INTUITION {I} (a gut feeling/instinct, a hunch, a 6th sense) IS a hidden resource that most of people seem to possess, but apparently don’t employ on a regular basis as, for instance, reading, writing, speaking. All of those activities are intellectual in nature -- rooted in Thinking. Consequently, an {I} must have something in common with Intellectual capability and/or Knowledge (?) However, it isn’t exactly appear to be the Knowledge in itself (i.e. a learnt, stored Information), but rather an AWARENESS of the Information which hasn't been stored and/or learnt previously! (although, it’s doubtful whether perceiving anything is possible without an idea of what the Information is about...-- thus, some familiarity with the subject matter would be necessary!) Nevertheless, {I} is not the same as Knowledge! ***In fact, even the dictionary defines Knowledge and Reason as ANTONIMS to Intuition(which is defined as “The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition of something not evident or deducible ”)!!!
Although that leaves 2 less values out of consideration, still the mechanism of the occurrence remains largely an enigma!

Some people are naturally intuitive, while most of the others are far from being so. Yet, everyone has the capability – to a greater or lesser degree. However, with practice, anyone can develop the “magical” ability…
Perhaps, an intense focus appears to be necessary for Intuition to occur -- suddenly, you get enlightened with the answer! As though one is getting an insight into the answer (although an Insight is identical to the intuitive awareness…) Still, just as often, you get nothing – probably, the {I} hasn’t kicked in, yet, or the focus isn't intense enough?...)

Have you ever experienced regrets of not following your gut instincts? I know, I have: usually, when faced with the decision, an idea would pop up in my mind out of nowhere -- totally illogical, totally unreasonable, often one of the first hypothesis (and, therefore, the most often overlooked one) -- because, when I tried to reason it out, it wouldn't appear as practical... And yet, afterwards, I'd be thinking regretfully: I should've listened to my Inner Voice (i.e. Intuition)!..

Yet, recognizing the intuitive thoughts from the multitude of various other conjectures, running through one's mind, doesn't always (if ever) appear possible: they look and feel like any other conjecture – even less logical than the rest…
Yet, acquiring the mastery of Intuition is one of the secrets of WISDOM – wise people may not always know the answer, yet they’ve acquired a habit of trusting their Intuition!!! (and the same, I suspect, may be said of “INGENUITY”!!!)
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Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles -- the nature of life! Yet, sooner or later, most of puzzles eventually turn into the "pieces of cake" (with lots of crumbs )! However, until then, keep on thinking intensely... and maybe we will crack the enigma of Intuition… (? ? ?)

P.S. People of Previous Civilizations are said to have possessed a third "wisdom" eye! Who knows, may be that has mutated into the yet undiscovered ability -- which we refer to as Intuition? ? ?

I believe it

That's just Life...
Hurts more then you think to have it,
Not a pleasent world!
Two sides of the Story?
With pain,or without?
To be able to think normal,or lead a normal life?

That's Life!!!

I don't want to look you eye to eye,
an see your whole life flash infront of me.

So i remain alone,the ability,to say if i want you in my realm or not.

I want a person to beable sense this,an just accept...

Few an far between?

I'm Mad at God,an so rest my soul,an he shall!!!

Well, if you believe it, that means YOU're REALLY WISE!!! Are you really???

Just don't question Him,he has a reason,so we just try to accept,the fate we live...

This is JMO...

********** Instead of quoting yourself, it would be wise to quote the message you're responding to!!! Cuz I don't think your responding to my post of Intuition!!! (unless I'm dumb, LOL)

I'll stay even with this...

You have question i can't answer?
For one i don't know you in real life,an you search for answer,cause i don't know you!!!

You look for something,a answer to a question?
If i knew you in real life,an see your eyes,an had a connection to you,then i might.

What do you seek,your question?

I have been realizing a lot of things recently.I am becoming more aware of the universe around me and the messages it is sending me

I think you've had one drink too many!!!

I haven't had a drink in weeks

The more I listen to the universal intelligence,the more clear it all becomes

Jane,

I don't know if this really addresses your topic or not, but there is a "relatively" new theory (largely ignored) called plasma cosmology which, as a spin off, has a sub theory that describes a process where memories could be passed on in a way that affects "intuition".

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Morphic fields


Rupert Sheldrake, a professor at Cambridge University, has popularised the idea of morphic fields. To oversimplify, he theorises that memory is inherent in nature, and that all natural systems, from crytals to animals, inherit a memory of their kind. Each system is shaped by this pooled or collective memory. It is a view, of course, that has parallels with the Electric Universe, where there is a complex dance of electric particles and sub-particles.

www.sheldrake.org

From the viewpoint of a "materialist" philosophy, intuition could be viewed as a sort of a "short circuit" in the brain - somewhat similar to the concept of "folded space" in physics where two separate points on a plane are touching because the plane is folded through three dimensions.

But as I understand it, the only observed phenomenon that could account for that is "non-locality". That is, an instantaneous connection between to particles.

So maybe quantum non-locality is the mechanism by which intuition comes about.

Just an idea.

Sky:

An interesting concept, Steve! I understand the analogy you're drawing... But just like QM resolution itself is a dead end, (for now), so is attempting to explain the Intuition from the point of view of an "inteplay of particles -- * unless you care elaborating on your hypothesis...***

But, if I understand, you mean to imply that all of the answers -- to the yet unformulated questions -- are already stored in our brains (in some other dimension), and Intuition is just flashing those answers out...???

----- Accepted. (but only as a Hypothesis!!! Although, needs a lot of refining...)

P.S. See my reply to Metalwing...

metalwing:

Joe, I certaily hope you'll elaborate on both, plasma cosmology theory and a sub theory...

Though, I hesitate accepting any assumption regarding "A common pool of Knowledge", which makes the progress seem like a futile exercise -- why bother discovering A, which enables the discovery of B, which enables ..etc., if one can instantly discover Z??? After all, if one could access the "Collective memory pool", then why bother with the slow process of "refining", if it's possible getting to the end-result right away???

*** Seems like "A common pool of Knowledge" is structured hierarchically:
"A final knowledge is not accessible prior to going through the intermediate "knowledges" (???)

As I said, I "ran across this" but it seemed to gell with the type of possibilities you were exploring. I read some of this guys paper but there is a lot of it. It seems down Skyhooks path on the other thread also.

In a nutshell, he thinks that if you do something successful enough, you will have a higher probably of passing those genes to your children (of course that would only work for men, not women). He also says that if you work at something that you need (physic powers perhaps?) you can turn on certain genes that you have but have become genetically inactive ... which is not a bad theory... pretty interesting really!

The caps in the text are links to other web pages that I presume give more information but I didn't explore them. They won't link with a cut and paste. Here is his page.

http://www.sheldrake.org/Articles&Papers/papers/morphic/morphic_intro.html

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Fields of the mind
Morphic fields underlie our mental activity and our perceptions, and lead to a new theory of vision, as discussed in THE SENSE OF BEING STARED AT. The existence of these fields is experimentally testable through the sense of being stared at itself. There is already much evidence that this sense really exists Papers on Staring

You can take part in a staring experiment yourself through this web site. Staring Experiments

The morphic fields of social groups connect together members of the group even when they are many miles apart, and provide channels of communication through which organisms can stay in touch at a distance. They help provide an explanation for telepathy. There is now good evidence that many species of animals are telepathic, and telepathy seems to be a normal means of animal communication, as discussed in my book DOGS THAT KNOW WHEN THEIR OWNERS ARE COMING HOME. Telepathy is normal not paranormal, natural not supernatural, and is also common between people, especially people who know each other well.

In the modern world, the commonest kind of human telepathy occurs in connection with telephone calls. More than 80% of the population say they have thought of someone for no apparent reason, who then called; or that they have known who was calling before picking up the phone in a way that seems telepathic. Controlled experiments on telephone telepathy have given repeatable positive results that are highly significant statistically, as summarized in THE SENSE OF BEING STARED AT and described in detailed technical papers which you can read on this web site. Papers on Telepathy Telepathy also occurs in connection with emails, and anyone who is interested can now test how telepathic they are in the online telepathy test. Experiments Online

The morphic fields of mental activity are not confined to the insides of our heads. They extend far beyond our brain though intention and attention. We are already familiar with the idea of fields extending beyond the material objects in which they are rooted: for example magnetic fields extend beyond the surfaces of magnets; the earth’s gravitational field extends far beyond the surface of the earth, keeping the moon in its orbit; and the fields of a cell phone stretch out far beyond the phone itself. Likewise the fields of our minds extend far beyond our brains.

February 2005

OMG, Joe, that is certaily UP MY ALLEY!!! Thank you...

Although I haven't studied the link yet,
I just want to share a few of my thoughts:

1. seems to me that we're capable of transmitting some kind of the mental (if not electro-magnetic) waves through our Sight -- that's why most (but not all) of people can sense being Stared AT...

2. Simetimes -- especially after the inadvertent quarrel, but not only after that -- I take the photo of my subsequent "significant other", stare at it intensely, and command mentally: ...CALL ME!
... Usually, it takes 5-10 minutes for the phone to ring -- depending on the intensity of my command...

3. During the lectures at the university, I'd often avoided any questions -- especially when I haven't done my home work -- by
commanding the professor's picking someone else...

You know the saying: "Be careful what you wish for -- it might happen!..."
-- I can't allow myself even a simple day-dreamming!!!

"The Law Of Attrsction" is just for the uninitiated!..