UnbornTao

Sounds like GPT

Merely exposing yourself to a variety of subjects and ways of thinking about the world can be worthwhile, depending on what you make of it. I'd rather pick a set of subjects that pique my curiosity instead of strictly following a given school's curriculum, unless that's what you want to do.

One can't experience what's true by going for the validation of a notion and system. Also, don't conflate mind activity with the act of grasping what your nature is. I suggest you start asking who and what you are throughout the day, beginning with the "who". Really question that until you get a breakthrough in consciousness.

True siddhis:

"What else?" - George Clooney

A summary of @Emerald's post on how the interchange may go: Just replace "Kevin Bacon" with the topic at hand.

Which studies? Have they been verified? If so: Do they prove the thing you think they do? In any case, I'm not interested in studying the paranormal, and the thread is about intuition. It's been a nice exchange.

See how it often boils down to stories, hearsay, promises? Certain paranormal phenomena might be real. What that is is still unclear and would likely be a function more of "reality" than of one's self and its wants.

Doesn't a lot of it sound like subjective construction, though? Why doesn't a psychic or fortune teller just predict the winning lottery number? What's the dynamic in operation in this example?

"What's that, the brain? No use for it."

@The Crocodile How come? Explain to me what you are trying to get across. Are you able to fly on your own? If you find you can't, maybe there's a reason for it -- gravity (among other things, probably), at least on this planet.

Perhaps, but you still wear clothes in public and eat fruit, not stones. Gravity is a principle that, as a body, you can't get around to. In other words, actions have consequences -- Why? I'd like to acknowledge the possibility that some of it might. However, people easily conflate wishful thinking with what could be called "factual," especially on domains such as this one.

I just meant intuition is a tool, and it can be used in different ways. "Objective" reality has rules which demand being handled on their own terms instead of ours. That's where the power of principles come in. For sure. Don't do dangerous things. Also: What do you mean by your last sentence? Grounding is as much physical as it is psycho-emotional.

@The Crocodile Intuition doesn't make you fly.

Any philosophy is untrue, yet consider that you don't just jump off a cliff thinking you'll fly -- I mean, you could, but you'd soon realize you're mistaken. Being effective requires being grounded on real and workable distinctions and perceptions, rather than theories.

@The Crocodile One does not simply believe their way into performing a successful surgical operation.

Given that the main operation was performed successfully, and that you have undergone extensive training and education. The intuition of a random person on the street won't be helpful in performing the operation, no matter how enlightened or loving they may be. Then, we can conclude that intuition can be developed, which implies it is not infallible.

Dogs barking, of course.

If you were to perform a surgical operation on someone, energy, love, and intuition wouldn't cut it here.

Zen sticks for us all.

Isn't wanting to be happy an assessment of unhappiness that precludes you from being happy? If suffering is derived from you, so is happiness. It is based on your experience of things, that's "where" both occur, your "mind".

How come nobody ever brings a camera? A stairs' energy lifts me 8 feet.

Not enlightenment; may have confused an state with your nature, keep going.

What was the consciousness about?