Category:Intuition
Theme Analysis
The category Intuition explores the Vedic understanding of instinctive knowledge as a spiritual rather than biological phenomenon. Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that intuition is a direct symptom of the conscious spirit soul, providing a scientific basis for phenomena that material science often dismisses as mysterious. He explains that the body, like a vehicle, is inherently "dull matter" and possesses no independent direction; all intuitive tendencies arise from the soul's presence. Furthermore, Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies two primary sources for these internal promptings: the subconscious recall of experiences from previous lifetimes and the direct guidance of the Supersoul (Paramātmā) residing within the heart. Ultimately, intuition serves as a spiritual compass meant to guide the living entity toward the service and shelter of the Supreme Lord.
- The Soul as the Active Principle: The material body is inert; all intuition and tendencies belong to the spirit soul. Without the "driver" (soul), the "car" (body) has no independent will or direction.
- Subconscious Experience: Many intuitive skills or instincts are not random but are the surfacing of knowledge and impressions (samskaras) accumulated in past lives.
- Divine Direction (Paramātmā): Intuition is often the voice of Kṛṣṇa in the heart, providing the intelligence (buddhi-yoga) necessary for a devotee to make progress on the spiritual path.
- Evidence of Spirit: The existence of intuition refutes materialistic theories, proving that consciousness is a distinct, superior element that governs the physical form.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Intuition Belongs to the Spirit Soul.
Pages in category "Intuition"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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- The body as it is has neither tendencies nor intuition; the tendencies and intuition belong to the soul within the body
- The car has a tendency to turn right and left, but one cannot say that the car itself, as matter, turns right and left without the direction of a driver. A material car has neither tendencies nor intuitions independent of the intentions of the driver
- The five elementary ingredients of creation, the interaction thereof set up by eternal time, and the intuition or nature of the individual living beings are all differentiated parts and parcels of the Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva
- The four classes of good men acknowledge the authority of the Almighty God, and therefore such good men (1) when they are in difficulty, (2) when they are in need of money, (3) when they are advanced in knowledge, intuitively take shelter of the Lord
- They (the material scientist) consider the intuition of living creatures from birth to be material. But such material tendencies as bodily intuition cannot be accepted as independent, for they suggest the existence of a spirit soul within the body
- This intuition of the living being is sometimes manifested even during the conditioned stage in the material world and it is expressed in the manner of altruism, philanthropy, socialism, communism etc. by the undeveloped minds of less intelligent persons