Well whilst most people think that gut instinct and intuition are one and the same thing, I did research into this and (although there is an overlap) they are different!
Gut instinct can often spring from fear, tends to be very spontaneous/kneejerk and can be wrong.
Intuition always comes from a deep, wise place and has a ring of 'rightness' about it. It is best accessed when the mind is empty, i.e. not preoccupied with thought. This allows a 'space' for the solution to enter. It may not occur immediately, i.e. on the first occasion but is something that can be developed. You will know it because it casts no doubt and just feels the right thing to do.
Whilst you are confused then making the 'right' decision cannot be relied on i.e. if it comes from thought. Intuition comes from a deeper source.
An exercise you might try (just came to me now - an exercise I used to do when in a dilemma) might be to make 2 columns on a piece of paper and write down pros and cons i.e. what the conflict is i.e. just a line about each fear/hope etc. Then read each thought and - without thinking - mark it out of 10 for how strongly you feel about it! This may bring clarity into sorting out the wheat from the chaff.
I would have thought gut feeling and intuition were the same so that's interesting. I really need to clear my mind and hopefully things will get easier and the right answers will come to me. That sounds like a great exercise to do so thanks for that Amy.
Maybe I'm not answering this right but do you mean just to follow your gut feeling?
Sorry if I'm not giving the right reply Amy but do you mean just follow my gut feelings when you say access your intuition?
Studies of those people who 'follow their intuition' and those who don't show that the intuition-followers tend to make worse decisions than those who are more evidence based. And our guts are expert at telling us what we want to hear.
Is there someone sensible and fairly neutral (a good friend, maybe) with whom you can talk this over?
Studies of those people who 'follow their intuition' and those who don't show that the intuition-followers tend to make worse decisions than those who are more evidence based. And our guts are expert at telling us what we want to hear.
Is there someone sensible and fairly neutral (a good friend, maybe) with whom you can talk this over?
My research findings on the intuition/gut issue is that, since people are unclear of the distinction, they confuse the two. Our gut telling us what we want to hear is not the same as a good direction.
Following your intuition relies on accessing it in the first place and many just go with their gut feeling which, as explained, may not be accurate.
Intuition always comes from a deep, wise place and has a ring of 'rightness' about it. It is best accessed when the mind is empty, i.e. not preoccupied with thought. This allows a 'space' for the solution to enter. It may not occur immediately, i.e. on the first occasion but is something that can be developed. You will know it because it casts no doubt and just feels the right thing to do.
Or just feels the 'thing I want to do'.
I treated them separately as well. The studies were done on intuition.
Or just feels the 'thing I want to do'.
I treated them separately as well. The studies were done on intuition.
No - the right thing to do is not always what you want to do, there is a difference here! Pursuing selfish reasons is not always wise.
Can you provide the link to these intuition studies since most people do not understand the difference between this and gut instinct so I question the findings.