Encouragement to Stay on The Way.

[Mystic Mark]

Originally Posted by sky123

No I am not referring to Sunyata MM, maybe SW is and I've misunderstood. All these different labels from different Buddhists Schools that basically mean the same can be confusing so I generally try to explain the way I experience things rather than get to weighed down with the labels.....

Pure Awareness is as you say ... a State. I wouldn’t say that “Empty Conceptualization” defines Pure Awareness. It’s simply one of the many ways for helping a person achieve such a State.

For example, I practice Yoga. Your more into Taoism. Of coarse, the Movements in the Yoga Asanas are going to seem so much different from the Movements of Chi Gong or whatever discipline that you practice. But I’m sure that part of the goal of the Movements for you is Pure Awareness ... apart from the understanding of Empty Conceptualization.

However, because our two disciplines are so different, your way for understanding how to do this, for example, might have something to do with the Taoist Symbols for the Elements. Whereas, I might come to some conclusion that the best way for moving forth into each of the Yoga Asanas is to do so as a Warrior.

Different Yolks for different Folks. lol

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by sky123

' In any case, my sense is that we are in agreement but are just having difficulty with the terminology. '


We're talking in tongues,

Where do you personally think ' Intuition ' comes from....

I think that there are different levels of "intuition". On the lower level, it may come from the unconscious mind based on past experiences or conditioning. On a deeper level, my sense is that it comes from the "higher power", the Holy Spirit (in Christian terminology since this is a Christian thread), the "image of God undistorted within" (Eastern Orthodox Church --- again using Christian terminology), etc.

Although I use the words "intuition" and "pure intuition" interchangeably in communications, there is a subtle difference and I am starting to use "pure intuition" more when referring to insights emanating from the "higher power".

My understanding is that, when the mind is stilled ("Be still and know that I AM God", "Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God"), one soars like an eagle into what Jung calls the collective unconscious, sees the big picture, and returns while "knowing without thinking". Once again, words are obviously inadequate but I think that you get my point. In Christian terminology, that is what I believe when Jesus said "I and the Father are one and the same... but the Father is greater than I" in accordance with the "Thy Will Be Done" Principle. (I am trying to use Christian terminology here but would say this differently in a non-duality forum.)

[sky]

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

I think that there are different levels of "intuition". On the lower level, it may come from the unconscious mind based on past experiences or conditioning. On a deeper level, my sense is that it comes from the "higher power", the Holy Spirit (in Christian terminology since this is a Christian thread), the "image of God undistorted within" (Eastern Orthodox Church --- again using Christian terminology), etc.

Although I use the words "intuition" and "pure intuition" interchangeably in communications, there is a subtle difference and I am starting to use "pure intuition" more when referring to insights emanating from the "higher power".

My understanding is that, when the mind is stilled ("Be still and know that I AM God", "Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God"), one soars like an eagle into what Jung calls the collective unconscious, sees the big picture, and returns while "knowing without thinking". Once again, words are obviously inadequate but I think that you get my point. In Christian terminology, that is what I believe when Jesus said "I and the Father are one and the same... but the Father is greater than I" in accordance with the "Thy Will Be Done" Principle. (I am trying to use Christian terminology here but would say this differently in a non-duality forum.)

It's interesting to read that you split intuition into higher and lower levels. I personally think it is a Sixth Sense, it's a feeling rather than a thought....

Sometimes I wonder is it somewhere in our DNA, our Ancestors definitely wouldn't have survived without it , was it just natural instinct but now we call it intuition, I don't know but some people seem to be more intuitive than others...

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by sky123

It's interesting to read that you split intuition into higher and lower levels. I personally think it is a Sixth Sense, it's a feeling rather than a thought....

Sometimes I wonder is it somewhere in our DNA, our Ancestors definitely wouldn't have survived without it , was it just natural instinct but now we call it intuition, I don't know but some people seem to be more intuitive than others...

The dictionary definition of "intuition" is "Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning."

The knowledge could come from our own unconscious/subconscious or from the "higher power". Hence, I make the distinction.

[sky]

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

The dictionary definition of "intuition" is "Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning."

The knowledge could come from our own unconscious/subconscious or from the "higher power". Hence, I make the distinction.

SW what do you think of this....

I have had a feeling for many years about my Ancestors from the 16th Century, regarding their Employment . I know their DOB and DOD from Church Documents, I know where they Married and where they are Buried, how many Children they had etc: but that is it.

This Morning by mistake I found some Documents on a Maritime Government Site while downloading my Grandfather's Papers from Ellis Island, he sailed on the Lusitania, he is my Maternal side of the Family, the others are Paternal. I was shocked to the core to find my ' feelings ' turn out to be true and I now have pages and pages of Official Documents to prove it, I am actually disgusted and need time to digest the truth....

[davidmartin]

Originally Posted by sky123

SW what do you think of this....

I have had a feeling for many years about my Ancestors from the 16th Century, regarding their Employment . I know their DOB and DOD from Church Documents, I know where they Married and where they are Buried, how many Children they had etc: but that is it.

This Morning by mistake I found some Documents on a Maritime Government Site while downloading my Grandfather's Papers from Ellis Island, he sailed on the Lusitania, he is my Maternal side of the Family, the others are Paternal. I was shocked to the core to find my ' feelings ' turn out to be true and I now have pages and pages of Official Documents to prove it, I am actually disgusted and need time to digest the truth....

what is the problem with his being a sailor sky?

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by sky123

SW what do you think of this....

I have had a feeling for many years about my Ancestors from the 16th Century, regarding their Employment . I know their DOB and DOD from Church Documents, I know where they Married and where they are Buried, how many Children they had etc: but that is it.

This Morning by mistake I found some Documents on a Maritime Government Site while downloading my Grandfather's Papers from Ellis Island, he sailed on the Lusitania, he is my Maternal side of the Family, the others are Paternal. I was shocked to the core to find my ' feelings ' turn out to be true and I now have pages and pages of Official Documents to prove it, I am actually disgusted and need time to digest the truth....

Although I am definitely not an expert on such matters, this does not surprise me as many people have had verifiable glimpses into the past.

[sky]

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

Although I am definitely not an expert on such matters, this does not surprise me as many people have had verifiable glimpses into the past.

It's a strange world we live in, or is it.... I haven't made my mind up yet

[sky]

Originally Posted by davidmartin

what is the problem with his being a sailor sky?

No problem at all, most of my Paternal Ancestors were Mariners and some of my Maternal.

[davidmartin]

Originally Posted by sky123

No problem at all, most of my Paternal Ancestors were Mariners and some of my Maternal.

but you said you were disgusted I couldn't understand why. I also have mariners in my family, believe it or not one of them was meant to be on the titanic, he was a deck hand or loader of some kind. it sailed off and the next thing the family knew he's back home saying he didn't like something about the way cargo was being stacked up. guess that is intuition. my grandad was a waiter on a cruise liner, another served in ww1 in the navy and another was a master mariner.