SilkRoad
Lay the coin on my tongue
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How much do you trust intuition? Do you always know what it’s telling you? Do you sometimes just feel that it’s telling you SOMETHING and you can’t quite figure it out?
I don’t necessarily mean “intuition†as in Ni or Ne. I think those are more different ways of approaching the world. Probably I mean more the gut feeling sort of thing. But perhaps some of you can tell me what I mean. Or approach it any way you like.
I’m sure this has been discussed before but it’s something I wonder about. There are always those who will say “my intuition is never wrong.†Of course these people make mistakes like anyone, but they may argue that they make those mistakes when they ignore intuition, not when they follow its leadings.
But surely it is going too far to say that gut feelings are always correct? Don’t people often regret following their gut feelings? What if you want something really badly – can’t that confuse the issue?
If you really like someone, and your gut is telling you that they like you back, but they later deny any liking beyond friendship, are they lying? Or did your gut tell you what you wanted to hear? (really wondered about this one recently? I think the answer is “your gut told you what you wanted to hearâ€, generally – or maybe the person just flirted for fun! – but it probably varies…)
I tend to find that I get feelings, but I have trouble figuring out what they are telling me…sometimes they are just strong feelings and I wonder "why do I feel like this?" Sometimes I never figure it out, sometimes realization only comes later when I have put a few more pieces in place. This can happen to me particularly in certain places, which is probably more of a question for psychogeography. Though I think I am getting better at telling what the feelings are saying, as I get older, and self-awareness helps with it too. There do seem to be many people, however, who get feelings and seem to know just what they mean. Or they think they do – not the same thing!
I’d be interested in all your thoughts!
I don’t necessarily mean “intuition†as in Ni or Ne. I think those are more different ways of approaching the world. Probably I mean more the gut feeling sort of thing. But perhaps some of you can tell me what I mean. Or approach it any way you like.
I’m sure this has been discussed before but it’s something I wonder about. There are always those who will say “my intuition is never wrong.†Of course these people make mistakes like anyone, but they may argue that they make those mistakes when they ignore intuition, not when they follow its leadings.
But surely it is going too far to say that gut feelings are always correct? Don’t people often regret following their gut feelings? What if you want something really badly – can’t that confuse the issue?
If you really like someone, and your gut is telling you that they like you back, but they later deny any liking beyond friendship, are they lying? Or did your gut tell you what you wanted to hear? (really wondered about this one recently? I think the answer is “your gut told you what you wanted to hearâ€, generally – or maybe the person just flirted for fun! – but it probably varies…)
I tend to find that I get feelings, but I have trouble figuring out what they are telling me…sometimes they are just strong feelings and I wonder "why do I feel like this?" Sometimes I never figure it out, sometimes realization only comes later when I have put a few more pieces in place. This can happen to me particularly in certain places, which is probably more of a question for psychogeography. Though I think I am getting better at telling what the feelings are saying, as I get older, and self-awareness helps with it too. There do seem to be many people, however, who get feelings and seem to know just what they mean. Or they think they do – not the same thing!
I’d be interested in all your thoughts!