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Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

1340.0. "Gut Feelings That Are Wrong" by THOTH::SCHRAGER () Wed Aug 15 1990 16:09

    
    
    	What about gut feelings that are wrong?
    	I have had many of these..  Feelings that would stop me
    	in my tracks, that I have checked into, and I was wrong?!
    	
    	KS
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1340.1Feelings are not right nor wrong (IMHO).DNEAST::BERLINGER_MALIFE IN THE ASTRAL PLANEWed Aug 15 1990 16:3210
    
    
                  KS,
                    Was the feeling *really wrong* or interpreted incor-
    rectly? 
    
                             Later,
                              Mark
    
    
1340.2It's your call, although advice is plentiful.MISERY::WARD_FRGoing HOME--as an AdventurerWed Aug 15 1990 17:1022
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         There are four components of the "self."  They are the physical
    (body,) emotions (feelings,) mental (thoughts,) and spiritual (psychic
    or intuitive.)  Two of these parts are presently immortal yet none of
    them is "wrong" or "right."  They just "are."  Any important and
    considered decision would be best made by weighing all the components,
    not just jumping to one.  E.g., should you engage in a sexual encounter
    with someone you just meet?  How does the body feel?  ("yes, yes!")
    What does the intellect say?  ("It wouldn't be right for me knowing
    this person as little as I do.")  What does your "heart" say?  ("Gosh,
    this person makes me feel so loving.")  And what does your intuition
    say?  ("In my guts, it feels wrong to do this.")  We look at each of
    the four and then weigh them.  Where do you wish to lend your trust?
    To your mind, to your heart, to your body?  Herein is where decisions
    are made.  Herein is where with practice one can learn which parts
    tell a truth we can understand or believe ("when I think of her/him
    I get a painful knot in my stomach.")  Only the person making the
    decision can determine this.  
    
    Frederick
    
1340.3HKFINN::STANLEYWhat a long strange trip its been...Wed Aug 15 1990 17:138
    
    There is a difference between "gut feel" and training.  Sometimes the
    voice that we hear is our mother's voice... (don't do this, don't do
    that... or something TERRIBLE will happen).
    
    Know thyself.  Know what is baggage and what is you.
    
    Mary
1340.4The LoversCSC32::J_CHRISTIECrusader RabbitWed Aug 15 1990 17:4613
    Study a card in the Tarot called, "The Lovers".  Read the symbols
    this way:  The male represents the conscious, the female the
    subconscious, and the angel the superconscious.  The female looks
    to the angel, and the male looks to the female.  But a potential
    "snag" in the flow is the snake (imagination), positioned strategically
    behind the female (subconscious).
    
    The imagination is capable of delivering the same kinds of messages
    (gut feeling) as the Superconscious, but are usually "false alarms",
    or just "for the fun of it".
    
    Peace,
    Richard
1340.5dependsPSG::G_REILLYit's easier to go with the flowWed Aug 15 1990 22:5717
    re : .0
    
    My experience has been that when I'm "balanced" my intuitive feelings
    (gut-feelings) are very accurate.  When my internal balance is hosed
    (i.e. I'm weirded out about something or other) my intuitive feelings
    are more are unpredictably inaccurate/accurate.  (Since I've moved
    to California my intuitive feelings are incredibly accurate. ;-) )
    
    The other thing I've discovered is that flashbacks from my past
    sometimes feel just the same as intuitive warnings - which makes sense
    at some level because the nature of the flashback is that you are there
    in the situation, so if it was fearful and gruesome, the fearful
    apprehension will return.  I am still overjoyed that I've figured that
    one out.
    
    alison
    
1340.6me too!RAVEN1::PINIONHard Drinking Calypso PoetThu Aug 16 1990 08:484
    Ditto -.1!!!
    
                 Capt. Scott
    
1340.7Who can say?SWAM1::MILLS_MAThu Aug 16 1990 18:459
    Re. .0
    
    How can you tell whether these 'gut feelings' were wrong? The only way
    to tell is if you had some mechanism to tell you how things would have
    turned out had you gone ahead and done things the other way. 
    Trust your inner self, things would have probably turned out much worse
    if you had not followed your 'heart'.
    
    Marilyn
1340.8Gut Feelings or Just Desires?REGENT::WAGNERFri Aug 17 1990 18:5013
    Most of my "gut" feelings end up taking me in an inappropriate
    direction.  Generally, if i ignore my feelings and act (making sure i
    don't 'React') my actions are generally appropriate for the situation.
    Maybe I didn't know how to listen to my "gut" feelings, but they got me
    into trouble more times than they didn't.  (;'>  Actually I think it
    was my ego telling me that the feelings were indeed appropriate even
    when they weren't.  And I think that this is where the problem lies:
    sometimes our own desires get in the way of knowing our real feelings
    about something and we end up confusing what we want with what we
    really feel about a given situation.
    
    Ernie