Intuition

Understanding Intuition: Tap Into Your Subconscious

Have you ever had a gut instinct about something? Felt it was important to do something, or to not do something? Have you had a powerful “hunch” that later turned out to be true? In many cases, these hunches and gut feelings aren’t just an overactive imagination; they’re a message from a part of the subconscious mind that has observed something, or that knows something to be true even if you don’t know it consciously. Intuition is a powerful force, and ignoring it can mean that you miss out on a wonderful opportunity; or that you have an unpleasant experience with potentially negative consequences.

What is Intuition, and Why is It Important?

At its core, intuition is your connection to the subconscious mind. Many people think of intuition as how the subconscious mind communicates with the conscious mind. It’s also associated with the sense of “just knowing” something, when you can’t know it consciously.

Immanuel Kant proposed that some things in life can be known through “a priori” knowledge – essentially, something we know without being told or observing it directly. Carl Jung believed that intuition was one of the four major functions of the human mind, along with sensation, thinking and feeling. Jung believed that intuition was important because it enabled us to “divine the possibilities of a situation,” and that by balancing these four elements of the human mind, we could reach our full potential.

Intuition is important because it can help you make big decisions in your life in a meaningful, life-changing way. Intuition tells you to turn left instead of right when you come to a crossroads. Intuition can have us pause a little too long when the light turns green, avoiding a catastrophic car accident when another car speeds through the red light. Intuition helps us make important business decisions that can make or break our fortunes.

Intuition is one of the basic capabilities of the human mind, and by developing this capability, you can begin to truly live up to your potential.