Applying Intuitive Methods in Explorations of Preferred Futures

[[abstract]]Western Industrial culture has trained us to ignore our inner knowing and intuitive senses in favor of purely “rational” thought processes. Yet one of the major shifts we’re experiencing in this culture today is an increasing acceptance of the validity of intuitive awareness. The root meaning of the word Intuition is “teaching from within,” and elders and spiritual teachers across the ages have stated that much of what we really need to know about ourselves and the world around us can be learned more effectively by “going within” than by listening to others. An exploration of the literature – both experimental and experiential – provides a few simple principles which encourage consistency in this kind of intuitive awareness. Applying these principles on a regular basis has been demonstrated anecdotally, and appears experimentally, to provide significant enhancement of analytical decision-making processes and can therefore lead to more effective implementation of plans for the future