Carl-Richard

Trying to explain what intuition is to a highly intuitive person is most likely unnecessary because they'll just intuit it

MBTI defines intuition through its two cognitive functions Ni and Ne (introverted and extroverted intuition). If we focus on introverted intuitives only, INTJ and INFJ are Ni users while INTP and INFP are Ne users. I suggest reading up on them because I will most likely butcher the explanation, but I'll try to give an analogy: Ne is like a monkey jumping from tree to tree while Ni is like a bird landing on one of the tallest branches. Here is a picture I just found randomly: Take from that whatever you're able to I guess (I honestly know very little about this ).

What do they say — the most simple is often the most profound? Hey I'm just a humble INFP

Seems like these type of studies use "academically gifted" as a measurement and not intellectual giftedness, my bad. It's understandable as it's much easier to gather data that way. I can't actually find the specific study that the graph is linked to, but there is a similar graph that was based on academic giftedness.

So Green I turned into a broccoli smoothie-sipping Hulk.

Intuitives make up only 26.9% of the population, introverted intuitives 11.3%. If intellectual giftedness is associated with the need for understanding and truth, then I guess this is one explanation

No, not enough power! Twice a day does the trick - you'll have that lazer vision in no time :

We were talking about France. I don't consider the US a first world country

You think a first world country in 2021 will purposely starve their children of essential nutrients?

@Hen Zuhe So no way to know?

But are there any immediate ways of knowing if you're getting damaged other than the damage itself? I'm asking because as far as I know, the retina contains no pain receptors.

How do you know you're not damaging your eyes?

Meditate your ass off and then don't even bother thinking about it for the rest of the day.

Top positions have high attention trade-offs. You have a limited amount of attention, and getting to the top of a field requires deep specialization, which means prioritizing one thing over another and narrowing your focus. In other words, attention trade-offs generally skew towards analysis and away from holism. Another example would be career scientists. They've invested so much time and attention into looking very closely at some very particular details (analysis) that they lose the big picture view (holism; metaphysics, epistemology). High consciousness and spirituality is fundamentally holistic.

Oh no you did not just do that . Are you really this good at puns or is it just all in my mind?

You have no original thoughts. Change my mind

This guy talks about what it's like to "lose your mind" while having to do important work (spoiler: nothing happens ):

Almost 1 year ago I decided to give up searching for enlightenment because I realized I wasn't ready for it. Ever since that day, I've been forced into a state of no-mind every single waking moment of my life, and I've been fighting it with all my might, because I fear it. Effectively, I'm actively trying to re-ignite my mind everytime it disappears for too long. So in that sense, I would have to answer no, but in another sense, I don't doubt that it's possible, because if I just relax and go about my day, sooner or later no-mind happens. It also happens at times where I would otherwise expect my mind to be active (for instance during a written exam or when I'm reading a book), but even then, my mind can suddenly disappear and whatever I'm doing just happens on autopilot. I've also heard Sadhguru talk about that sometimes he can go weeks without one single thought entering his mind. Regardless, I don't see the problem either way as long as you're doing the work, with thoughts or without thoughts, as long as you're being true to what "is".

I'm sorry but this reminds me just too much of one line in this song: "Relax, turn around and take my hand" (hand meaning fist)

No need to transcend the mind if there is no mind in the first place

Keep meditating and no-mind will become your default state. No need to "be present". It will unfold naturally and you don't have to worry about thinking or not

Integration of no-thinking state into practical life is what I've been talking about all the time.

You can only know one thing. You can think a lot of things

Intellect is a thought. Knowing is not a thought. Knowing is.

Thinking can be useful. However, worry only happens within the mind. When there is no mind, there is no worry