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Topic: whats the deal with intuition
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11qwert11
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From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted August 25, 2013 02:44 PM
  
I see intuition thrown around everywhere possiable, but what does it mean? How do you know the differeance intuition and normal thoughts?IP: Logged |
Zander916
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From: Mercury
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 25, 2013 02:51 PM
I'll give you one example. Intuition I've read is more about knowing what you should/shouldn't do.
I just lump a bunch of stuff into the label "intuition". Anyway, something that happens to me quite a bit.
There is this guy at work that when he first started.
Before I had spoken to him, knew his name, etc. I didn't like him. I'm wrong about that sometimes so I always give them an opportunity to prove me wrong or right.
I was right. He was arrogant and belittles people. I was far from the only one who didn't like him once they go to know him. In fact, I can think of more people who don't than do. For me, it was instant just from first look. Something inside that I honestly can't explain because it's not like a voice or anything. Not even emotion. More like knowledge obtained before it's proven. Something along those lines. IP: Logged |
StarlightSmileSupreme
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From: neptune
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted August 25, 2013 02:55 PM
Intuition can work either way. It can be a bad feeling about someone or something, or, it can be good. It's a way of knowing something a priori.IP: Logged |
Zander916
Knowflake Posts: 395
From: Mercury
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 25, 2013 02:58 PM
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Originally posted by StarlightSmileSupreme:
Intuition can work either way. It can be a bad feeling about someone or something, or, it can be good. It's a way of knowing something a priori.
Yep! I've had it go the other way too. (positive) And it's right.
I get these all of the time.
Buuuuuuuuut anyway.... IP: Logged |
Jessica2407
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From: Saturn
Registered: Sep 2012
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posted August 25, 2013 02:58 PM
Well intuitive thoughts are my normal thoughts.IP: Logged |
StarlightSmileSupreme
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From: neptune
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted August 25, 2013 03:02 PM
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Originally posted by Zander916:
Yep! I've had it go the other way too. (positive) And it's right.
I get these all of the time.
Buuuuuuuuut anyway....
I like those intuition stories where someone thought their intuition was wrong then something quirky happens and they find out they were right all along. IP: Logged |
Zander916
Knowflake Posts: 395
From: Mercury
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 25, 2013 03:08 PM
I've got a bunch of 'em! Not all are dramatic necessarily. Some are not like/disliking someone but just personality traits.
Oh, there was a second guy too. Same kind of story.
Sometimes it's just knowing that there's going to be some significant connection with a person but not knowing what it will be.
Then of course, I'm taken completely by surprise once in a while or it takes a little more information like just hearing them in conversation - not necessarily with me. One was with people who are VERY VERY good pretenders. That's a long, very strange story. They are very kind, willing to help people financially or loan them things, give them rides, etc. Yet, I knew all along that that was the way that they felt superiority. They asked me to move in because I was wanting to get closer to work. So I did and found out I was right. They talked s**t about EVERYBODY! I can't count how many times they said, "So and so is a nice person but this... or that"
They were EXTREMELY passive-aggressive.
The other odd thing though and this also happens to me a lot. I moved in and within a month they found out she had Cancer. Shortly after her Chemo was all done, things fell apart and I moved.
TWO ex-gf's I got into a relationship. Maybe it was several months but them a relative died. I kind of helped them through and a few months later things fell apart. Just bizarre. I felt like I was put there because death doesn't bother me much. I mean, with my mom it certainly will or sisters, dear friend. But I've had two friends die suddenly. One when I was 19 and one when I was 21. It was weird. It's not that I was heartless. I just kind of realized that life is like that and they had to go for whatever reason. Getting off topic though.
SSS - You get me chatty! I don't know how you do it! IP: Logged |
StarlightSmileSupreme
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From: neptune
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted August 25, 2013 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by Zander916:
I've got a bunch of 'em! Not all are dramatic necessarily. Some are not like/disliking someone but just personality traits.
Oh, there was a second guy too. Same kind of story.
Sometimes it's just knowing that there's going to be some significant connection with a person but not knowing what it will be.
Then of course, I'm taken completely by surprise once in a while or it takes a little more information like just hearing them in conversation - not necessarily with me.
Hahaha, my biggest problem is I don't like anyone when I first meet them. IP: Logged |
Zander916
Knowflake Posts: 395
From: Mercury
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 25, 2013 03:20 PM
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Originally posted by StarlightSmileSupreme:
Hahaha, my biggest problem is I don't like anyone when I first meet them.
Now that's funny! LOL
I could see that in you possibly but not in a judgmental way. More like... cautious and protective. Easier to not like them and keep distance.
I could be wrong! IP: Logged |
StarlightSmileSupreme
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From: neptune
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted August 25, 2013 03:26 PM
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Originally posted by Zander916:
Now that's funny! LOL
I could see that in you possibly but not in a judgmental way. More like... cautious and protective. Easier to not like them and keep distance.
I could be wrong!
Nice way of saying I'm paranoid, Zander, lol! Anyway, just kidding. Trying to be funny here. IP: Logged |
Zander916
Knowflake Posts: 395
From: Mercury
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 25, 2013 03:40 PM
At least I was nice! 
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lalalinda
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From: nevada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 25, 2013 05:09 PM
Hello 11qwert1! Welcome to LL  Intuition is a water sign trait
This also applies to The Sun and/or Moon in the Water houses (4,8, and 12)
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ScorpioMoon
Knowflake Posts: 157
From: Atlanta. Georgia, United States
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted August 25, 2013 07:25 PM
i think of Aquas and Caps as being intuitive as well as water signs. They just seem to know exactly what's going on in any given situation. Perhaps even better than waster signs. That's my experience, anyway.IP: Logged |
Brendan34
Knowflake Posts: 64
From: Albany, NY, USA
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 26, 2013 12:20 AM
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Originally posted by Zander916:
I'll give you one example. Intuition I've read is more about knowing what you should/shouldn't do.
I just lump a bunch of stuff into the label "intuition". Anyway, something that happens to me quite a bit.
There is this guy at work that when he first started.
Before I had spoken to him, knew his name, etc. I didn't like him. I'm wrong about that sometimes so I always give them an opportunity to prove me wrong or right.
I was right. He was arrogant and belittles people. I was far from the only one who didn't like him once they go to know him. In fact, I can think of more people who don't than do. For me, it was instant just from first look. Something inside that I honestly can't explain because it's not like a voice or anything. Not even emotion. More like knowledge obtained before it's proven. Something along those lines.
Perfect example. It is just something you know within yourself. It is not something reasoned or rationalized, it is an instinct. I often get gut feelings about people, but like you said, always give them a chance, or benefit of the doubt. But usually, I am right (at least for myself). I think intuition is like a personal barometer which can protect you, steer you in the right direction, and have you remain true to yourself. It is not something that is always right in everyone's eyes, but usually it is for that person. Something you just *know*.
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Brendan34
Knowflake Posts: 64
From: Albany, NY, USA
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 26, 2013 12:23 AM
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Originally posted by ScorpioMoon:
i think of Aquas and Caps as being intuitive as well as water signs. They just seem to know exactly what's going on in any given situation. Perhaps even better than waster signs. That's my experience, anyway.
Yes those signs are intuitive in my experience also. They know what's going on in a situation, and with different personalities, but on a different level. I think on a more cerebral level.
Water signs tend to favor intuition because it is so ingrained within them, it's not something they even think, they just know, they feel it. In my experience, Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio are the most intuitive. IP: Logged |
Garnet75
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posted August 26, 2013 12:25 AM
I'm also very intuitive myself. When I first meet someone for the first time, I either pick up positive or negative vibes from the person. IP: Logged |
Brendan34
Knowflake Posts: 64
From: Albany, NY, USA
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 26, 2013 01:43 AM
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Originally posted by Garnet75:
I'm also very intuitive myself. When I first meet someone for the first time, I either pick up positive or negative vibes from the person.
But aren't positive and negative vibes rather subjective? What I mean is, I think some people are awkward socially, or feel nervous so may come across negative at first. But then you get to know them and they can be very interesting people. IP: Logged |
somethingexcellent
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From: vodka fine, I'm so divine
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted August 26, 2013 01:49 AM
Intuition is arriving at conclusions subconsciously, because your subconscious is moving faster than your consciousness - it's like putting two and two together without realising the two twos are related.You're right, it is thrown around a lot...  Water signs are often intuitive because their thought processes are nebulous and feeling-based, so logic doesn't apply and they realise things without having to think about it. IP: Logged |
Garnet75
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Registered: Feb 2010
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posted August 26, 2013 09:49 AM
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Originally posted by Brendan34:
But aren't positive and negative vibes rather subjective? What I mean is, I think some people are awkward socially, or feel nervous so may come across negative at first. But then you get to know them and they can be very interesting people.
I see where you are coming from with this. But what I was trying to say is that when I'm in a certain environment and pick up a vibe and find out at the end that I was right about that person or environment. IP: Logged |
JoJo
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posted August 26, 2013 10:26 AM
"You know what you know what you know." That's how I describe it. To me that's the difference between thoughts and intuition. With intuition, you're certain of what you know, even if it flies in the face of logic. You just KNOW.If you can, make it a point to remember (or write it down) when you get those intuitive feelings and what they were about. A lot of times, you'll find that you get confirmation in some way that your feeling was accurate and an intuition as opposed to just a thought. An example of this was years ago when my now grown step son was around 5 or 6, he was out our house for the weekend. His maternal grandmother had end-stage colon cancer and wasn't expected to live much longer. I was in the kitchen and my step son was in the adjoining family room sitting in the floor with some toys. It was 10:18 on a Saturday morning and I suddenly felt like the grandma (whom I'd never met) was standing in the room. I told little Michael to tell grandma he loved her, which he did. Suddenly the feeling was gone. A while later, Michael's mom called and told me her mom passed that morning. I asked what time and got chills when she told me it was 10:18. IP: Logged |
Brendan34
Knowflake Posts: 64
From: Albany, NY, USA
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 27, 2013 06:42 AM
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Originally posted by Garnet75:
I see where you are coming from with this. But what I was trying to say is that when I'm in a certain environment and pick up a vibe and find out at the end that I was right about that person or environment.
I know what you mean, I often feel this same thing. One thing I pick up on automatically is superficiality in people, or people that are kind of surface based, even when it's not that obvious. This is something very instinctive for me, usually I can tell within seconds of meeting someone (sounds bad but it's true). Probably because it's something I want to get away from in people.
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