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Intuition rises from the depth of the human heart. It has two aspects: one is dependent upon an outer impression, the other is independent of any outer impression. The former is called impression, the latter intuition. Intuition is a fine faculty. As it comes by responsiveness it is a feminine faculty. Woman therefore is more intuitive by nature than man.

Often one says: "This person gives me such and such an impression", but there is no reason to prove it. One is perhaps not capable of finding any reason to prove it, nevertheless one's impression is right. There are some persons, and there are some peoples, who are naturally intuitive. For someone who is intuitive it is not necessary to wait till he, so to speak, finds a person out: all he needs is one moment. As soon as his eyes fall upon the person, this gives instantly rise to an impression, which is the former kind of intuition. Someone with a fine mind, and with a still mind, generally has intuition; someone with a gross mind and a restless mind lacks it.

Intuition is a supersense; it may be called a sixth sense; it is the essence of all senses. When a person says he sensed something, it does not mean that there were objective reasons to prove that it was so. It means that, without any outer reasons or objective signs, he has sensed it.

How does one perceive intuition? It is first expressed in the language of feeling. That feeling, spreading within the horizon of the mind, shapes itself, and becomes more narrative of its idea. Then the mind turns it into a form, and then language interprets it to one. Therefore it is the feeling heart to which intuition belongs. In order to become clear, so that it can be distinguished, intuition turns into three different conditions: into a feeling, into an imagination, or into a phrase. The person who hears the voice of intuition even when it is in its first process of development, is more capable of perceiving intuition, and it is he who may be called intuitive. Another person distinguishes it when it expresses itself in the realm of thought. Then there is a third person who can only distinguish his intuition when it is manifest in the form of a phrase.

It is the kind person, the loving person, the pure-hearted, the person of goodwill, who is intuitive. Intuition has nothing to do with learning. An unlettered person can be much more intuitive than one who is most qualified, for intuition lies in another domain of knowledge; it comes from quite another direction.

Very often an intuitive person makes a mistake in catching the right intuition, for the intuition comes from one side while his mind reacts from the other side, and he does not know which is which. If he takes the action of his mind for an intuition, and is once disappointed, he loses faith in himself. So naturally he no longer gives thought to intuition, and that faculty diminishes in him more and more every day. To catch an intuition is the most difficult thing, for in a moment's time both are working: intuition on the one hand and mind on the other. It is as if two ends of a stick which is placed in its center upon another stick were to move up and down, and one did not notice which end rose first and which rose after. Therefore this needs taking a very keen notice of the action of the mind, which is gained by a thorough practice of concentration.

One must be able to look at one's mind just as at a slate placed before one. While looking at it one must be able to shut oneself off from all sides, fixing one's mind solely upon one's inner being. By developing concentration, by stilling the mind, one can be tuned to the pitch which is necessary to perceive intuition. Besides, if one has once been disappointed in perceiving one's intuition, one must not lose courage; one must go on following it even if it continues to be a mistake. If one continually follows one's intuition then one will come to the right perception of it.

The dream is another wonder, a phenomenon of the mind. In the dream it is not only imagination and thought that work, but also intuition. Intuitions which rise in the waking state rise in the dream state and become clearer, for at that time a person is naturally more concentrated, his eyes being closed to the outer world. But then also there is the same problem: no sooner has intuition risen from the depth than imagination rises from the surface, and one does not know which is which. That is why many dreams are confused: a part of the dream is expressive of some truth, and a part of the dream is confused.

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