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DEVELOPING INTUITION
(from unpublished manuscript: Napoleon’s Bathtub) We reel with indecision. The
anxiety attack begins. What to do? What to do? Call on intuition. It's
always there, waiting in the wings for the opportunity to guide a situation
to a positive solution. Intuition is the immediate knowing of a truth
without employing the process of reason. It's a flash that compels an
idea, concept, action or knowing that hasn't been determined by the
voice of reason. Intuition comes in many forms, the most common being
1) inner-voice, 2) feeling and 3) visions. An inner-voice intuition
probably saved my life. It was late at night, I was exhausted and walking
slowly up a long flight of subway stairs. Midway up the stairs, my inner-voice
commanded, "Move it! Fly! Faster!" I ran up the stairs, grabbed the
railing and jumped steps to clear the area. At which moment an enormous
tree in a pot crashed onto the stairs from hundreds of feet above. Feeling
intuition is somewhat different. A friend and I went to a rehearsal
at the apartment of a guitarist we didn't know. A few minutes into the
rehearsal the guitarist left the room and I urged my friend, "Let's
get out of here now." "Why," he asked. "I don't know why, it's just
a very strong feeling." Several days later, the guitarist made the front
page of the New York Daily News. He was discovered keeping a dead woman's
body in an air-conditioned room in his apartment. The body was there
on the afternoon of my visit. Before the body was discovered he ripped
off my friend of all his musical instruments and sound system. Visions
are more individualized. My experiences have come in moving- pictures
superimposed over reality. I was looking out a window overlooking the
Empire State building. All of a sudden I saw walls of mud rolling across
the sky. I could see the skyscraper behind the high walls of mud rolling
toward me. Several days later I heard the exact experience described
on TV news in reference to a Mexican earthquake. Everyone is born with
intuition. Try the techniques for releasing intuitive power and discover
which approach works best for you. If you fail with first attempts,
don't give up. You will overcome problems of inexperience, lack of concentration,
tension or a request for unnecessary information. Techniques: 1) Ask
a brief, clearly worded question regarding the input needed. Clear your
mind of opinion and random thought at the moment of asking the question.
Sustain the empty state. The mind should be totally concentrated while
formulating and asking the question. Repeat the question 3 or 4 times,
using the same wording at each repetition. See the subject clearly in
the mind's eye. An overall feeling may accompany the initial phrasing
of the question. The feeling is part of the intuitional insight. You'll
know when it happens. The answer comes when needed. When the question
concerns an immediate situation, the intuition will come within minutes
of the question. On other occasions the answer may occur hours or days
later. It pops-up when least expected. Practice makes perfect and reveals
modified techniques suited for the individual and situation. 2) Visualization
is another technique that invites intuitive insight. Let's say you can't
choose between two professions. Visualize the details of mastering and
living the two professions. Visualize living the details of achievement
in each profession. You'll know what choice to make. 3) Trust body action
in dangerous situations. For example, one is alone in an isolated country
home. Intruders have scaled a fence and entered the porch area. The
phone is two rooms away, your gun is in the opposite direction. The
subconscious knows what to do. Go with spontaneous action, it will move
you along the safest path. 4) Meditate. Visual intuition occurs in meditative
states when thinking of nothing in particular. In a flash, a picture
will superimpose itself over your view. Always stay with the image.
Ask questions and discover where it takes you. Don't worry about confusing
intuition with paranoia, fear or normal intellect. Intuition is easily
recognized. It's a total knowing, without doubt or internal argument.
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