, we call it "Intuition". As to why the gap is bridged at that moment is still a mystery for most people.
One can ascertain that when he/she has such an instinctive feeling, they are right to feel so and follow it. One may not know to reason out his/her action... but it would turn out to bethe best thing to do at that moment. The problem lies only in differentiating our intuition with our ego. Now, that is a mammoth task.
(PS: This opinion of mine is based on inspiration from my confidant, who has an innate talent for psychological analysis, and my own little observations. If you have any objections or much more to add to this, you may do so).
It is a really gud read...I would just like to give my opinion of what intuition is all about..Our mind is a very complex thing as we all know..I donot know about the three divisions you are talking about but i refuse to believe that one part of us know everything.. I mean.. If we gain access to this part, then there is no meaning for us to live as we will know everything- the past, present and future!! I think our mind works in two ways...once you are in a situation where you are to make a decision, one way is that you apply your mind and come to a logical conclusion. The other way is, the mind does its decision based on your experiences in the past and observations which it might have done by itself. You are mostly blinded to these observations by the outer world but your mind records these without you being aware of it..Therefore this decision taken by your mind, you will not understand, or comprehend as to why your mind is telling you to do it.. This generates the cliche " I dunno why, but I have a gut feeling bout this!".. Our mind doesnt know everything.. JUst makes its own logical conclusion whose logic unfortunately we will not understand.. But it will always be right!! And we better respect that and follow it!! Well... That is just my opinion...
ReplyDeleteJust a small practical illustration to explain my point.. Take a computer.. Load it with millions and millions of algorithms everyday ( This is our mind!!) These algorithms interconnect and fuse together deeply... Now when we make a conscious decision it is us calling upon one or two particular algorithms.. When our mind says us to do something, the result is from the joint processing of all the algorithms of your past... So for you to understand it you have to trace back all your algorithms which is impossible...
ReplyDeleteWell, I think our opinions on it are the same on this case, only you explained the whole issue in layman's terms. I, being interested and aware of the psychological terms, chose to use them. The mind is indeed so complex. Everything in this world works on a logic, but this logic, we do not know or understand. When I said there is a part of us that knows it all, I did not intend to say that one can easily gain access to it, nor did I say that one would be completely aware of the future. I am talking about such cases where the feeling is more than a "gut feeling".. when people knw for certain about some happening. There are many people who know for certain the day and date of their death, people who know what may happen to them or people around them. I speak of such situations. When the "grand scheme" and the complex algorithms are unaware to us, how can one conclude that the mind does not know it all. Under the same logic, it may not be right to say that the mind knows it all either. Well, this again is my opinion. When I get a substantiation for this hypothesis of mine, I would write another post on it.
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