When you immerse yourself in a creative process of any kind, even if you don’t view it as intuitive, you are placing yourself in an intuitively charged place. This can happen in any field of work in which someone is passionately engaged.
Judith: The world has changed since the first edition, almost 15 years ago. [People have] become much more open to the integra- tion of intuition in medicine, work, education and life, in general. The language has changed over the years—“psychic” “intuitive” “creative” “intuitive intelligence”-- it’s all the same: It’s Energy. When people have permission to access this energy, their intuition, unique solutions to complex problems can result.
The great gift of Second Sight coming out now, is that the public is more receptive to the idea of extra sensory experiences and ways of knowing.
Karen: What is intuition? What is its source?
Judith: Intuition is a skill and intel- ligence. It is a focused ability. In the book, Second Sight, I teach that ev- eryone can develop intuition. There’s a spectrum of intuitive experiences-- from gut instincts to communicating with someone who has passed over. Intuitive Intelligence is more palat- able, in a way more tangible, to scientific minds. Many researchers, like Einstein, who have made great discoveries departed from traditional theories on a hunch. That’s intuition at work.
or invisible into the material and the visible. This is true for all creative endeavors not just artistic creativity.
Karen: Intuitive Intelligence. I think that should be added to the Theory of Multiple Intelligences put forth by Howard Gardner. One of the seven intelligences he identified was Intrap- ersonal Intelligence, the capacity to know and understands one’s feelings, fears and motivations.
My belief is that all forms of cre- ative/intuitive expression originate from a spiritual source. The shared challenge between an artist and an intuitive is to translate the intangible
Judith: Yes, I like that. That is all part of intuition, though not the whole.
Karen: How does one develop or enhance intuitive skills?
Judith: In “Second Sight” I discuss how we all possess the capacity to develop these skills. Developing intuitive intelligence or skills requires that you live in the moment and quiet the rational mind. Intuition can occur spontaneously, like a hunch or an ‘a-ha’ moment, but it also has to be developed.
Children are exceptionally intuitive because they don’t operate with their analytical mind to the degree adults do. Playfulness is a way to engage intuition and creativity. You can’t engage these in an adult mind hooked on analyzing. In Second Sight, I discuss five steps that anyone can use to develop intuition and use it to confront challenges in life, be it making a major decision, healing your body or mind. I live by these five steps (see side bar).
As a psychiatrist, I listen with both the linear and the intuitive mind. The linear mind doesn’t allow you to see into the depths of someone’s soul, their innermost desires and greatest hopes and fears. I teach my patients, my students, and through my books the average person, how to balance intellect with intuition. You don’t have to make a choice: The message of Second Sight is that you can hold intuition and intellect simultaneously.
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