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**ptmQqoxw** · 06-25-2011, 08:49 PM

...but this strong feeling of intuition that I’d had prior to the move has proved right, ... I often get these feelings about things...

So what’s the difference between listening to your intuition ... and listening to your inner wisdom ... ?

It's a tricky business, listening to intuition, and distinguishing the wisdom from the noise of our thoughts. Hindsight is 20/20 vision, but always comes too late.

There's also a strong chance that we remember afterwards those occasions when our intuition was right, and all too easily pass over the times when it was not.

If someone gets a strong intuitive feeling about something, should you then meditate on it, or just allow the free flow of thoughts and feelings to take place and see what arises in your mind? ... Can you look more deeply into something that is bothering you in life through meditation ‘on purpose‘ ... Well, I believe that to practice tranquillity meditation properly, the object is to empty the mind, to clear away thought processes. If meditating 'on' something, you are not practising.

We don't have teachers at this site, I can only give you my opinion. My understanding is that after sufficient regular meditation practice, we can see the ways things are, much more clearly. Until then, it's enough to see that the mind, one's judgement, is clouded and far from perfect.

My own experience of meditation practice has led me to being more calm and less dominated by my emotions. You may find that the dissatifaction with your present circumstances (as mentioned in your original post) might become less once your mind has become calmed by regular sitting practice. Even if you can't change your circumstances, you can change your experience.

06-25-2011, 08:49 PM	#7
ptmQqoxw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	...but this strong feeling of intuition that I’d had prior to the move has proved right, ... I often get these feelings about things... So what’s the difference between listening to your intuition ... and listening to your inner wisdom ... ? It's a tricky business, listening to intuition, and distinguishing the wisdom from the noise of our thoughts. Hindsight is 20/20 vision, but always comes too late. There's also a strong chance that we remember afterwards those occasions when our intuition was right, and all too easily pass over the times when it was not. If someone gets a strong intuitive feeling about something, should you then meditate on it, or just allow the free flow of thoughts and feelings to take place and see what arises in your mind? ... Can you look more deeply into something that is bothering you in life through meditation ‘on purpose‘ ... Well, I believe that to practice tranquillity meditation properly, the object is to empty the mind, to clear away thought processes. If meditating 'on' something, you are not practising. We don't have teachers at this site, I can only give you my opinion. My understanding is that after sufficient regular meditation practice, we can see the ways things are, much more clearly. Until then, it's enough to see that the mind, one's judgement, is clouded and far from perfect. My own experience of meditation practice has led me to being more calm and less dominated by my emotions. You may find that the dissatifaction with your present circumstances (as mentioned in your original post) might become less once your mind has become calmed by regular sitting practice. Even if you can't change your circumstances, you can change your experience.
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