Can We Trust Our Feelings and Intuition?
Eckhart Tolle・15 minutes read
Trusting and acting on feelings can lead to misunderstandings and incorrect actions, while intuition arising from presence offers clarity and peace. Avoiding reactive, ego-driven responses simplifies interactions, prevents conflict, and promotes resolution and peace.
Insights
- Trusting feelings is cautioned against; instead, feelings should be acknowledged and observed without being taken as absolute truth or a guide for action.
- Intuition, devoid of negativity like fear or anger, emerges from presence and offers a serene certainty, distinct from conditioned feelings, simplifying interactions and preventing unnecessary conflict by refraining from ego-driven responses and narratives.
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Recent questions
Should feelings always be trusted?
No
What is the role of intuition?
Offers peaceful certainty
How can conflicts be resolved peacefully?
Avoid ego-driven narratives
What is the impact of dishonesty in conflicts?
Increases conflict
How can fear influence decision-making?
Leads to misinterpretations
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Summary
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Navigating Feelings: Trust Intuition, Avoid Reactivity
- Trusting feelings is not always advisable; acknowledge and observe feelings instead.
- Feelings should not always be taken as truth or a guide for action.
- An anecdote about a woman renting a room illustrates the complexity of trusting feelings.
- Initial feelings of fear and misinterpretation can lead to incorrect actions.
- Intuition arises from presence and lacks negativity like fear or anger.
- Intuition is distinct from conditioned feelings and offers a peaceful certainty.
- Reactivity and ego-driven responses complicate situations unnecessarily.
- Non-reactivity simplifies interactions and prevents unnecessary conflict.
- Making others wrong strengthens the ego and perpetuates conflict.
- Refraining from engaging in ego-driven narratives can lead to resolution and peace in conflicts.
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Reducing Conflict Through Honesty and Respect
- Dishonesty or objectionable opinions can lead to conflict reduction by up to 90% in one's life.
