Here’s an interesting perspective on intuition

[Yimpa]

5 minutes ago, Davino said:

Anyways, we're on the same page now.

He’s actually on the previous page now 

[Joshe]

So, I've been contemplating intuition a little bit and started wondering about memory. There's explicit memory (consciously recalling something) and there's implicit memory (unconscious), which are memories you can demonstrate without consciously thinking about them (touch typing, riding a bike, gut feelings, etc.). 

Not very relevant to my point but:

• Explicit memory heavily involves structures such as the hippocampus and surrounding medial temporal lobe areas.
• Implicit memory is more tied to regions like the basal ganglia and cerebellum.

It seems implicit memory and intuition are closely connected. So, the "previous data" is just implicit memory. 

Now, what makes the implicit memory stronger in some people? Consciousness!

Heightened perception feeds richer input. More perceptual input leads to richer data, which gives your brain more material to encode, leading to stronger memory traces. A person who’s more awake to subtlety (and reflects on it) provides their brain with more data points to implicitly encode.

The higher the consciousness, the more raw data that gets encoded during the process, which creates stronger implicit memories through layers of added context and detail. Each experience becomes more deeply encoded in the implicit memory system because the person is processing it at a deeper level. Just as a memory becomes more accessible when we attach multiple layers of context and detail to it, these richer conscious experiences create more robust implicit memories that our intuition can draw from.

When a high conscious person focuses or goes through a process, they:

• Notice more subtle details and patterns in their experiences
• Process experiences more deeply
• Form richer neural connections around these experiences

Being more perceptive—i.e., noticing subtle cues, patterns, and details—often feeds your implicit memory with richer data, which can sharpen intuition.

There are potential flaws with my theory but what do y'all think? Do you think it's possible to have heightened intuition without higher perception/consciousness? 

Also, "reflection" is probably a big deal as well for making implicit memories stronger. I haven't explored that but it's probably key.

Addition: 

Edited January 21 by Joshe

[Salvijus]

13 hours ago, Joshe said:

So, I've been contemplating intuition a little bit and started wondering about memory. There's explicit memory (consciously recalling something) and there's implicit memory (unconscious), which are memories you can demonstrate without consciously thinking about them (touch typing, riding a bike, gut feelings, etc.). 

Not very relevant to my point but:

• Explicit memory heavily involves structures such as the hippocampus and surrounding medial temporal lobe areas.
• Implicit memory is more tied to regions like the basal ganglia and cerebellum.

It seems implicit memory and intuition are closely connected. So, the "previous data" is just implicit memory. 

Now, what makes the implicit memory stronger in some people? Consciousness!

Heightened perception feeds richer input. More perceptual input leads to richer data, which gives your brain more material to encode, leading to stronger memory traces. A person who’s more awake to subtlety (and reflects on it) provides their brain with more data points to implicitly encode.

The higher the consciousness, the more raw data that gets encoded during the process, which creates stronger implicit memories through layers of added context and detail. Each experience becomes more deeply encoded in the implicit memory system because the person is processing it at a deeper level. Just as a memory becomes more accessible when we attach multiple layers of context and detail to it, these richer conscious experiences create more robust implicit memories that our intuition can draw from.

When a high conscious person focuses or goes through a process, they:

• Notice more subtle details and patterns in their experiences
• Process experiences more deeply
• Form richer neural connections around these experiences

Being more perceptive—i.e., noticing subtle cues, patterns, and details—often feeds your implicit memory with richer data, which can sharpen intuition.

There are potential flaws with my theory but what do y'all think? Do you think it's possible to have heightened intuition without higher perception/consciousness? 

Also, "reflection" is probably a big deal as well for making implicit memories stronger. I haven't explored that but it's probably key.

Addition: 

I had a thought while reading this: "what if we already know everything about the universe in our subconscious mind and it's just a matter of having enough conciousness to access that knowledge". Not sure if it relates to what you've said. 

[r0ckyreed]

23 hours ago, Joshe said:

So, I've been contemplating intuition a little bit and started wondering about memory. There's explicit memory (consciously recalling something) and there's implicit memory (unconscious), which are memories you can demonstrate without consciously thinking about them (touch typing, riding a bike, gut feelings, etc.). 

Not very relevant to my point but:

• Explicit memory heavily involves structures such as the hippocampus and surrounding medial temporal lobe areas.
• Implicit memory is more tied to regions like the basal ganglia and cerebellum.

It seems implicit memory and intuition are closely connected. So, the "previous data" is just implicit memory. 

Now, what makes the implicit memory stronger in some people? Consciousness!

Heightened perception feeds richer input. More perceptual input leads to richer data, which gives your brain more material to encode, leading to stronger memory traces. A person who’s more awake to subtlety (and reflects on it) provides their brain with more data points to implicitly encode.

The higher the consciousness, the more raw data that gets encoded during the process, which creates stronger implicit memories through layers of added context and detail. Each experience becomes more deeply encoded in the implicit memory system because the person is processing it at a deeper level. Just as a memory becomes more accessible when we attach multiple layers of context and detail to it, these richer conscious experiences create more robust implicit memories that our intuition can draw from.

When a high conscious person focuses or goes through a process, they:

• Notice more subtle details and patterns in their experiences
• Process experiences more deeply
• Form richer neural connections around these experiences

Being more perceptive—i.e., noticing subtle cues, patterns, and details—often feeds your implicit memory with richer data, which can sharpen intuition.

There are potential flaws with my theory but what do y'all think? Do you think it's possible to have heightened intuition without higher perception/consciousness? 

Also, "reflection" is probably a big deal as well for making implicit memories stronger. I haven't explored that but it's probably key.

Addition: 

Spot on. I had a similar insight that what we expose our minds to repeatedly is what becomes most available in our minds. The more conscious we are, the more we remember. If we only focus on negatives, we will find more negatives available in our minds.

[r0ckyreed]

11 hours ago, Salvijus said:

I had a thought while reading this: "what if we already know everything about the universe in our subconscious mind and it's just a matter of having enough conciousness to access that knowledge". Not sure if it relates to what you've said. 

You are correct. Bashar talks about this and how the subconscious should actually be called the superconscious. Subconscious isn’t below the conscious, but above. Think about it. In many ways our subconscious mind is smarter than our conscious mind. For instance, the subconscious mind regulates our blood and temperature and then helps us grow new cells and neurons. Me (as the conscious mind) could never have the intelligence to balance my body and mind out the way the subconscious part of me does. The ego identifies with the conscious mind and not the unconscious because the ego is about control and the conscious mind gives that ego the illusion of control.

Edited January 22 by r0ckyreed