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“ I have a gut feeling that blah blah blah”.
“I just felt like so”
How many times have you heard yourself or someone else speaking such statements? Pretty often I think? Do you believe in this? What is this invisible force that guides people and sometimes makes them do things… unusual things? Do you always follow it? Is it easy to ignore the little voice?
We humans are supposedly the most brainy species in this world and maybe thats why we use or rather overuse our little brains so much that we miss out on lot of things. It’s a common notion that lots of thinking and pondering will lead to a better decision. But, sometimes just listening to one’s heart and the subconscious mind can open new possibilities and work wonders.
We all can hear these inner voices. They try to prevent us from doing something, they also push us in certain direction. Sometimes, the instincts want us to like someone when it seems not-so-right or dislike someone for no reason whatsoever! There’s often a conflict between the conscious and subconscious mind. And who wins? Ummmm… I really don’t have an easy answer for this one.
These instincts or gut feelings influence our actions frequently, isn’t it? I have experienced it more than few times. On occasions, I have shushed the inner voice, exhausted my brain and and ignored it unwillingly. I don’t regret .. neither the wait nor the decision. At times, I stepped out of my comfort zone , did things on the spur of a moment, just because I felt like doing so. And I have no regrets, maybe I was always just too lucky! The uncertainty, the perplexity… they are all ephemeral yet enjoyable!
Well, there are things which the eye cannot see and mind cannot think of! So, when the little fella at the back of your mind talks to you, listen to it! Life has so much to offer that most of the times it seems too short. Trust your instincts once in a while, maybe you will surprise yourself!! And we all love surprises :).
Ruma Dak's Blog 
Morden studies of human brains suggest that the nerves controlling our emotions and the nerves controlling our logical thinking are twisted together. They are not living in separated area. That probably explains why people often have hard time when choosing between reasoning and instinct.
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Thanks for the thoughtful comment William!!
But like you said, “it’s an ability that artificial intelligence is unlikely to replicate”. that makes it unique.
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Please use your imagination to guess how the ability of instinct is going to evolve. Super sensitive environmental awareness? predicting future?
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Now, you are making it very complicated. If you start guessing, the sense of serendipity is gone!!
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I want to hear an example of you having difficulties making a logical decision and follow your instinct and had a good experience.
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There are atleast few in my life where I did things which did not seem logical.
About an year and half ago, I was waiting for bus on my way back home.
I saw an Indian girl there, she looked my age and I could see she was very stressed.
I generally don’t talk to strangers anywhere. I felt like doing so, just to say something good to her, nothing more. But ignored my instincts.
Fortunately, she initiated the talk. She almost cried. I wouldn’t mention about what we talked here. But, we ended up exchanging numbers and I found out she was living quite close to my house. We started going for morning walks together. She is a good friend of mine till today and we catch up frequently. I was alone and unwell once last year and she took me to hospital!
Had I not listened to my inner voice, I would have lost a friend!!
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She listened to her instinct and talked to you. You were suppressing your instinct. Had she not listened to her inner voice, you would have lost a friend!
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You might look at it this way, which is not wrong. But that was the first time, I did something like this and I am glad I did.
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i loved this piece..Adding to my notes as a collection.. 🙂
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Thank you so much Swati!! Feels great 🙂
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We should train ourselves to listen to our subconscious mind. I read that , if you have trouble deciding on anything, and if you think about it before you go to bed, your subconscious mind will give you an answer when you wake up All you have to do is ask and listen to it. Practice this and tap in to a great resource we all have.
Good post Ruma.
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Thanks for stopping by Madhavi and the comment!!
I have mostly followed my instincts based on what I felt at a given time, maybe because I couldn’t decide what to do or sometimes when I felt like doing something completely different.
But your idea of really asking your subconscious mind and using it as a resource purposefully does make sense.
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I almost always trust my instincts. 🙂
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I hope you always had a good experience 🙂
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I do, thank you.
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