Intuition / instinct: pg 2: articles sites books.......Talent Development Resources

 

It's hard to let insights in, if we've dead bolted the doors. Sometimes we are begging for clarity, just as long as it's a nice, tidy, respectable answer and preferably one that doesn't really require us to change much at all. Secretly, I'm looking for guidance that tells me that nothing has to change and I will get everything I want. I really don't want to hear anything else. I certainly don't want to hear how I might have to grow or do something different or open my mind to a new possibility.

Really, I'm not looking for guidance. I'm looking to give guidance, as in give my script to the Universe.  Meanwhile, my beloved Self is waiting for me to open my mind and heart so that it can flood me with kindness, direction, and magic beyond compare. It's a loving standoff. In my book This Time I Dance! I said, "The heart speaks with closure to the open mind." When we're ready for any answer, we'll receive the one jewel we know is ours. Tama J. Kieves - from her newsletter Trusting the Journey Times, May/June 2004

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Follow your instincts. If your gut is telling you one thing and corporate policy or tradition, perhaps, is dictating a different course of action, your instincts are probably right.  But you need to have all the information. Particularly in the corporate setting, you need to guard against the natural tendency to isolate yourself.  Solicit information and feedback without showing all of your cards. To go on your instincts without being fully informed is, to me, the definition of folly. Deborah Norville Working Woman, April 1998 - posted on her site dnorville.com  /  photo from insideedition.com

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You have within you all the potential for a special relationship that is waiting to be realized right now. It is the relationship between your everyday personality and a deep source of internal wisdom. ... There are many names for this deep source of wisdom. It is the mystic's vision, the artist's muse, the scientist's intuition. ... Dante, in The Divine Comedy, his masterful poetic description of spiritual seeking, personified inner wisdom as his female guide, Beatrice. Carl Jung referred to it as "the Self." And our own teacher, Dr. Roberto Assagioli, called it the "higher self" and founded a school of modern psychology, which he called "psychosynthesis," to develop a human science of the higher self, because it was his belief, as it is ours, that access to this higher self could be studied and taught as a practical, scientific fact. ...from Introduction : Dante's Path: A Practical Approach to Achieving Inner Wisdom by Bonney Gulino Schaub, RN, Richard Schaub, Ph.D.

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.. .. My theory of art is that it wells up from beneath the rational and verbal levels and literally takes over the artist.  His or her unconscious then communicates directly with the unconscious of the audience. There's not enough reliance on instinct in general these days -- even actors are suffering from it. In all the arts, from fine arts to pop, there's an excessive calculation.

.. .. A stunning performance like Catherine Deneuve's in Repulsion [1965, above] -- where she plays a psychotic with eerie quietness -- seems impossible today.  Artists must dare to meet the audience without their masks. Camille Paglia... [Interview, Oct 2003] ...Camille Paglia books

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.....Rene Magritte - "Voice Of Space"

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83 percent of Nobel Prize-winning scientists claim frequent or occasional assistance
from unconscious intuitions, but only 7 percent say that such hunches were always
correct... Albert Einstein once said he lost two years on an erroneous intuition...

Dr. Felix Mantee.. an eminent psychiatrist [said] 'Being perceived as ahead of your times
means that you take conceptual risks all the time. Sometimes you take inference too far...
totally, inadvertently, you lead yourself, and sometimes others, into the proverbial cul-de-sac...

But if you're an innovative thinker.. you move on.

  from book: David Weeks: Secrets of the Superyoung

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intuition \In`tu*i"tion\, n. [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on]
Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in
perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate"
knowledge, as in reasoning; quick or ready insight or apprehension.

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instinct \In"stinct\, n. [L. instinctus instigation, impulse]
Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning
prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without
a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.

    Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
 

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We have to learn our innate gifts. It's like what Dolly Parton said, "Find out
who we are, and do that on purpose." So you have to celebrate who you are,
the very thing that makes you you - it's often called the pathology of superiority.

First off, you have to find out how you receive information. Are you prone to being
hypofrontal - like someone with Attention Deficit Disorder? ... Are you more
hyperfrontal - like someone who is compulsive?

If that is the case, then you are more likely to process information through
dreams, when your frontal lobe is asleep...

There are many different types of intuitives, and the key is to find out what your unique
gifts are so that you can listen to those intuitive signals more closely."    Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz

...Awakening Intuition

 
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All actors are small warriors, small soldiers. They're obedient to the general's orders, they have little battles all the time. We are subjective to cinema: there are no fundamental marks on what is good or bad.  This is your own intuition which guides you. As a consequence, we doubt constantly, but we have to impose our point of view as well. Isabelle Huppert .... [TGV, October, 2002]

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"I have survived on trusting my intuition and going with my instincts, but it is still so easy to allow
a lot of external garbage to get in the way, to look for outside validation to reassure and comfort ourselves
that we're doing the right thing, instead of going inward to find whatever answer we're seeking." Demi Moore

  *****from book: "Practical Intuition" by Laura Day
 

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The way I work best is when my instinct is alive, and when I give over to that and don't try too hard. You have to relax, and you have to say, "OK, I will find it, or it will find me, and it may not happen on the first day of rehearsal, it may not happen until the last day of the rehearsal, but it will happen.  And if you just allow that to exist, the character arrives. You become so absorbed in everything about the character and then suddenly it arrives.      Nicole Kidman      [Premiere mag., Feb. 2002]

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But I feel I owe it to the director to present my sensitivity, my particular awareness, however odd it might seem - and I've had some pretty strange instincts. I don't feel it's my job to refuse to do anything, not that that hasn't happened. I can at least, somewhat comfortably right now, say that some of my instincts, however off-balance they felt at the time, to myself or to the director, were worth following. But to come in and just agree with every single thing and only expect to do what the director presents - I would be letting them down. I want so badly to hold the truth close, theirs and mine. All the difficult actors I admire may not be fun and games to be around, but they're usually true sensitives who are interested in one particular truth. .....Jeremy Davies.....[Interview Magazine, August 1997]

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I'm not eloquent talking about acting and I never intellectualize a script. Sometimes I just know how to do a character, but I don't know why.  It's as if you know what the spirit of the person is, though not consciously, and everything else floats into you. ****Brittany Murphy****[Interview mag., May, 2000]

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Jeffrey Tambor relies on his intuition when it comes to acting. "You do a lot of work. You do your homework, but some of your best thoughts, you don't know where they come from," he said.  "With acting the whole thing is get out there and do it. On 'The Larry Sanders Show' you didn't have time to think. You just went with it, and some of the imperfections became perfections."  from article: 'Hey, Now!' Was Then -- This Is Now by Susan King, LA Times, July 7, 2002

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I think a good actor mixes and matches from a wide range of tools in approaching text. Training is merely about increasing that supply of tools and thereby one's range; and then, of course, you should never discount instinct, which I think is the foundation of acting.  Liev Schreiber - from book:**On Acting by Mary Luckhurst, Chloe Veltman

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When I was first engaged, I bought "Practical Intuition in Love" by Laura Day. I wanted to understand the contemporary male, but I ended up applying the lessons all aspects of my life.  Day gives you exercises to develop your own intuition. I pick up so much more now. For instance, when I'm acting with new people who seem very closed, I try to tune in to what's going on. Are they distracted by something? Are they competitive? Day helped me see that intuition is working all the time -- you just have to listen to it.  Pam Grier**[O, The Oprah Magazine, Sept. 2001] *book:**Practical Intuition in Love: Let Your Intuition Guide You to the Love of Your Life by Laura Day

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*articles:**
 

A Second Manifesto for Psychic Liberation: Extra-Sensory Perception, Science and Education
by Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, President, Intuition Network
By every normal, scientific standard, the case for the existence of a scientific anomaly called extra-sensory perception (ESP) -- i.e., telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition; or, conversely, synchronicity -- has been established. This simple fact was acknowledged 100 years ago in the annals of the Smithsonian Institute -- based upon the careful case studies collected by psychical researchers in the nineteenth century.

Intuition, Creativity, Mind & Matter by T.Kun, President, Project Mind Foundation
"The prospect of waking up to reality and taking full possession of our faculties has always interested many of us. We feel somehow compelled to summon our courage and try to realize what we intuitively feel to be the potential of our creative faculty."

Intuition or Intellect - by David G. Myers
For those disposed to follow their inner guide, today's pop psychology offers books on "intuitive healing," "intuitive learning," "intuitive managing," "intuitive trading" and much more. Should we follow President Bush's example and tune down that analytical, linear, left-brained mind? Should we stop obsessing over logic and data and trust the force within? Intuition is important, but we often underestimate its perils.

The Intuitive Writer: Invoking the Muses by Kay Porterfield
Intuition is one of a writer's most useful tools. Unfortunately, it is one of the most overlooked, no doubt because
it is usually associated with fortune-tellers and crystal balls. In truth, intuition means inner teaching. It is the "ah hah"
that marks the illumination stage of the creative process. An essential stage, it is right up there in importance with
preparation, incubation and implementation.   // This article is posted on her site kporterfield.com  that features
many articles on journaling, memoir writing and creativity as a healing process.

Whatever Works Best by Christopher Grove [Variety]
"With no one way to hone their craft, actors often go with their instincts."

Your "Intuitive Intelligence" - By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Intuition is a unique "whole brain" function. It draws upon both our higher mind, and our entire lifetime of experience stored in the subconscious mind. It's probably our most powerful method of integrating our conscious and subconscious thought processes. 

 

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Intuition Network
"The purpose of the Intuition Network is to help create a world in which all people feel encouraged
to cultivate and use their inner, intuitive resources."

Dr. Judith Orloff

ValuableINSIGHT - Sandra Brown-Crocker, Intuitive Reader
 "Our intuition is our inner compass. Our innate wisdom is guiding us in positive, easy and fun ways."

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Laura Day. Practical Intuition

Shakti Gawain. Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life

Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D. Thinking Allowed: Conversations on the Leading Edge of Knowledge

Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D., John Mack, MD. The Pk Man: A True Story of Mind over Matter

David G. Myers, PhD. Intuition: Its Powers & Perils

Belleruth Naparstek. Your Sixth Sense: Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition

Dr. Judith Orloff's Guide to Intuitive Healing   "Honesty is required to flush out counter productive perceptions so ingrained you may not realize how pernicious they are. If we examine our beliefs, we won't be subject to subterranean undermining influences. Our beliefs trigger biochemical responses. No organ system stands apart from our thoughts. What you believe -- what you really believe -- programs your neurochemicals. I'm not suggesting that you be Pollyannaish or put on a happy face to please, but that you be absolutely true to yourself. This will liberate you from unconscious impulses that impede your healing."

>> also see interview: Judith Orloff, MD

Penney Peirce. The Present Moment : A Daybook of Clarity and Intuition

Lynn A. Robinson Divine Intuition

Marsha Sinetar Spiritual Intelligence: What We Can Learn from the Early Awakening Child "Children's spirituality thrives on playfulness. It demands respect. And it overflows into the lives of others bringing gifts and abundant riches. In this buoyant book, Marsha Sinetar ("The Mentor's Spirit") celebrates the spiritual intelligence of children. She defines this quality as inspired thought and "intuition, a firm moral compass, power or inner authority, the ability to discern right from wrong, and wisdom."  [review: Frederic Brussat, Values & Visions Reviews www.spiritualrx.com]

Frances E. Vaughan Awakening Intuition

Sandra Weintraub The Hidden Intelligence : Innovation Through Intuition

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