Intuition Versus Intellect
photo by Liz Labunski
In the movie, Minority Report, the pre-cogs (pre-cognitives) were kept in isolation and all outside stimuli was reduced so that their ability to perceive was intensified. Though it involved exploitation and corruption the message of the movie carried a grain of truth: reduce the external noise and the internal intuitive voice and visions get really strong, because when the intellectual and logical mind tries to figure out the intuitive information it can distort, interrupt, disrupt, and sabotage it.
The external race thoughts…the intellect have to be quieted significantly for us to be able to fully use our intuitive gifts and express who we are fully without sabotage.
We need our intellect. It is a necessary tool for moving through and relating to the world, but it also turns down the volume and reduces the inflow from the inner if we rely on it too much.
There is a need for isolation and quiet and reduced stimuli in order to listen to our inner voice. When there is too much noise, stimulation or interference, it blocks the flow, changes and distorts it.
There is so little support in the world for this. In other cultures and times, people who had strong intuitive gifts were respected, not judged. They were allowed to be eccentric and spend time in isolation nurturing themselves and their gifts.
In our culture, there is still so much resistance and judgment of people who feel called to use their intuitive gifts. Many choose one of two extremes. They either hide the fact that they “see and hear” things or they commercialize it. For those who spend time hiding it, the day to day can be excruciatingly painful because they are expected to keep their focus on the left-brained logical world. For those who commercialize it, there are innumerable challenges including getting caught up in ego inflation, creating dependence in others, and losing a sense of self and purpose.
Either way it is difficult to “fit in”.
Is there a middle way? Yes, this requires a life of balance. No one wants to spend all their time on the inner. But those willing to spend a significant time there, and who know how to navigate it, need support, not judgment and rejection.
I believe in time, those with these gifts will become valued members of our culture. They will shine like a guiding light through the darkness.
