We are used to thinking twice before acting. Depending on how important the decision is, we can think about it even more than twice, we analyze the context, the possible consequences, the pros and cons. And in the end, after all an exhausting process of logical reasoning, we may make the wrong decision. The question is necessary: if we let ourselves be carried away by intuition, what would happen?
What is intuition
But what is intuition really? It is the ability to know, understand or perceive something clearly and immediately without the participation of reason. What is called a hunch and that lately is not well considered. We relegate intuition to the depths of our mind, which is where it really lives and we leave it locked in chains so that it does not occur to intervene in our lives.
We do not want to act on instinct, impulses, intuitions or hunches. Acting like this has an image of madness, lack of professionalism and immaturity. We have to make very thoughtful decisions, analyzing everything a thousand times, until we decide to act. And, as we have already verified more than once, logical reasoning also leads us to make wrong decisions.
Why don’t we use intuition?
It is frowned upon to be carried away by what one feels, that is clear. Almost no one acknowledges that he left his job on a hunch, that something inside him led him to the need to give up his professional career. Or that other person who went on a trip to Thailand and decided to stay there to start a new life, also does not recognize that it was intuition that prompted him to do so. No, we all make rational decisions here.
Reason has won the game over intuition. And not only that. Reason hinders the task of intuition by filling it with prejudices, preconceived ideas, moralistic teachings, instilled values and a lot of external socio-cultural aspects that numb our true nature, our instinct, our intuition or what is known as the sixth sense.
What happens when we use intuition?
- But what would happen if we started to put logical reasoning on the back burner to follow our intuition? Unfortunately, we could also make mistakes, but mistakes are also part of life. However, we can affirm that if we let ourselves be guided by intuition we would be happier, with all those errors included.
- Happier, because we would be more authentic. Because by following our intuition we are respecting our values, those intrinsic and natural values, not the values imposed by society, parents or education. Our intuition knows perfectly who we are, what we want and what we need.
- Remember and review your happiest moments. Weren’t they the product of your intuition, were they not the result of letting yourself be carried away by what you felt?