What do you do when you see a bear?
Found this interesting article the other day: The Harbinger. Developing Intuition. It’s written by a Dr Lynn Robinson (emeritus professor of Marketing, University of South Alabama). She writes about intuition in a refreshing way. For example:
If you scoff at the whole idea of intuition, then the first thing you need to do, for a bit, is suspend your disbelief. That idea has been suggested often by Joseph McMoneagle. Though Joe worked in military intelligence for a number of years, he now speaks and writes about remote viewing — the ability, regardless of the normal boundaries of time and space, to correctly perceive and describe (under conditions of strict scientific controls) detailed information about a remote place, person, or thing. Himself a subject of extensive research, Joe is now acknowledged as one of the best remote viewers in the field, viewers employed by organizations around the world. Find that hard to believe? For a while, suspend your disbelief.
Let yourself believe in the possible. Rather than live in denial, challenge what you may have been told or taught. Begin accepting things as possible until proven impossible. You may not have ridden a bicycle the first time without falling, but you believed you could, and so you kept on working at it until you could ride. Recognizing, using, proving, and developing your intuition may be no different. Like so many other things about human functioning, “Use it, or lose it”; “Don’t try, do.”
She makes the point about listening to your body and to the subtle cues it gives you. By practicing and and relying on your intuition, you can become more successful. She quotes a woman called Inge Lillie whose financial forecasting is in excess of 80% accurate.
The whole article is well worth a read. But the reason for the headline I wrote is because of one story she related about herself.
She was flying to Phoenix and spent some time chatting with an engineer next to her. She felt safe enough and
I risked telling him what I sensed about him: a large brown bear rearing on its hind legs in front of him. He hadn’t seen one lately — live or in a museum. I attempted bringing more focus to the bear, but could only tell him that I thought it was probably symbolic. I told him I did not sense the bear was going to maul him and that I sensed more that he, the man next to me, would take control through his own assertiveness and, therefore, the bear would not present an insurmountable danger.
The interesting thing is that the engineer actually got in touch with her some three weeks later and the explanation for the bear became clear. His wife was unwell and the test results were unclear, but his assertiveness (see above) made him ask for further tests which revealed an operable brain cyst which was dealt with immediately with surgery.
He actually said that he remembered the ‘bear’ incident and that gave him the impetus to demand the new tests quickly.
So, I suppose there is more than one point to all this.
- Let your intuition come in whatever way it will.
- It’s no good blurting things out to people with whom you have no rapport: they’re just going to think you’re weird!
- Trust what you get!!!
- Get feedback whenever you can!
I’ll leave the last word to Dr Robinson…
Grow. Be strong. Take risks. You are developing a gift that has been given to each one of us. And, as
you check things out, you’re also developing the gift of discernment. You’re increasing your own capacity to be
responsible for and to yourself — to use your body, mind, spirit, self to the fullest.
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