Seeing Light

2003-6-6 05:58:00

Interesting conversation on the differing attitudes in the various parts of the country.

It sounds like John C has done extensive traveling in this country. What were you doing John that took you to so many locations?

I did a lot of traveling as a salesman and have worked in almost every city and village in the West in towns and cities over 1000 people except for parts of California. I have visited the East and the Midwest just enough to get a flavor of the various peoples.

There is indeed a difference from place to place and state to state. I was particularly impressed by Texas. Even though the state is very large, the people are uniform in their friendliness. It seems that the moment you drive across the border from New Mexico that the people atmosphere changes dramatically, as if one has entered another life form.

If you Texans ever get a chance to visit Wyoming, you'll find that the people are a lot like you, but not quite so outgoing.

Another state that impressed me was New York, particularly New York City. I had heard all kinds of negative stories about it and was much more impressed by the people than I thought I thought I would be. In my last single year at the age of 25 I visited the city and just about fell in love. The female I met was an opera singer and introduced me to a wide circle of her friends. They were not outgoing and friendly like the Texas people, but they were all interesting and very intelligent. They seemed to be very sharp thinkers.

Utah is the most frustrating state to sell in. If the average Mormon there is going to spend over $100 he will always pray about it and have you come back the next day. The funny thing is that God did not tell anyone to buy from me even once. One product I sold there were children's books. I figured the Mormon God must not like children's stories because he always told the people not to buy them.

The difference in the states is bad enough, but the differences in various countries are much greater still.

This is a subject that could take a lot of our attention and it would be interesting, but let us move on with the current subject.

The assignment:
Give one or more characteristics that apply to the intuitional self, but do not apply to the emotional or mental selves.

Her are several comments you made with which I agree:

Melva:
Intuition sees the whole picture of another person, not just personality. Risk discrimination. Intuitive people know when taking a risk is a good thing. They immediately recognize a one time opportunity and go for it.

Dave:
I think soul contact could also be a big one for intuitives. Since intuitives are more sensitive to the language of principles, which is the language of the soul, they should have far more frequent contact with the soul than anyone who is in mental polarization or lower.

Susan:
I do not think it is possible to deter someone from intuition unless they devolve into a mental or emotional state for a long period of time. Intuition has more to do with what is good for a group than an individual... Intuitional decisions are in alignment with soul purpose and are therefore in alignment with God's will. Others with soul contact can recognize an intuitional decision in others. They can also receive their own confirmation that will align with it. (Soul will not confirm opposing purposes for the same thing).

Catherine:
The ability to discern decisions based on the need of the soul and not the physical body. The emotional and the mental both contribute and are affected by the physical aspects of life and most decisions are base on what we can "afford" mentally or emotionally in a physical reference, but soul concerns itself with progression and what can be "afforded" is based on that need and how it can manifest.

Blayne:
An inner knowing that feels very at home, or with no doubt whatsoever.

Paul:
I get from the post - that a decision made based upon intuition may involve some suffering for the personality (not always necessarily - but that suffering would not be a reason to not make the decision). Since most of our decisions are made to avoid suffering this is certainly a difference between the polarizations. So I'd say someone who has voluntarily undergone many trials and tribulations is certainly a candidate as an intuitive person. Not being privy to the person's life...like Abe Lincoln's say - I can only hazard a guess that something higher is at work in such a person's life.

Rick:
Time and space don't factor into intuitive activity. When one intuits, there is that feeling, "why hadn't anybody ever thought of this before?". Ideas picked up are so "always was always will be" that it is easy to forget there was a time when you didn't know and live by them.... Same goes for space. When I learned about Oneness, via intuition instead of just reading about it, every lifeform in the universe came within my reach. Interestingly enough, I just picked up something by DK, a few days ago, where He said the dark brothers travel to the land of distances. 'Twas the first time I'd heard that phrase, but it fit perfectly. In the higher realms, space, or distance, don't exist. Proximity is measured by affinity.

Ruth:
"Intuitional self: Has the characteristic of a higher realm. Is a source of truth. Is the power point for the emotional and metal self, i.e. switches on the light to be able to see the different reflections of light from all angles. Intuitional self is the highest point of the triangle: emotional and mental sit on either side at the bottom of the triangle.

John C:
There is also more ability to control rather than be controlled.

Maryellen:
For us to utilize this knowingness, it requires our decision to rise above both emotional and mental findings.

Sharon:
The only things that have come to mind where intuition is involved is: 1. choosing a spouse, covered in JJ's book, 2. choosing a career path as everyone has gifts/talents, yet where the best place to utilize those gifts cannot always be discovered by emotions or logic.

JJ:
A lot of good comments here even though many did not specifically address the question.

A characteristic mentioned by several of you was light. The flashing forth of light is particularly significant.

The emotional self feels that which the light reveals and the mental self sees that which the light reveals and compares one revealing with another. But the intuition sees the actual light and within that light is the mind of God in the midst of creation.

DK makes gives an interesting short mantra:

"The light is one and in that light shall we see light. This is the light that turns the darkness into day."

Question:
What is the meaning of this statement? How do you see light?

Commander Lock: Not everyone believes what you do Morpheus.
Morpheus: My beliefs do not require them to. Matrix Reloaded