We are multi dimensional beings living in a multi dimensional universe. Intuition
as information comes to us in different forms, depending on what level
of reality we are paying attention to and listening to. The different
levels of reality that we can receive intuitive information from are:
1. Personal Subconscious The sum of all our individual experiences/knowledge from present and past lives
2. Collective subconscious The sum of all sentient personal subconsciousness.
3. The Field - The
field of information that holds past, present, future that is brought
into manifestation by our thoughts and attention, individual and
collective.
4. . Inter-dimensional Consciousness
knowledge, information and experiences that flows into our personal and
collective subconscious from angels, spirit guides, ancestors and
other energetic beings.
First, lets talk about the Personal Subconscious......
Anything that we know how to do really well, and have done many, many times, is to some degree, automated and unconscious. Malcom Gladwell in his book "Blink" describes the personal subconscious as Rapid Cognition.
When
you meet someone for the first time, or walk into a house you are
thinking of buying, or read the first few sentences of a book, your mind
takes about two seconds to jump to a series of conclusions. These
conclusions are drawn from the great storehouse of all our knowledge and
experience from our present life and past lives. This is Rapid
Cognition!
Our subconscious minds process information much faster
than our conscious minds and take in much more detail. The subconscious
processes this information all at once in global fashion. That is how
you suddenly just "know" the answer to a problem, or feel something
about your environment. This type often flows to us through the
kinesthetic channel, i.e.,We just feel the answer in our bodies.
I
have been yoga instructor for many years. I can watch someone move in
class, and feel the way their body is put together as I adjust them in a
yoga posture, and intuitively know what sport they have engaged in the
present or the past. I make it a game and will say in a lighthearted
way, "You feel like a swimmer." Or.. "I bet you used to wrestle in high
school."I am very often right! This may appear as if I am psychic, but I
don't think so. I think my personal subconscious is processing many
discrete bits of sensory information simultaneously so I just "know" the
sport the person has engaged in. I am also a massage therapist and very
often my hands will "just go" to the place that hurts. I think my
personal subconscious senses from many details and impressions where the
person is hurting and I feel a resonance in my body when I encounter
someone else's pain.
We
live in a society dedicated to the idea that we're always better off
gathering as much information and spending as much time as possible in
deliberation. This is Not always true when:
Fast decision making is required
Facts are not available
Assessing people, places
Emotional Situations or Issues
Gladwell talks about the efficiency and accuracy of "thin slicing".
Thin
slicing is the ability of the personal subconscious to make decisions
and come to conclusions on a very small bit of information. He talks
about a Roman Artifact that was purchased by a well known museum in
Europe that was scientifically tested as being authentic, but ultimately
was found to be forged. All the scientific tests showed the artifact to
be real. But when a group of Art historians and archaeologists looked
at the artifact, without doing any testing at all, they came to the
conclusion that the artifact was fake. The said things like, "It just
doesn't look right. " and "Something is just wrong about it. It was the
huge array of details and information their minds were processing below
the verbal level that led them to the correct conclusion. Later, after
more testing, the artifact was indeed, proved to be fake.
Our
personal subconscious can often be a warning system for us. One of the
main jobs of our personal subconscious is to keep us safe from harm. We
may walk into a room, or meet a new person, and just "know" something
isn't right. We often feel this warning in our solar plexus which is the center of our survival intuition. Our
subconscious minds may have noticed some disturbing detail our
conscious minds haven't picked up on. If I get a strong feeling of
unease in a situation or place I will immediately leave if possible!
There is a down side to using the personal subconscious as your guidance system.
It can be easily swayed by the stereotypes you hold. We all are
familiar with the term "profiling." Profiling is a misuse of "thin
slicing." We reach an erroneous conclusion based on a very small amount
of information that may have personal importance to us. Because we knew a
long haired man that smoked pot, we assume all long haired men indulge.
Projection is another faulty use of the subconscious. If we have
aspects of ourselves we are unaware of we will project those qualities
onto others. For instance, if were are unaware of our anger we may see
and experience others as angry.
Beware of any quick
perceptions of others that involve alot of judgement or negative
emotions! This is a sign you are not using your subconscious in an
accurate manner.
It is very important to understand the stereotypes and projections you are operating under!
Here are some tips to developing and using your personal subconscious
-Our
personal subconscious can be relied upon! It should be trusted. When
you have a hunch about something, especially something you know alot
about, listen to it and try to verify if you can like I do with my yoga
students.
-Listen and feel your body. All intuition is a sudden knowing that is usually accompanied by a physical sensation:
A constriction in the gut or solar plexus-This is most common in personal subconscious when a warning is being communicated.
•An explicable feeling of relaxation and warmth in the body
•A feeling of tingling excitement
•A feeling of strength in the belly
It can be any physical feeling! Get to know what your particular intuitive sign may be.
-When
you meet someone new, notice your immediate perceptions. As you talk to
the person and get to know them, see what perceptions were accurate and
which were not. Notice if any of your inaccurate perceptions were based
on stereotypes or projections.
Next week we'll explore the Collective Unconscious! I hope you will join me. Would love to hear any stories you may have about using your Intuition.
Warmly,
Sue Schmidt C.Ht., CMT
www.healingmeditations.net
healingmeditations1@gmail.com
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