Fear transferred through ancestral knowledge
forms the basis of instinct. Predatory animals
for instance are imprinted upon the collective
memory as creatures to fear; we instinctually
know to avoid these creatures without ever
having been harmed by one. Fear in its purest
form is developed through experience. We learn
quickly to fear that which is perceived,
whether real or imagined, as a threat to our
existence.
The fight or flight response is an instinctual
survival mechanism. Intuition is an automatic
function of perception. Intuition is the
instantaneous and holistic perception of the
environment. The five senses collect
information, the mechanism of intuition filters
all information gathered and zeros in on subtle
cues provided by physical awareness.
The process of intuitive thinking takes place
beyond the scope of the conscious or
sub-conscious. Intuitive filtering occurs in
the ancestral brain, the primordial mind.
Without the primordial mind filtering subtle
cues from extraneous perception mankind would
not have lasted long among the wild beasts.
Indeed intuition is directly connected to our
survival as a species.
Prior to the complex mental development
necessary for language, the communication of
danger signals would have been performed in
large part with hand gestures and short, load
verbal exchanges. The primordial mind relied
completely on intuition.
Existence at the earliest stages of our
development would have consisted of states of
alert rest or periods of flight from danger.
Intuition would account for all environmental
perception. There would have been no objective
or subjective analysis of sensory perceptions
as exists today. To stop and analyze
perceptions would have invited certain death.
Perception consisted of “danger – run” or “no
danger – continue life”. These two basic states
of perception form the base of all intuitive
thought processes.
Instincts are a product of both experience and
intuition. Whereas intuition is a continual
process of environmental information filtering,
instincts are the resulting beliefs created by
the data processed by intuitive functions. We
instinctually know from experience, for
instance, to seek shelter during harsh
weather.
Experience has taught us basic methods or
instincts of survival. Intuition on the other
hand may offer information beyond the core
instinctual responses. We may be guided to the
closest shelter or choose one form of shelter
over the other based on knowledge offered by
the intuitive senses, for example. Sensations
of fear, instinct and intuition blend to create
what is widely known as intuitive knowledge or
psychic ability.
These three sensations, while related,
contribute separately to the whole of psychic
or intuitive perception. And while separate,
they share a common ancestry; one of a
primordial mind existing in state of constant
connectedness and reaction to the
environmen
