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Chapter 3: What is Intuition?
“Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without inference and/or the use of reason.”
C. G. Jung
I personally define intuition as a source of information that is as close to truth that we can get.
Many of the interviewees defined it as connection with the divine and I certainly agree with that definition as the divine knows truth.
I also see intuition as an inner connection to God, however we define the concept that is often referred to as God.
Another closely related definition of intuition comes from people who have studied it with modern scientific protocol and people who live it every day.
As part of my research, I trained as a HeartMath coach. The HeartMath Institute, Boulder Creek, California, has done a great deal of scientifically verifiable research around intuition.
Here is how Dr. Rollin McCraty, their Director of Research, describes intuition:
“A mysterious yet familiar facet of experience, intuition is a powerful transforming psychosocial agent that not only reshapes the direction of individual lives but also changes the course of human history.”
And from one of the intuition research studies:
“Intuitive perception is commonly acknowledged to play an important role in business, learning, creativity, medical diagnosis, healing, spiritual growth and overall well-being.
“Yet despite its subtle presence in informing such diverse aspects of individual and collective life, intuition is poorly understood and remains a scientific enigma.” (Myers, 2002)
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