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Created on: August 12, 2010 Last Updated: March 20, 2012
Intuition is perceived as the power of knowing things without conscious reasoning. It is a faculty of sensing without the use of rational processes. It considers quick and immediate insights based on personal observation and impression. It embraces an outright apprehension and cognition of things and persons. It can be highly subjective personalized habit, practice or reaction. It guesses or perceives right or wrong consequences that lead to one's own judgment. It can vary from one person to another since anyone possesses unique powers and talents.
In this world which is full of wonders and surprises, we can depend on circumstances and beliefs. We can rely on personal convictions that lead us to deliver good decisions. We may not fully rely on familiar routines, realities and facts. But we can dwell with dynamic human beings who easily cover or hide schemes and truths. We can identify some of them from among our investigators, soldiers and scientists as well as spies, psychologists and researchers. We may surmise that they extract details and conclusions with the aid of personal senses, powers and phenomena. Moreover, we can have realizations and discoveries that come from different time lines. We have wit and intelligence that help us too. We can also reflect that outcomes come out good in a short while, and end up bad if they transform to become cold cases.
Since time immemorial, intuition is employed by many people from all walks of life. It is validated by newspaper accounts, history pages and movies. It is included in criminal investigations and personal experiences. It works hand in hand with the formulation of theories and hypothesis. It is considered to undergo the process of trial and error. As observed and perceived, intuition can be right or wrong. But at least, it is a trusted alternative.
In these times of sabotage and terrorism, we may trust our intuition. We can employ senses when to scamper away from gatherings, busy streets and establishments. We can follow our intuition if we doubt about security during big programs and celebrations. We canimmediately adhere to our thoughts not to proceed with planned travels and merry makings. Even if there is an element of doubt and superstiton, we can still adhere to some fore sights. We all know that there is nothing wrong if we use vigilance and discipline.
Intuition can be trusted when choosing our partner in life. It is also a strategy in dealing with other people like our neighbors, relatives and co-workers. It is also be used in opting for an employment that fits our likes and dislikes. It can forewarn us that we must not fully rely on feed backs and background checks alone. It can draw influences on how to size-up personalities with utmost care in order to arrive at a relevant decision. It can lead us to a better way when to enter into relationships and social dealings. And it can help determine the state of our future that must be rid of much sufferings and difficulties.
In a nutshell, nothing is wrong if we use our intuition. It can be wrong when the result is indeed not a reality. It can be wrong when we regret things if we are not fortunate enough to grab a prized opportunity. But at least, it is not wrong if we try our best to put ourselves in safety and security. And nothing is wrong if we try and try again. It is clearly right to reflect that, life is dynamic and that we can employ our intuitions whether good or bad.
On the other hand, intuition must not be a leeway to be controlled by fear. It must be considered as a temporary remediation to hit a right option. It must be a gamble to believe in our innate powers and senses. Of course, it must be guided by prayers and determination.
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Created on: July 28, 2010
We should not trust our intuition because it is based only on feelings, not reason. Feelings are often based on prejudices and biases of race, religion, skin color, or national origin. Those biases are passed from one generation to the next. Since decisions based on those kinds of prejudices may or may not be accurate, the decisions and results of those decisions are not logical or reasonable. Decisions need to be based on logic and reasoning, not blind prejudice.
Survivors of crimes may intuitively feel afraid of anyone who looks like the criminal(s) who preyed on them. How that person really is does not matter. The crime victim fears and avoids them. If the person resembling the criminal is conducting a job interview of the survivor, he or she may trust his or her own intuition and not offer a job to the person who gave them a “bad feeling”.
This happens not only in job interviews, but also in loan applications, sales, dates, and other meetings. The lack of a job offer, loan, sale, date, or something else was not based on reason or logic. It was pure feeling, or intuition. Avoidance of people who cause intuitive bad feelings cannot be helped by the person being avoided. They were born a certain race, color, and national origin. There isn’t anything they can do to change it. Only the person with the intuition can change their feelings by realizing there is no logical reason for their feelings.
Sexual preferences may be inborn or derived from the person’s upbringing (the nature vs. nurture debate). Though their sexual preferences should not matter to anybody else, bias often is shown. Those biases and prejudices may have been passed down from one generation to the next. People can make sure to remember that a person they see or meet who happens to resemble someone they had trouble with in the past is not the person who committed the crime or did other things. It is not them. It is somebody who happens to look like them.
While everybody in today's society needs to be cautious about people they meet because of the numbers of crimes committed, that does not mean new people should be completely feared and avoided. Getting to know people of different races, colors, and national origins may lead people to change their minds and correct their biases, which does not mean that everybody of any race, religion, national origin, or sexual preferences is worthy of their attention. Opportunities might flow that may not have happened because of prejudice and fear.
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