Jan. 27, 2025
A Basic Form of Intuition
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We frequently hear people say
that they had a gut feeling that
2
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something was not right when
they went to a certain place.
3
00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,880
In fact, most of us have had
similar feelings from time to
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00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,000
time.
We don't have any extremely
5
00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,440
perceptible facts to base this
feeling on.
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It just is.
The same thing happens when we
7
00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,400
get into certain situations or
interact with certain people.
8
00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,000
We just know there is something
there to take care about.
9
00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,040
Of course, this feeling can also
work in the positive direction
10
00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,960
and give us a feeling of
well-being in certain situations
11
00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,280
or a sense that an individual we
are interacting with is going to
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00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,360
be a positive force in our
lives.
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00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,440
For the most part, we don't
think any more about this, how
14
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,360
it happens, what the process is
and what it means.
15
00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,920
We simply experience the sense
or feeling and acknowledge it to
16
00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,400
ourselves.
This is perhaps one of the most
17
00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,840
basic primal forms of intuition,
more or less an instinctive
18
00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,760
response to some energy pattern
that we feel.
19
00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,600
There may be primeval trained
responses embedded in the human
20
00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,160
psyche, or we may be
experiencing an intuitive
21
00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,040
knowledge not based on the
senses and the mind, but on some
22
00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,040
other sensing organ in the
being.
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00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,760
A disciple asks mother how can
the faculty of intuition be
24
00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,000
developed?
The mother responds quote.
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There are different kinds of
intuition and we carry these
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00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,240
capacities within us.
They are always active to some
27
00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,960
extent, but we don't notice them
because we don't pay enough
28
00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,960
attention to what is going on in
US.
29
00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,800
Behind the emotions, deep within
the being, in a consciousness
30
00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,040
seated somewhere near the level
of the solar plexus, there is a
31
00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,520
sort of prescience, a kind of
capacity for foresight, but not
32
00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:14,000
in the form of ideas, rather in
the form of feelings, almost a
33
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,160
perception of sensations.
For instance, when 1 is going to
34
00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,760
decide to do something, there is
sometimes a kind of uneasiness
35
00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:29,040
or inner refusal, and usually if
one listens to this deeper
36
00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,480
indication, one realized that it
was justified.
37
00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,560
In other cases there is
something that urges, indicates,
38
00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:43,240
insists.
I am not Speaking of impulses.
39
00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,840
You understand of all the
movements which come from the
40
00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:51,280
vital and much lower still
indications which are behind the
41
00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,800
feelings, which comes from the
affective part of the being.
42
00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,560
There too, one can receive a
fairly sure indication of the
43
00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,160
thing to be done.
These are forms of intuition, or
44
00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:10,240
of a higher instinct, which can
be cultivated by observation and
45
00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:16,200
also by studying the results.
Naturally, it must be done very
46
00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,440
sincerely, objectively, without
prejudice.
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00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,360
If one wants to see things in a
particular way and at the same
48
00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,680
time practice this observation,
it is all useless.
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00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,600
One must do it as if one were
looking at what is happening
50
00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,040
from outside oneself, in someone
else.
51
00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,160
It is one form of intuition and
perhaps the first one that
52
00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,920
usually manifests.
End Quote.
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Reference Srioro Bindu and the
Mother Powers within, Chapter
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00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:55,360
21, Intuition, pages 1:58 to
1:59.
00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,480
We frequently hear people say
that they had a gut feeling that
2
00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,400
something was not right when
they went to a certain place.
3
00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,880
In fact, most of us have had
similar feelings from time to
4
00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,000
time.
We don't have any extremely
5
00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,440
perceptible facts to base this
feeling on.
6
00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,200
It just is.
The same thing happens when we
7
00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,400
get into certain situations or
interact with certain people.
8
00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:30,000
We just know there is something
there to take care about.
9
00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,040
Of course, this feeling can also
work in the positive direction
10
00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,960
and give us a feeling of
well-being in certain situations
11
00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,280
or a sense that an individual we
are interacting with is going to
12
00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,360
be a positive force in our
lives.
13
00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,440
For the most part, we don't
think any more about this, how
14
00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,360
it happens, what the process is
and what it means.
15
00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,920
We simply experience the sense
or feeling and acknowledge it to
16
00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:03,400
ourselves.
This is perhaps one of the most
17
00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,840
basic primal forms of intuition,
more or less an instinctive
18
00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,760
response to some energy pattern
that we feel.
19
00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,600
There may be primeval trained
responses embedded in the human
20
00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,160
psyche, or we may be
experiencing an intuitive
21
00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,040
knowledge not based on the
senses and the mind, but on some
22
00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,040
other sensing organ in the
being.
23
00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,760
A disciple asks mother how can
the faculty of intuition be
24
00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,000
developed?
The mother responds quote.
25
00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,720
There are different kinds of
intuition and we carry these
26
00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,240
capacities within us.
They are always active to some
27
00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,960
extent, but we don't notice them
because we don't pay enough
28
00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,960
attention to what is going on in
US.
29
00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,800
Behind the emotions, deep within
the being, in a consciousness
30
00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,040
seated somewhere near the level
of the solar plexus, there is a
31
00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,520
sort of prescience, a kind of
capacity for foresight, but not
32
00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:14,000
in the form of ideas, rather in
the form of feelings, almost a
33
00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,160
perception of sensations.
For instance, when 1 is going to
34
00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,760
decide to do something, there is
sometimes a kind of uneasiness
35
00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:29,040
or inner refusal, and usually if
one listens to this deeper
36
00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,480
indication, one realized that it
was justified.
37
00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,560
In other cases there is
something that urges, indicates,
38
00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:43,240
insists.
I am not Speaking of impulses.
39
00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,840
You understand of all the
movements which come from the
40
00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:51,280
vital and much lower still
indications which are behind the
41
00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,800
feelings, which comes from the
affective part of the being.
42
00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,560
There too, one can receive a
fairly sure indication of the
43
00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,160
thing to be done.
These are forms of intuition, or
44
00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:10,240
of a higher instinct, which can
be cultivated by observation and
45
00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:16,200
also by studying the results.
Naturally, it must be done very
46
00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,440
sincerely, objectively, without
prejudice.
47
00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,360
If one wants to see things in a
particular way and at the same
48
00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,680
time practice this observation,
it is all useless.
49
00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,600
One must do it as if one were
looking at what is happening
50
00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,040
from outside oneself, in someone
else.
51
00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,160
It is one form of intuition and
perhaps the first one that
52
00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,920
usually manifests.
End Quote.
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00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,800
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
Mother Powers within, Chapter
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00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:55,360
21, Intuition, pages 1:58 to
1:59.