Some Thoughts on Intuition
Jun. 26th, 2021 01:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
youngelephantOn my last post tamanous2020 (I don’t know how to tag users on here) hinted that the Lovers tarot card was about intuition. I did some bare minimum thinking on this - my official meditations are booked solid - and a week or so later I began to consciously recognize a process that has been unfolding for awhile. This is the process of intuitions trickling into consciousness from the Divine. I believe as soon as one forges even a sliver of connection to the divine they will start experiencing this on some level.
So the way this works for me is a thought will pop up in the background of consciousness suggesting I do something or another. It’s often as simple as sitting in the grass, going for a walk, or reading from an already read book to freshen up on some concept. Following up on these intuitions leads to what I think of as reality lubrication; every aspect of consciousness and reality becomes more pleasant and synchronized. I’m to the point now where if I get one of these minor intuitions I always follow up on it ASAP because I know it’s only going to benefit me. In the past I would get these and sit on them for weeks. Often some problem would arise that following up on the intuition would have avoided.
When the intuitions are “bigger” I use divination to verify them which seems to work well.
This strongly reminds me of the book Demian by Herman Hesse where the main character does his best to follow the promptings of his unconscious which eventually leads to his awakening.
Last year I made a move in living location based on such an urge and for awhile I rationalized it as being unrational - a common manuever of intellect for materialists and those with remnants of their programming - for the longest time. Eventually I came up with higher level rationalizations that led to my pulling the trigger on the move. While this was going on those around me played the role of the Dweller on the Threshold by insisting I was making the wrong decision. If I could have contextualized their behavior and my unconscious urge the way I could now the process would have been a lot easier.
Eventually on the spiritual path free will must be surrendered to God’s will which is a lot of what path 15 and 17 are about.
So the way this works for me is a thought will pop up in the background of consciousness suggesting I do something or another. It’s often as simple as sitting in the grass, going for a walk, or reading from an already read book to freshen up on some concept. Following up on these intuitions leads to what I think of as reality lubrication; every aspect of consciousness and reality becomes more pleasant and synchronized. I’m to the point now where if I get one of these minor intuitions I always follow up on it ASAP because I know it’s only going to benefit me. In the past I would get these and sit on them for weeks. Often some problem would arise that following up on the intuition would have avoided.
When the intuitions are “bigger” I use divination to verify them which seems to work well.
This strongly reminds me of the book Demian by Herman Hesse where the main character does his best to follow the promptings of his unconscious which eventually leads to his awakening.
Last year I made a move in living location based on such an urge and for awhile I rationalized it as being unrational - a common manuever of intellect for materialists and those with remnants of their programming - for the longest time. Eventually I came up with higher level rationalizations that led to my pulling the trigger on the move. While this was going on those around me played the role of the Dweller on the Threshold by insisting I was making the wrong decision. If I could have contextualized their behavior and my unconscious urge the way I could now the process would have been a lot easier.
Eventually on the spiritual path free will must be surrendered to God’s will which is a lot of what path 15 and 17 are about.
