Definition of Intuition: the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.
It’s day two of studying my rather inconspicuous house plant.
Intuitive Intelligence for me, is the basic operating intelligence that governs the functioning of an organism. In the case of animals and plants, because of the absence of a higher intelligence, this wisdom isn’t referred to as intuitive but rather innate (meaning inborn).
In my quest to operate more from my heart, I decided to patiently observe the most basic of living organisms (without the use of any technology). There are two reasons for this:
- I believe if I study any single animate object or master a practice for long enough, it has the potential to teach me anything and everything I need to learn.
- To learn how to operate independent of rationalisation, I have to study the functioning of organisms that operate with it’s innate intelligence. This innate intelligence could hold the key to teaching me how to think less and feel more.
This morning during observational meditation, I noticed something remarkable. In some plants and trees, there are thousands of leaves growing. Yet, no two leaves are ever stuck to each other. (There maybe rare occurences when this happens, but this is generally a byproduct of an external constraint that the plant is accomodating or a biological adaptation). As these leaves grow, there is an innate intelligence that allows these leaves to grow with just enough space between the leaves that support the ecosystem but not restrict another’s growth. I was truly fascinated by this observation.
How to I integrate this learning in my life?
How much space is enough space? Who are the people around me who could potentially benefit from the space I create for them? Am I feeling constricted by someone else? Who are these people and could I communicate this feeling with compassion and kindness? The understanding of the space needed is innate. How could I learn to feel a person’s need for space (independent of the need for verbal communication)? What does support without recognition feel like? How do I fully understand that irrespective of whom that person is, if they are within the confines of my space, our energies will impact each other? How do I learn to fully trust that the space we hold will be filled with something beneficial to us both?
These and hundreds of other questions are ploughing through my mind. There is a saying: a glass is only useful if it is empty. I am using these observations and introspections as a tool to empty the glass because finally I trust that if the glass is empty, it will be filled with something amazing.
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