Intuition-What's Your Take?

Nov 24, 2008 at 3:36 PM
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I find that many people have different working definitions of what Intuition means to them.

To some it's some weird thing.

To others, it means Psychic Abilities.

I was wondering what you guys would use as a definition?

If you're open to it, leave me what you think your definition...understanding...confusion...is about Intuition.

And for Bonus Points...what gifts do we have for the contestants tonight, Jonnny...I would be interested in knowing what questions you might have about Intuition....

I ask because I have a zillion topics I can cover. And I would like to include any that you might find especially useful or wondered about.

Thanks,

Intuitive John

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Hi John, for me intuition ia an inner knowingness. www.drmichaelroth.com

Intuition to me is how i arrive at the best answers for myself. I learned to listen to my internal answers. Sometimes i get a clear yes or no response. Sometimes information comes to me about a situation or person. Sometimes my body gives me a signal, for instance, a person is trying to get me to agree with them about something...my body responses with an uneasy feeling in my gut...I've learned to trust myself first. I always listen and learn and know a little bit about a variety of subjects so that when it's time to decide i have information... then i can use mental, emotional, physical and spiritual cues to arrive at my answers. And if i'm not sure, i wait.

Angela R. Silvestri
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My definition of Intuition is that it is the "gut" reaction you get about something. It is a combination of your knowledge and experience reacting to something below your conscious awareness.

Steve
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John,

When I hear the word "intuition, I think of "hunches" or "insights" that a person has about something. The "something" that the person has an intuitive thought about can be anything -- a person, a problem, a situation, etc. I've never thought about intuition as something that could be taught in a structured fashion. I do believe that some people have somehow developed the ability to discern effective intuition versus their "feelings". In fact, an entrepreneur friend of mine recently told me that he listens to his "gut" when making decisions about business ventures and about people to do business with. He said he has had great success using this method thus far.

Another thought I have about intuition is that it does not rely on our five senses.

Regarding questions about intuition, I am curious whether or not there is a structured way to develop one's intuition. Seems like the only way to develop intuition would be by trial and error. Is this true?

Lastly, is intuition the same thing as the "sixth sense" that Napoleon Hill talks about in "Think and Grow Rich"?

Darryl Pace

When I hear the word intuition, I think of gut feelings and hunches. I always know when something good is going to happen like winning a contest. I can feel it if I'm going to win on a scratch ticket. But, often I think/feel something bad is about to happen and I am almost always wrong. So whatever intuition is, mine isn't that great.

Lisa McLellan

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Intuition= The sum of your accumulated experience and knowledge applied to real-world issues and situations…

"situational knowledge"

Rob

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I think of a sixth sense that is very real.

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I think intuition is kind of gut feeling. You just know you must do certain thing at that moment regardless how logical or not logical it seems to be. At such moments usually I follow it as I'm feeling almost 100% sure it is correct thing to do. It's a pity I don't have such moments often and mostly have to weigh things in my ming before taking any decisions and often it's too time consuming.

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I understand intuition to be a feeling that we get based off of past events that will either steer us toward or away from making a decision. This is both a protective measure and a calculated measure that only will make since to the one who is following their feeling.

Matthew Shields
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I think of intuition in two different ways. The first is how I thought of it as child...that of a sort of mystical ablility like a very low-level psychic power.

The second is that intuition is nothing more than your mind using the information it has to come to an insight about something.

Jennifer Skinner

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I think intuition as a 2 sided coin. One side is the sub-concious taking past experiences and stored knowledge and working behind the curtain to give an answer. The second part is more of a connection with the universal energy and wisdom that can guide as well

Scott A Bell

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I see intuition as a fleeting glimpse into the workings of the adaptive unconscious mind.

Philip Graves [Consumer Behaviour Expert]
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John,

Intuition to me is the kinesthetic/somatic sensation created by the hormones released as a result of the thought/decision that was generated from the classification of the current scenario in reference to categorically similar events from the past and the "rules" that our subconscious has set up in order to "deal" with them appropriately...

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IntuitiveJohnShoemaker replied to Darryl Pace’s comment:
Nov 25, 2008
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Darryl-

There are some structured way of learning Intuition. It's not really training the Intuition to work...it's working all the time. But you can learn to call upon it and you can learn to recognize it more...and trust it more.

I'm looking at several programs to affiliate with. One that might catch your mind because you are so organized and literal is http://www.intuitionretreat.com/.
Even if you don't get the program...the fellow who put it together has posted quite a lot of info on his site that will give you a sense of how you can develop your Intuition in a methodical way.

Yes, the Sixth Sense Napoleon Hill talks about is Intuition at work.

Thanks,

IJ

IntuitiveJohnShoemaker replied to The Communication Expert’s comment:
Nov 25, 2008
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David- I always love to read your stuff. And I can't help wondering...do you talk like this in real life too?

Thanks,

IJ

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Hi I-John,

Too long to communicate essentially right now about Intuition.

I always enjoy your posts, and learn from them.

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Nice implementation: be consistent!

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