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on numerous continents over the last twenty years
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Something for everyone today. For those of you who enjoyed last week's slightly different posts about escaping the cerebral war zone, you might also find today's chat interesting because in many ways it ties in directly with the 'who are we beyond our thoughts' question. And for those of you looking for something a little less esoteric and a tad more practical today, you won't be disappointed either. Giddyup kids.
The Canine Navigation System - CNS
Over the years I have often marvelled at how animals just 'know stuff'. As a kid I remember watching a news story about a dog who fell off the back of a truck without his owner realising what had happened for quite some time. After spending the best part of a day looking for his companion (the owner was on an interstate trip), the devastated man headed back home to share the tragic news with his wife and kids.
Meanwhile...
But little did they all know that while mum, dad and the kids were all at home looking at photos of better times with their fave canine, Rover had dusted himself off, licked his wounds (literally I guess) and was proceeding to make the five hundred(!!) kilometre (300 mile) journey home. And over the course of the following four weeks, that's exactly what he did. That's right; with no Sat Nav, no street directory, no scent to follow, no yummy energy treats along the way and no cash for a doggie cab, the 'dumb dog' made an epic journey that would have killed you and me by day three. Okay, maybe just me. You're right; you would have made at least day four. With all my intelligence (shut up), I wonder how far I would have made it with no ability to speak to anyone, no food, no directions, no ability to read, no money, no phone and no assistance of any kind. I'm guessing, not very far.
What's that noise at the back door?
So imagine the owner's surprise and delight when he heard a familiar bark at the back door a month after his best friend's demise. There to greet him was an exhausted and skinny, but very excited, Rover. The dog who had lost nearly half his body-weight, had somehow managed to do something that to me (as a kid) seemed nothing short of miraculous. I remember asking my father - he who knows everything - "how did the dog manage to find his way home dad"? To which Ron mumbled something about "instinct". Ron - never one to let the facts get in the way of a good story - was actually right. All species, even us Homo Sapiens, have a kind of inbuilt intelligence. That is, a level of knowledge, understanding, awareness of - and proficiency to do - certain things that we've never been taught. Unfortunately, many of us 'un-plugged' ourselves from that intelligence long ago. Some of us have an amazing ability to over-ride our inbuilt intelligence (the messages our body sends us for example) with our conscious stupidity. An obvious example being the person who continues to eat when their body is screaming "please stop"; a case of an intelligent body (yes bodies have amazing intelligence) being handicapped by the poor choices of it's 'owner'. We don't need diet books to lose weight, we simply need to listen to what our body is telling us.
What is Instinctive Intelligence?
Instinctive intelligence is a term that is used in different capacities by different people and my extensive(!) research tells me that there is no universally accepted definition. It's a term that I have been using for years in relation to the work I do with clients (individuals and organisations) so today you're getting the Craig Harper definition. Yes that's right; the Craig Harper Dictionary - out soon in paperback. All four pages of it.
Instinctive Intelligence:
1. The Intelligence that lies beyond thought, education, logic and intellect. Knowing what you haven't been taught.
2. The innate knowing and understanding that exists in all of us. Even if we don't know it exists!
3. Having a level of awareness and consciousness of certain things without actually thinking, processing, assessing or analysing.
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly 'sensed' (before you had an opportunity to think) that something wasn't quite right? You weren't even sure why, but somehow you knew that something was up. Invariably you discover that you were right.
Knowing without thinking... labels.
This kind of 'knowing without thinking' is called different things by different people and for the purpose of this lesson, it's veryimportant that we don't get distracted or sidetracked by the label we give this ability that is given to each of us. I call it InstinctiveIntelligence but really, what we call it, is secondary. What is important is that we understand the phenomenon and that we learn to tap into, and benefit from, a kind of intelligence that some of us have been ignoring and wasting for years.
Not sure why but I just 'knew'
Rather than using a term like Instinctive Intelligence, someone like my mother (the very lovely Mary) might say something like "I just felt it in my bones", whereas your garden variety bloke might be more likely to come out with something like "I relied on my gutinstinct." And then we might find a more 'Godly' type who heads down the "I heard the voice of the Holy Spirit" road, while the New Age folk might credit some of this knowing to their psychicability. And of course we've all heardpeople in our world use terms like "my woman's intuition" or "my sixth sense".
Just wind...
Now before you write in... no, I'm not suggesting that everyone who "feels something in their gut" is automatically experiencing some kind of mystical, magical, life-defining 'down-load' from sources unknown - quite often it's just wind! Okay, that's just me... but what I am saying is that when we genuinely consider that there might be a level of intelligence, awareness and knowing beyond our current understanding of things, then we open the door on a new kind of reality and a new way to do life.
Here's another interesting definition (from a real dictionary):
Intuition: The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes.
But that doesn't make sense!
When it comes to areas of exploration such as this one, sadly, many people will 'miss out' because this kind of truth doesn't fit comfortably within their frame of reference. Their logic, education and scientific understanding of how stuff works will (in my opinion) preclude them from discovering a whole new world of possibilities and tapping into the genius that lies beneath logic, humanistic thinking, a lifetime of conditioning and our very limited understanding. The truth is none of us really know too much. Let's be honest and humble; of all there is to know and understand in this incredible world of ours, I'm guessing that even the genii among us (a club of which I'm definitely not a member) know less than one percent - which is quite ironic when we consider how academically and intellectually arrogant some people seem to be.
It works how?
Just because we don't completely understand something doesn't mean that (1) it ain't real (2) we can't consider it or (3) we can't benefit from it - which is a great thing for me because if I had to understand how things work before I could use them or benefit from them, then you would never be reading this article, me-dot-com would never exist and I could never make a phone call!
Next time we'll look at:
1. Learning how to 'tune in to' and develop our own Instinctive Intelligence.
2. Some practical, every day examples of Instinctive Intelligence.
3. Another author who has a slightly different (but very interesting) take on this subject. His book is one of my faves.
So perhaps today you (yep even you Lurkers right up the back) can share a (brief) personal story relating to Instinctive Intelligence or simply say hi and share a comment or thought by clicking on the comment thingy below. If you're not sure how to leave a comment, clickhere.
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