On Intuition

I love this by Anne Lamott:

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind

The rational mind doesn’t nourish you.

You assume that it gives you the truth, because the rational mind is the golden calf that this culture worships , but this is not true.

Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.

Sometimes intuition needs coaxing, because intuition is a little shy.

But if you try not to crowd it, intuition often wafts up from the soul or subconscious, and then becomes a tiny fitful little flame.

It will be blown about about by too much compulsion and manic attention, but will burn quietly when watched with gentle concentration

Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird (1994)

What has it meant to me, to let my soul speak?

What does it mean to you

That spark from the well of the soul

Warmth, energy, power, from within

Tentative

What has it meant to me to hide my inner voice for so long, to have the rational mind needfully take over for my own survival. Rational mind to survive. Intuition and inner voice to nourish. Theres a big difference.

What do you think? What do you feel? What colour is your intuition when it emerges from within?