Embracing Intuitive Intelligence: A Path to Personal Growth and Self-Discovery
This course, "Intuitive Intelligence," aims to foster a positive transformation in your life by encouraging responsibility, self-reflection, and empathy. It guides participants through understanding their personal learning stages and embracing the dualities of life, such as intuition vs. rationality. By exploring creativity and personal beliefs, you will learn the importance of self-awareness and how to navigate through comfort, challenge, and survival zones. The course encourages stretching your limits for deeper self-understanding, holistic thinking, and meaningful connections.
Embracing Intuitive Intelligence: A Path to Personal Growth and Self-Discovery
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“Intuitive Intelligence” Anouk Brack, MSc Wageningen University ECS59803 and YES60406 Period 4 2007-2008
Conclusion • Course intentions • Intention of making a positive difference in your lives! • Take as much responsibility as possible, challenge yourself! • Becoming more reflective, more caring, with a bigger worldview and a deeper self understanding
Comfort, challenge, survival zones “Be realistic, plan a miracle” Find your challenge & learning zone by stretching your comfort zone
Brains LeftRight • analyze create • point of view overview • control seeking flowing • judging perceiving • convergent divergent • serious humorous • product, result process/people
Paradigms & Polarities • Reductionism holism • ratio intuition • THE truth endless truths, unique point of view • separation consciousness one-consciousness • lack consciousness abundance consciousness • victim/ destructor survivor creator/ buddha ‘vivor’ • judgement discernment • mind heart • law, punishments, morals ethics, compassion • looking outside, projecting looking inside, reflecting • duality ‘triality’
Science or Spirituality?!Ratio or intuition?!A World of Things or a World of Spirit?! • “Nobody is smart enough to be wrong all of the time...” • So, there’s a truth in everything, every theory, worldview, experience… • …but it is a partial truth. • Let’s find all the truths and find the development of truth!
Human stages of learning All stages transcend, and include the previous ones… 1 You learn to stay alive 2 You learn to belong – There is ONE Thruth 3 You learn to think for yourself (IQ) – My opinion is right 4 You learn to feel and empathize (EQ) - Everybody is equal and has their own truth (and judging is bad!) 5 You learn to integrate all previous truths – Some truths are more true than others, because of a greater care and understanding
AQAL • All Quadrants Inside / Outside and Single / Plural • all Levels • all Lines • all States • all Types • …
AQAL • All Quadrants • all Levels of development egocentric, ethnocentric, worldcentric, kosmocentric… • all Lines • all States • all Types • …
AQAL • All Quadrants • all Levels • all Lines: multiple intelligences; intellect, emotional intelligence, morals, etc • all States • all Types • …
AQAL • All Quadrants • all Levels • all Lines • all States deep sleep, dream, awake, altered, … • all Types • …
AQAL • All Quadrants • all Levels • all Lines • all States • all Types masculine / feminine • …
The Shifting Point • A little experiment … • Turn attention inwards • Count your breath • 10 times
Creativity • When was the last time you were creative? • How does “creative” feel? • When was the last time you were blocked? • How does “blocked” feel?
Get lots of PCEF’s and less PCKF’s • Write your Personal Creativity Enhancing Factors (PCEF) down • Write your Personal Creativity Killing Factors (PCKF) down
Stopping points • Expectations about the outcomes (like if a new born looks different) • Time pressure (also a starting point) • Buying into Perfectionism • Paying attention to your Mind chatter • Low self esteem • High self esteem • Seriousness
Becoming aware of beliefs I Which mental software is running on your system? • This will never work • I cannot get it right • I cannot draw • I am not original • I am the greatest architect that ever lived! • I will never be able to make my vision come to live • I suck • ?
Do “The Work” on negative beliefs Ask 4 Questions and some turn arounds… 0 Formulate your belief in a single sentence like a judgment: “He shouldn’t have ignored me” 1 Is it true? 2 Can I absolutely know for sure it is true? 3 How do you react when you believe that thought? 4 Who would I be without that thought? Make Turn-arounds: I shouldn’t have ignored him / I shouldn’t have ignored me / I should have ignored me / He should have ignored me / etc
Online Resources on The Work See: http://www.thework.com/index.asp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmf4AQQdDBI&eurl=http://www.coachinginteractive.com/TheWork/bk1.asp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8WzV0u3T-g&feature=related
Becoming aware of beliefs II • Which mental software is running on your system? • I wonder what it will become • I love this • …. • Let’s find out • This is going well • This is going crappy • ?
Creative mindset • A Serious Commitment! …to a Playful Experiment!! • Work from passion (feel it!) • Breath deeply and through the heart • Pay attention to the S P A C E between your thoughts • Trust the process. Really. • Be humble; Be a vessel. Inspiration is bigger than you… be curious. • Be courageous: follow the creative spark!
Intuitive development • Experiential intuition; using and trusting the subconscious mind • Growing in trusting in the process (seeing the patterns) • Practice in opening the gates
Tips for further development • “What you give attention to grows” • Practise discipline • Practise being more aware • Practise questioning your thoughts • Practise contacting your silent mind and heart • Accept, Integrate, Evolve
