Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cognitve Biases and Logical Fallacies

[Vaj]

On Jun 10, 2006, at 4:04 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't think of intuition as in the woo woo category.  Premonition crosses that line for me.  Or the claim that one's intuitions are always right.  Intuition for me includes pattern recognition but it includes other unconscious process that are not too well understood, although commonly experienced.  They give a non-verbal sense about something before the conscious mind catches up.  With so much sensory information going in, and only a small fraction consciously processed, it doesn't surprise me that we can feel something before we can clearly articulate it.  This is more than pattern recognition but a long way from woo woo! If woo woo has anything to do with Pure Consciousness, there's a definite connection  between woo woo and intuition. PC entails creating a LOT of new, global connections in the  brain. Intuion entails making use of novel connections in the brain, according to most  neurological theories about it. And the Sanskrit word for intutition, Pratibha (prAtibha), does bear this out as it is synonymous with Transcendental Knowing (jnana, jJAna). Interestingly in Kashmir Shaivite literature they see Pratibha as synonymous with Paravac--transcendental, non-dual  telepathic speech. This is interesting because it shows that everyone has the natural experience of the transcendent (vac). __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___