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Mambo 10 Ambayo Watu Wenye Intuitive Hufanya Tofauti

Intuition ni changamoto kufafanua, licha ya jukumu kubwa inayocheza katika maisha yetu ya kila siku. Steve Jobs aliiita , kwa mfano, "nguvu zaidi kuliko akili." Lakini hata hivyo tunaiweka kwa maneno, sisi sote, vizuri, kwa intuitively tunajua ni nini.

Karibu kila mtu amepitia hisia za utumbo -- hoja hiyo isiyo na fahamu ambayo hutusukuma kufanya jambo bila kutuambia kwa nini au jinsi gani. Lakini asili ya angavu imetukwepa kwa muda mrefu, na imechochea utafiti na uchunguzi wa karne nyingi katika nyanja za falsafa na saikolojia.

"Ninafafanua angavu kama ujuzi wa hila bila kuwa na wazo lolote kwa nini unaijua," Sophy Burnham, mwandishi anayeuzwa zaidi wa The Art of Intuition , aliambia The Huffington Post. "Ni tofauti na kufikiri, ni tofauti na mantiki au uchambuzi ... Ni kujua bila kujua."

Intuition yetu iko kila wakati, iwe tunaijua au la. Kama Rais wa HuffPost na Mhariri Mkuu Arianna Huffington anavyoweka katika kitabu chake kijacho Thrive :

Hata wakati hatuko kwenye uma barabarani, tukijiuliza nini cha kufanya na kujaribu kusikia sauti hiyo ya ndani, angavu yetu iko kila wakati, inasoma hali hiyo kila wakati, inajaribu kutuelekeza njia sahihi. Lakini tunaweza kuisikia? Je, tuko makini? Je, tunaishi maisha ambayo huzuia njia ya angavuzi yetu? Kulisha na kukuza angavu yetu, na kuishi maisha ambayo tunaweza kutumia hekima yake, ni njia moja muhimu ya kustawi, kazini na maishani.

Sayansi ya utambuzi inaanza kudhoofisha uwepo wenye nguvu lakini wakati mwingine usioelezeka wa hoja zisizo na fahamu katika maisha na mawazo yetu. Mara nyingi hukataliwa kuwa si ya kisayansi kwa sababu ya uhusiano wake na kiakili na kisicho kawaida, angavu sio tu kundi la hoo-ha kuhusu "hisia zetu za Spidey" --jeshi la Marekani hata linachunguza uwezo wa angavu , ambayo imesaidia wanajeshi kufanya maamuzi ya haraka wakati wa mapigano ambayo yaliishia kuokoa maisha.

"Kuna idadi kubwa ya ushahidi wa hadithi, pamoja na juhudi dhabiti za utafiti, ambayo inaonyesha uvumbuzi ni kipengele muhimu cha jinsi sisi wanadamu huingiliana na mazingira yetu na jinsi, hatimaye, tunafanya maamuzi yetu mengi," Ivy Estabrooke, meneja wa programu katika Ofisi ya Utafiti wa Naval,aliiambia New York Times mwaka 2012 .

Hapa kuna mambo 10 ambayo watu wanaowasiliana na intuition yao hufanya tofauti.

Wanasikiliza sauti hiyo ya ndani.

kujichunguza

"Ni rahisi sana kukataa angavu," anasema Burnham. "Lakini ni zawadi kubwa ambayo inahitaji kuzingatiwa."

Kitu cha 1 kinachofautisha watu wenye angavu ni kwamba wanasikiliza, badala ya kupuuza, mwongozo wa intuitions zao na hisia za utumbo.

"Kila mtu ameunganishwa na angalizo lake, lakini watu wengine hawazingatii kama uvumbuzi," Burnham anasema. "Bado sijakutana na mfanyabiashara aliyefanikiwa ambaye hakusema, 'Sijui kwa nini nilifanya hivyo, ilikuwa ni ujinga tu."

Ili kufanya maamuzi yetu bora zaidi, tunahitaji usawaziko wa angavu -- ambao hutumika kuziba pengo kati ya silika na kufikiri -- na kufikiri kimantiki, kulingana na Francis Cholle, mwandishi wa The Intuitive Compass . Lakini upendeleo wa kitamaduni dhidi ya kufuata silika au angavu ya mtu mara nyingi husababisha kutozingatia mawazo yetu -- kwa madhara yetu wenyewe.

"Sio lazima kukataa mantiki ya kisayansi ili kufaidika na silika," anasema Cholle. "Tunaweza kuheshimu na kutoa wito kwa zana hizi zote, na tunaweza kutafuta usawa. Na kwa kutafuta usawa huu hatimaye tutaleta rasilimali zote za ubongo wetu katika vitendo."

Wanachukua muda kwa upweke.

angavu

Ikiwa unataka kuwasiliana na intuition yako, muda kidogo pekee unaweza kuwa njia bora zaidi. Kama vile upweke unavyoweza kusaidia kukuza mawazo ya ubunifu , kunaweza pia kutusaidia kuunganishwa na hekima yetu ya ndani kabisa.

Watu wa angavu mara nyingi huingizwa, kulingana na Burnham. Lakini iwe wewe ni mtangulizi au la, kuchukua muda wa kuwa peke yako kunaweza kukusaidia kujihusisha katika mawazo ya kina na kuungana tena na wewe mwenyewe.

"Lazima uweze kuwa na upweke kidogo; ukimya kidogo," anasema. "Katikati ya wazimu ... huwezi kutambua [intuition] juu ya kelele zote za maisha ya kila siku."

Wanaunda.

upweke

"Ubunifu hufanya kazi yake bora wakati unafanya kazi kwa angavu," anaandika mtafiti na mwandishi Carla Woolf .

Kwa kweli, watu wabunifu ni wa angavu sana, anaelezea Burnham, na kama vile unavyoweza kuongeza ubunifu wako kupitia mazoezi, unaweza kuongeza angavu yako. Kwa kweli, kufanya mazoezi moja kunaweza kujenga nyingine.

Wanafanya mazoezi ya kuzingatia.

Kutafakari na mazoea mengine ya kuzingatia inaweza kuwa njia bora ya kugusa angavu yako. Kama vile Taasisi ya Uongozi Ndani Yako inavyoeleza, "Kuzingatia kunaweza kukusaidia kuchuja gumzo la kiakili, kupima chaguzi zako kwa ukamilifu, zingatia angalizo lako na hatimaye kufanya uamuzi ambao unaweza kusimama nyuma kabisa."

Kuzingatia pia kunaweza kukuunganisha na angavu yako kwa kukuza ujuzi wa kibinafsi. Utafiti wa 2013 uliochapishwa katika jarida la Perspectives on Psychological Science ulionyesha kuwa uangalifu -- unaofafanuliwa kama "kuzingatia uzoefu wa sasa wa mtu kwa njia isiyo ya kuhukumu" -- inaweza kutusaidia kuelewa vyema zaidi haiba zetu. Na kama Arianna Huffington anavyosema katika Kustawi , angavu iliyoongezeka, huruma, ubunifu na amani yote ni athari nzuri za kutafakari.

Wanachunguza kila kitu.

angalia nje ya dirisha

"Jambo la kwanza la kufanya ni taarifa -- weka jarida kidogo, na utambue wakati mambo yasiyo ya kawaida yanapotokea," Burnham anasema. Utapata ufahamu mzuri wa jinsi mara kwa mara matukio ya bahati mbaya, miunganisho ya kushangaza na uvumbuzi wa juu-doti hutokea katika maisha yako ya kila siku -- kwa maneno mengine, utaanza kugusa angavu yako.

Wanasikiliza miili yao.

Watu wa angavu hujifunza kuungana na miili yao na kutii "hisia zao za matumbo."

Ikiwa umewahi kuanza kujisikia mgonjwa kwa tumbo lako wakati unajua kitu kibaya lakini haukuweza kuweka kidole chako juu ya nini, unaelewa kuwa intuitions inaweza kusababisha hisia ya kimwili katika mwili. Hisia zetu za utumbo huitwa hisia za utumbo kwa sababu fulani -- utafiti unapendekeza kwamba hisia na angavu zimekita mizizi katika "ubongo wa pili" kwenye utumbo .

Wanaungana kwa undani na wengine.

huruma

Kusoma akili kunaweza kuonekana kama mambo ya njozi na sayansi-ghushi, lakini ni jambo tunalofanya kila siku. Inaitwa usahihi wa hisia, neno katika saikolojia linalorejelea "uwezo unaoonekana kuwa wa kichawi wa kuweka ramani ya eneo la kiakili la mtu kutoka kwa maneno, hisia na lugha ya mwili," kulingana na Psychology Today.

"Unapomwona buibui akitambaa juu ya mguu wa mtu, unahisi hisia ya kutisha," Marcia Reynolds anaandika katika Psychology Today . "Vivyo hivyo, unapoona mtu akimfikia rafiki na anasukumwa mbali, ubongo wako unasajili hisia za kukataliwa. Unapotazama timu yako ikishinda au wanandoa kukumbatiana kwenye televisheni, unahisi hisia zao kana kwamba uko hapo. Hisia za kijamii kama hatia, aibu, kiburi, aibu, karaha na tamaa zote zinaweza kupatikana kwa kutazama wengine."

Kuzingatia hisia zako mwenyewe, na kutumia wakati kutazama na kusikiliza wengine ana kwa ana kunaweza kusaidia kuongeza uwezo wako wa huruma, asema Reynolds .

Wanazingatia ndoto zao.

kuota

Burnham anapendekeza kuwa makini na ndoto zako kama njia ya kuwasiliana na michakato ya akili yako isiyo na fahamu. Ndoto na angavu hutokana na kukosa fahamu , kwa hivyo unaweza kuanza kugusa sehemu hii ya akili yako kwa kuzingatia ndoto zako.

"Usiku, unapoota, unapokea habari kutoka kwa sehemu isiyo na fahamu au angavu ya ubongo wako," anasema Burnham. "Ikiwa umezingatia ndoto zako, unaweza kupata habari nyingi kuhusu jinsi ya kuishi maisha yako."

Wanafurahia muda mwingi wa kupumzika.

masomo ya ndoto

Mambo machache huzuia angavu kwa urahisi kama vile shughuli za mara kwa mara, kufanya kazi nyingi, muunganisho wa vifaa vya dijitali na mafadhaiko na uchovu mwingi. Kulingana na Huffington, kila mara tuna hisia angavu kuhusu watu katika maisha yetu -- kwa kiwango cha kina, tunajua wazuri kutoka kwa "wabembelezaji na watenganishaji" -- lakini sisi sio daima macho vya kutosha kwa uvumbuzi wetu kukiri tofauti kwetu sisi. Tatizo ni kwamba tuko busy sana.

"Siku zote tunapata maonyo kutoka kwa mioyo yetu na angavu zetu zinapoonekana," anaandika katika Thrive . "Lakini mara nyingi tunakuwa na shughuli nyingi sana kuweza kutambua."

Wanaacha kwa uangalifu hisia hasi.

Hisia kali -- haswa hasi -- zinaweza kuficha angavu yetu. Wengi wetu tunajua kuwa tunajihisi kuwa nje ya aina au "sio sisi wenyewe" tunapokasirika, na inaweza kuwa kwa sababu tumetenganishwa na angavu yetu.

"Unapokuwa na huzuni sana, unaweza kupata angalizo lako linashindwa," anasema Burnham. "Unapokuwa na hasira au katika hali ya kihisia iliyoongezeka ... angavu yako [inaweza] kushindwa kabisa."

Ushahidi sio hadithi tu: Utafiti wa 2013 uliochapishwa katika jarida la Sayansi ya Saikolojia ulionyesha kuwa kuwa katika hali nzuri kuliongeza uwezo wa kufanya maamuzi angavu katika mchezo wa maneno.

Hiyo haimaanishi kuwa watu wenye angavu huwa hawakasiriki kamwe -- lakini angalizo lako litakuwa bora zaidi ikiwa unaweza kukubali kwa akili na kuacha hisia hasi kwa sehemu kubwa, badala ya kuzikandamiza au kuzizingatia.

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Nancy Austin May 16, 2016

I don't get why people make such a big deal around the topic of intuition. Yes, I have plenty of down time, solitude, and possibly one or two other items listed above, but am stuck & frustrated with my life and don't hear a "still, small voice" giving hints about what direction to try. (In part I suspect several of the items listed above may be the *result* of intuition or maybe side effects, if they are related at all.) I would invite people to tell where in their lives they have seen intuition making a difference--some real stories might be more helpful than this article.

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Lisa Anne Nov 4, 2024
Nancy Austin- I have felt and can often feel that life is very much “waiting at the train station”, but when you DO hop on the train, it’s undeniable when you are “under the influence” of your intuition. Try simple things like “not” calling a certain person back (an example) simply because you DON’T FEEL LIKE IT… perhaps there is a reason why… the more we honor our “feelings”, the more that the intuitive nature in us will feel safe to begin to take up more space in our personalities. We all need to stop being so connected to so many people. It has only been a TINY span (a blip!) of time in human existence in which humans have decided to remain PLUGGED INTO each other. There are no boundaries any more. Where one person stops, the other begins without any space… without any time… without any genuine and authentic living. I live a completely unattached life and could never go back. I have a TINY circle and I have no fear that I may miss out or that I may have (... [View Full Comment]
Nancy Austin- I have felt and can often feel that life is very much “waiting at the train station”, but when you DO hop on the train, it’s undeniable when you are “under the influence” of your intuition. Try simple things like “not” calling a certain person back (an example) simply because you DON’T FEEL LIKE IT… perhaps there is a reason why… the more we honor our “feelings”, the more that the intuitive nature in us will feel safe to begin to take up more space in our personalities. We all need to stop being so connected to so many people. It has only been a TINY span (a blip!) of time in human existence in which humans have decided to remain PLUGGED INTO each other. There are no boundaries any more. Where one person stops, the other begins without any space… without any time… without any genuine and authentic living. I live a completely unattached life and could never go back. I have a TINY circle and I have no fear that I may miss out or that I may have (my own) funeral in an empty hall. Things like that do not terrify me nor should they. I’m free and I honor my feelings. Feelings are never wrong. Exaggerated? Maybe. But never wrong. Misinformed? Sometimes. But still not wrong. If we are meant to know different, we will know. Oh yes! The universe has a GREAT WAY of getting messages through to us when we need to hear them! And TIMING IS EVERYTHING. It can take YEARS at different phases (seasons) of our lives before we are “ready” for what is next. TRUSSSST MEEE it can be a DOOOZY! Sometimes “what is next” will ROCK THE HELL OUT OF YOUR $HIT BEFORE IT PAVES THE WAY FOR “better days”… trust that the timing is always correct. It’s never late. Ever. And again- it also spares us the decency of not arriving early- before we are ready. Sometimes the least momentous seasons in life should be enjoyed while they can because life has a way of breaking things down to their naked and bare essence before it makes… a nice aromatic essential oil out of you. (Metaphor). Best wishes and warm vibez (to you & to all) Lisa [Hide Full Comment]
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A. H Aug 5, 2025
From Japan, here.In my case it was not as precisely as “ make a difference “, but my intuition and connecting dots personality allowed me to learn and see how hospitals works as business. Observation led me to the conclusion that they ( hospitals management), pick up patients to slowly decrease their vital signs until the die. Once doing that another outward patient will be occupying the empty bed left by the deceased.
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Scamper4 Feb 15, 2016

Here's what I believe intuition is. Every second we are awake and perhaps even in sleep, we see and feel an unfiltered stream of life. Intuition is what happens when our minds make sense of the stream. Just saying...

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DGC Jun 18, 2014

My intuition tells me you are all full of shit

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JessiLyn Mar 1, 2025
🤣🤣🤣 dang you're mean
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Anonymous May 1, 2014
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charlie silverman May 1, 2014

Also i think the further removed we become from nature our abilities suffer in this respect. What a great article!! :)

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CitizenWhy May 1, 2014

They resist explaining things. Or, if they do, they are skeptical.

I suspect they don't make lists.

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Wisdom Apr 30, 2014

I was struggling to sleep due to certain ongoing problems in my life (I din't obey my gut feeling) and opened this mail and read this above article.... WOW..it just says it all. Thanks for posting this article.

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Kristin Pedemonti Apr 30, 2014

absolutely true. We each have intuition, it is the tapping into and trusting it. :) May we each trust ourselves and find the quiet time and the dream time to tap into intuition. HUG

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TanDaLayO Apr 30, 2014

This describes me! Thanks eversomuch.....