Intuition and Your Three Brains

I feel quite inadequate to write about intuition, but I am going to start because, at my core I am a learner. So I am writing today to invite your feedback and input.

For most of my life, I have been unaware of the Three Brains. Though I could feel things in my chest (heart) and my gut, I never recognized anything but the brain in my skull as a thinking, remembering, processing brain. I have lived, quite consciously, with the understanding that thinking and arriving at valid conclusions happens only in the logical cerebral brain. Even though I now know better, I still struggle with trusting this knowledge.

Every religious and philosophical tradition has some kind of understanding of intuition, as does psychology.  Humans daily operate largely by intuition or rapid subconscious processing by whatever name.

When I was in my 30's, I was yearning for spiritual reality. My first step in getting there, after acknowledging that was what I was seeking, was to admit to myself that it is possible to "know truth" other than by rational, cerebral, "head knowledge." Once I had admitted the possibility of non-linear, revelatory, faith-based truth, change came quickly.

But old habits and paradigms die hard - especially in what we trust as true. So it is with me and intuition. I have progressed somewhat in that I have learned to trust my wife's intuition. But that is because my own cerebral brain has repeatedly processed the fact that, when the two are in conflict, her intuition is usually more accurate than my logical, pro and con, weighed-out conclusions.

Next step - trust my own intuition. I do have "gut feelings", and it is true that I ignore them at my peril. So as I am writing this, I am actually planning to pursue the development and testing of my own intuition. You can help me by giving me the benefit of your academic and experiential knowledge of intuition.

Please help me by entering a Comment below or sending me an email at waverockcoaching@gmail.com.  I will respond.

Lorne