Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Intuition: the sixth premonition


Intuition: the sixth premonitionProphetic dreams, strange guesses, hunches... One of the most mysterious properties of our psyche - intuition - bred scientists disputes at all times. That is, a unique gift of nature or Caprice vague subconscious? Do you want to rely on the intricacies of sixth senses in relation to creativity?



Mind games


Each of us, there have been times when dreams, hopes were not realized, jewelry verified the plan failed. And now, regretting the wasted time, effort or funds, we say to ourselves with reproach: "it was Not necessary to go there (to call, to come, to invest money)! " Miracles? Not at all!




"What we call intuition, directly linked to the notion of the unconscious, " explains psychologist Boris Novoderezhkin. - Contrary to popular opinion, the unconscious contains not only ousted problems and fears. At the same time it is the repository of knowledge, experience, skills and observations obtained throughout life and brought to psychological automatism. At the level of the unconscious person is able to "see" all those details that elude him in everyday life, to analyze the situation and make the right decision".




An example of this famous historical incident that happened with Mikhail Lomonosov. The scientist had a fire in his lab, he jumped out of bed, ran to the scene and saw that in fact all his papers on fire.




"You can say that it was a prophetic dream - continues Boris Novoderezhkin, but, most likely leaving the lab the night before, he the corner of his eye noted that poorly put out the candle. And although at that time the scientist did not attach any value, this point is clearly settles in his subconscious mind".




Intuition has nothing to do with mysticism, agrees with his colleague head of the laboratory of psychology and psychophysiology of creativity (the Institute of psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences), doctor of psychological Sciences Dmitry Ushakov. We may long to reflect on the situation, along the way, retracing all the steps of our reasoning, but not to come to a decision. And suddenly it is born by itself. And often these hunches are the most faithful, because of the intuitive experience is in addition to the purpose of the action, and therefore, we will not be able to wishful thinking.




Research doctor of medical Sciences, Professor of the Hebrew University Joseph Feigenberg show that intuition is closely connected with the mechanism of the so-called probabilistic forecasting used by every person from the moment of his birth: "Man falls in various situations, and even if he does not remember, they are written in the subcortex. If any of the circumstances are repeated, then we mentally compare them with previous events and try to anticipate and predict what will happen".





Price inspiration


"Speaking of hyperacuity intuition, usually remember about the psychics, - says Dmitry Ushakov. And although the phenomenon is not fully understood, it is possible to assume that these people are really sensitive to stimuli, of whose existence I don't notice all the others. Something similar happens with creative people. Hunches become an integral part of their life and professional activity. Because creativity gives access to the memory resources that are closed to "non-creative" most".




The moment of insight, the birth of "crazy" and yet brilliant ideas, now seen as the culmination of intuitive creative process - the elusive, mysterious and almost mystical. However, if the secret of enlightenment managed to solve, great discoveries were made by statement, to time and to order. By the way, the creators had no doubt that they are on the verge plexus conscious and unconscious. It is argued by many. Artists of the past have left a lot of evidence that they often do not know how they do. "And, right, " wrote Ivan Goncharov, many were unconsciously; beside me someone invisible was sitting and told me what to write".





Capricious guest


The question of whether to wait for inspiration as one of the manifestations of intuition, or overcoming a fear of a blank slate to work through can't,


was often decided in favor of the second option. The famous words of Tchaikovsky that "the Muse - a guest capricious and does not like to visit lazy".




With this idea agrees Boris Novoderezhkin: "All talented and unique artists, who gave the world the great work, long studied and worked a lot. They accumulate experience, knowledge and observations, which partly "settled" in the structures of the unconscious. In fact, what we call inspiration is the automation of the creative process. And so the Creator himself is extremely difficult to arrange the time of illumination on the scheme. It is as difficult as the driver-ACS to explain why well he drives a car".




In this regard, it is appropriate to recall the words of Nikolai Gogol, which in response to the complaints of his friend the writer Vladimir Sologub that "today it is not written", urged: "do you still write... Take a pretty feather, properly it will ocenite, put a sheet of paper and begin thus: "to Me today something is not written". Write it many times in a row, and suddenly you will get a good idea! Behind it is another, third, because otherwise no one writes, and people who possessed a constant inspiration, rare".




How to develop intuition




Inner voice tells the person to go to play roulette.




It comes in a casino, the tip of the inner voice puts on a black and loses. "Now put on white! "says the inner voice. Man puts and again loses. "And now put back on black, not screaming inner voice. Man puts against your intuition to zero and takes the pot.




In fact, the intuition and any life experience, even hidden in the labyrinth of the unconscious, leads quite rare. American psychologist, March emery spent several years observing people with high intuition. And found that they are 5 times less likely to get into accidents, 7 times less injuries, 5 times less frequently they occur sudden heart attacks in the nervous system (they are more prepared for the real course of events and do not perceive it as a bolt from the blue), 3 times less likely to suffer neurosis (thanks to the intuitive apprehension just less panic), in 2 times less likely to get food poisoning and repeated infectious diseases (because intuitive touch poor quality food).




"Intuition is for everyone, only some people it is developed more and others less, " said Dmitry Ushakov. But it can be learned! "





So...


Recall an event from your life, when you know exactly how it will end. As clearly as possible restore the memory of this episode of his life. Think about where exactly you received this knowledge.


Not zastrevaya for a long time in small, everyday issues and problems. Their decision, as a rule, does not require significant mental effort, and deeper concentrating on narrow subjects makes the brain lazy. Try not to be idle.




Start to keep a diary. In 20-ies of the last century scholar Katerina Cox studied the biographies of more than three hundred historical geniuses such as Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson, Johann Sebastian Bach. As it turned out, many of them kept diaries. According to Cox, one of the hallmarks of genius - the tendency to eloquently describe their feelings and thoughts in a diary, poems in letters to friends and family.




The dream may also be a source of intuition. Some of our dreams is exactly the same a few seconds or minutes of our future. When such dreams come true, we are left with a feeling of deja vu (it's already occurred once") and the knowledge of the future. Try to remember these feelings and their values.




Abstracted from their goals. The fact that our conscious aspirations do not always coincide with subconscious desires. All this can obscure the voice of intuition. This idea is confirmed by American scientists in the course of the experiment. They asked the women in early pregnancy, about who they will have a boy or a girl. Those who have no conscious desire to have a baby of a specific gender, to accurately "guess".





Chtoby develop creativity


're in a circle of like-minded people.




In this community must be strong competitors. Then you begin to try to write prose or pictures better than they are, and thereby reveal their ability.




Listen to criticism, it is impossible to make new steps in the works.




Repeat to yourself the phrase about what you can do and do it well.




Do not set yourself too high bars - success is in the works is an unpredictable thing.




Study work has already recognized creators. You must have a mentor in the work (this may be a teacher in the Institute, where you involved in the art). His advice and criticism will help you to balance in a difficult creative search, to cut off the wrong way and concentrate on the good work.




Go to exhibitions, listen to excerpts of other works - the thought process should run continuously. Artists and musicians are needed daily lessons in order not to lose the technique.




And never tell me how you get the inspiration is your secret.




The mechanism of intuition




In the mechanism of development of intuition there is nothing supernatural. Just some "sixth sense" developed from birth, others prefer to use rational and logical apparatus. In order to dispel the mystic Fleur, scholars have identified several types of intuition:




Insight

. The Apple that fell on his head, contributes to the achievement of discovery, due to the fact that the subconscious was a long invisible internal processing of information. Man is not aware of its stroke, and obtains the final result is the product of the analytical work of the brain. Thus are born the opening...



A premonition of disaster. Signals from internal organs often come in dreams. The subconscious mind holds the "night crawl" internal organs, taking from them is not visible in the daytime complaints. On a conscious level, they are transformed into imaginative dreams. So people can "predict" his impending disease.



Intuitive link. Deep connections with loved ones often leads to capture their "biowall". So feel each other twins, mother, when a child can happen that something is wrong. The intuition of this kind is exacerbated, as a rule, during strong emotional upheavals, wars and disasters. Some researchers explain this special susceptibility to quantum fluctuations, which arise until the event has not happened yet, but "prepared". This is the same principle as the animals feel an earthquake or tornado. No wonder we sometimes say: "in the air something vital"...



Insight scheme


American researcher Graham Wallace suggested which later became the famous diagram of the process of creative thinking. He designed it based on Sonablate outstanding scientists, primarily from German physiologist Hermann Helmholtz and the French mathematician Henri Poincare.





Preparation. It involves collecting the necessary information about the problem, a conscious search for its solutions and thinking. Often these attempts lead nowhere. Like beating your head against a wall.



Incubation. Bearing problems. The period of apparent stagnation. In fact, going deep unconscious work on the task, and at the level of consciousness of the person can about it does not think.


Enlightenment

. Inspiration, discovery, insight. Comes always unexpected, instantly and like a spike. The solution at this moment is born in the form of a symbol, thought-image that is hard to describe in words.


Check

. The image is clothed in words, thoughts are arranged in a logical sequence, opening scientifically substantiated.



The effect of habituation


According to psychologists, intuitive mechanisms always emotional. They are characterized by fairly strong yet positive experiences.




This idea accurately formulated Joseph Brodsky in his Nobel lecture, noting that artists fall into dependence on the creative process, as the drug from the drug. It is now known that the drug blocks the pleasure centers in the brain. And if this creative dependence as strong a popular stereotype about the impossibility of existence outside of the creative process for these people becomes easy to explain.





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