What is intuition?

[JRdd 0]

Is that sort of like the thief yelling I'm not the thief?

 

JR

 

[theist 1]

No No Not me.

[Shashi 0]

 

[This message has been edited by Shashi (edited 07-07-2002).]

[atma 0]

From Prabhupada's memories:

 

Govinda: One of my persistent memories is the sand crab story. This took place in Hawaii when we were walking on the beach. Prabhupada was talking about sand crabs, those little white crabs that run sideways and hide in their holes as one walks along. Prabhupada spoke for some time about the sand crabs, and it finally dawned on me that he was saying that there is no such word in Sanskrit as "instinct."

Prabhupada asked, "Why is the sand crab running?" Scientists would say, "The sand crab is running away due to instinct. His instinct is to go to his hole." But Prabhupada said that there is no such thing as instinct. Instinct is a word that's been coined by the scientists to cover up the fact that there is Supersoul, there is God and there is past experience. He explained this in detail, and it finally dawned on me that, "I have been taught Darwinism is school all my life, and even thought I had been a devotee for seven years, I was raised to think than the birds and beasts are operating by instinct." Day after day Prabhupada blasted this philosophy in great detail.

Prabhupada said, "Suppose you know where the privy(bathroom) is, and after twenty years from now you return to the same house. Because you were here twenty years ago, you still know where the privy is. Similarly, you have been in the body for many lifetimes, so you know to look for mother's breast. The baby animal is nudging for the mother's breast. It's past experience, the past lifetime, and it's the Supersoul within the heart that guides the living entity. It's not instinct. There is no such thing as instinct. Instinct makes no sense. What does instinct means? If you stop to think about it and analyze it, you will see that it means absolutely nothing. Yet the scientists have convinced everyone that the whole of nature is moving by instinct. But the whole of nature is not moving by instinct. It's moving by Supersoul." Prabhupada gave another example, "You can throw food outside, and within twenty minutes the birds will be eating it. They all say it's instinct, but is actually the Supersoul guiding them.'Oh! There is food." This is the kind of talk that he would get into.

[Guest guest]

Intuitive abilities are capable by everyone. I believe we can all tap into this higher knowing. I just had an online reading with Kim at "expandingconversation.com" and she is a very powerful intuitive reader.

 

Good luck to all for recognizing and embracing your intuition.

 

Dawn

[Guest guest]

it is called a sixth sense.

 

it could be cultivated. How?

i dont know yet, but not by systematic rational thinking.

 

example:

 

some a few people, even kids, are able to solve rubis cube pzzle so fast it it hard to believe. if you ask them how they do it, they are not able to explain. they cannot write an algorithm for others to follow to do it.

 

it is their intution that helps them.

 

jai sri krishna!