Know Thyself
“Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.” Ramana Maharshi
INTUITION VS. INTELLECT
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IN-TUITION
the ability to know or understand something through your feelings, instead of by considering facts or evidence, instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) Latin from ’in’- + tueri ---‘looking at, considering the inside’ |
EX-TUITION (Intellect)
The ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding as distinct from feeling. Ability to think in a logical way. Lat. intellegere, to perceive; Latin from ’ex’- + tueri ---‘looking at, considering the outside’ |
Intuition and intellect seem to form a polarity and are often considered to be concepts (things) that have nothing to do with another. From our philosophy where consciousness is the unifying central element it should be realized that both stem from the same source. That is to say the intuition (instinct) and the intellect are actually versions of the same consciousness.
Intuition, in the animal kingdom known as instinct is the same type of consciousness that you utilize when you allow yourself to become aware in an analytical, intellectual, reasoning self-centered way. It is the same consciousness.
Consciousness on the highest level is aware of all that is. Then it undergoes degrees of focus, of self-limitation, of self-definition and may be formatted in various ways.
The way of intuition is knowing by feeling or through direct being 'it'. The intellect works on knowing by representation, by manipulating symbols, breaking things down into their constituent elements and then re-synthesizing the whole.
The polarity that is visible in society of scientific thought vs. belief on faith-and the war between these two ideas-tends to prevent a blend or balance of both perspectives. The point we will need to stress is that intuition is also a perfectly valid way to access information.
It is our mission to provide a balance of these two aspects, the intuition and the intellect or what one could call ex-tuition.
Intuition, in the animal kingdom known as instinct is the same type of consciousness that you utilize when you allow yourself to become aware in an analytical, intellectual, reasoning self-centered way. It is the same consciousness.
Consciousness on the highest level is aware of all that is. Then it undergoes degrees of focus, of self-limitation, of self-definition and may be formatted in various ways.
The way of intuition is knowing by feeling or through direct being 'it'. The intellect works on knowing by representation, by manipulating symbols, breaking things down into their constituent elements and then re-synthesizing the whole.
The polarity that is visible in society of scientific thought vs. belief on faith-and the war between these two ideas-tends to prevent a blend or balance of both perspectives. The point we will need to stress is that intuition is also a perfectly valid way to access information.
It is our mission to provide a balance of these two aspects, the intuition and the intellect or what one could call ex-tuition.
