Date: 13.06.2007
Time: 7:35 p.m.
Killer intuition. These two words are repeatedly playing inside my head, over and over again. Killer intuition — keen intuition. Killer intuition — intuition that kills? Is it possible for something utterly devastating to happen just because you felt a cold shiver run down your spine all of a sudden, telling you that it would? Killer intuition?
Can you simply know the answer to a question without even asking it? Is such a thing real? Is it possible? Or is it a merely a string of coincidences that are repeating themselves? Even if it is possible, the question that arises is, ‘How?’
Somewhere in the world, during every moment of an individual’s life, another person is witnessing a great upheaval in his or her life. Some immense tragedy might strike a dear friend while you are breathing a sigh of relief at your own change of fortune. Another person might associate a day with disaster while you equate that same day with decision. You may be spending the evening in the company of loved ones while another person is stunned into silence at the loss of one. When does the tide turn? How does one know? How do different people react to a situation? How is it that most can be blissfully unaware of events that do not directly concern them? How does a person come to terms with loss and grief? And how in the world can another person know without asking? Is it killer intuition?
How does a person react to knowing and feeling then? Should the person be wary of it, keeping in mind the numerous occasions when this attribute has been accurate in the past? And what about guilt? Does guilt play any part at all in this, or is it just my imagination?
Well then, imagine this: your own day has been spent at ease. You have taken a positive step towards reclaiming your life and you have spent a rare, pleasant evening. Then, all of a sudden, you have this disturbing momentary flash regarding another person and you impulsively decide to act on that gut feeling. When you talk to that person, instead of your usual manner of opening a conversation, you ask the very question you had a premonitory feeling about. And your gut is proven right. Do you feel shocked? Astounded? Guilty? Is this killer intuition?
What can you do to help? What can you do when you find someone deeply upset? How can you be supportive and show solidarity without being intrusive or taking away that person’s right to grieve? How do you find the right words to say? Do you say them? How do you know?
Intuition does not have all the answers then, does it?
End: 8:00 p.m.
Time: 7:35 p.m.
Killer intuition. These two words are repeatedly playing inside my head, over and over again. Killer intuition — keen intuition. Killer intuition — intuition that kills? Is it possible for something utterly devastating to happen just because you felt a cold shiver run down your spine all of a sudden, telling you that it would? Killer intuition?
Can you simply know the answer to a question without even asking it? Is such a thing real? Is it possible? Or is it a merely a string of coincidences that are repeating themselves? Even if it is possible, the question that arises is, ‘How?’
Somewhere in the world, during every moment of an individual’s life, another person is witnessing a great upheaval in his or her life. Some immense tragedy might strike a dear friend while you are breathing a sigh of relief at your own change of fortune. Another person might associate a day with disaster while you equate that same day with decision. You may be spending the evening in the company of loved ones while another person is stunned into silence at the loss of one. When does the tide turn? How does one know? How do different people react to a situation? How is it that most can be blissfully unaware of events that do not directly concern them? How does a person come to terms with loss and grief? And how in the world can another person know without asking? Is it killer intuition?
How does a person react to knowing and feeling then? Should the person be wary of it, keeping in mind the numerous occasions when this attribute has been accurate in the past? And what about guilt? Does guilt play any part at all in this, or is it just my imagination?
Well then, imagine this: your own day has been spent at ease. You have taken a positive step towards reclaiming your life and you have spent a rare, pleasant evening. Then, all of a sudden, you have this disturbing momentary flash regarding another person and you impulsively decide to act on that gut feeling. When you talk to that person, instead of your usual manner of opening a conversation, you ask the very question you had a premonitory feeling about. And your gut is proven right. Do you feel shocked? Astounded? Guilty? Is this killer intuition?
What can you do to help? What can you do when you find someone deeply upset? How can you be supportive and show solidarity without being intrusive or taking away that person’s right to grieve? How do you find the right words to say? Do you say them? How do you know?
Intuition does not have all the answers then, does it?
End: 8:00 p.m.
19 comments:
this is awesome...being an intuitive person myself,i loved it!
and the questions...they are meant to be unanswered and they remain the biggest mysteries of life!
My intuition says I made you think about this deeply...
...Very well written and very true...
Great post! I do have my reservations regarding "killer" instincts. Though I do trust gut feels, I'm also aware that it's not everything. It can also be wrong too. We don't know everything, and neither do our guts. Some people use "gut feel" as an excuse to do something exemplary illogical. And if it succeeds, I attribute it more to luck more than anything :)
PS -- to answer your question, I'd be honored to join your blogroll. I don't have one... but you're defo on my bookmark list on my browser :)
@ Princess Banter
I'm so glad that you gave your opinion. :) The truth is that intuition is NOT everything, but it is rather eerie when it hits the nail right on the mark without any sort of logical explanation.
I usually tend to look upon most things logically, and therefore, get unnerved by these sudden intuitive flashes. Hence the post... with so many questions. :)
PS: Thank ye! *yayness*
its good you explored so many questions in this post,for intuition really is one subject that unnerves me.specially the part when you talk about how other's fortune may change for the worse while your life's all smooth....that sure gave me a strange feeling.
@ Shreya
Yeah. That bit had unnerved me too. I had freaked out ... a lot.
:) Thanks for understanding.
Intuition nudges you towards the right answer.
You help a person by understanding that person's grief. Is it simply by looking at your best friend {I trip over my keyboard at the mention of "best"} that you gauge how to reply?
{Was this by any chance relevant?}
There has to be answers in the first place, methinks.
But that I suppose is totally irrelevant.
I have become a fan now, I believe.
Oh and forgive me for these speech malfunctions. I believe this might be one of my phases.
@ Prince Kazarelth
It was. Thank you.
Understand, I do. How to react, I'm not sure. Gauging is required, hence.
@ Lucifer
Might I ask how you chanced upon my blog?
'Speech malfunctions'...'phases'... *Raises eyebrow*
Oh and 'Thank you!' ^_^
Such blogs and such people are rare, I believe.
But I suppose, (hafta cut the loop : should remember that next time) it was my, call it intuition.
Intuition my non-existent seventh toe! Those are words right out of my Orkut profile...
Hah! :P
But then, you know, if I tell franly, this ploy is quite good to pull audience to my lonely blog.
Hehe.
Hmmm. The sad bit is, I won't be able to do justice to reading it at the moment since I'm trying to carry out conversations with four people.
I will check it out properly (hopefully) this evening. :)
Actually the comment was to stop you from vacuum cleaning your mind.
Ya. My blog's that bad.
*Looks around nonchalantly*
Ahh... looks like my friend has been in conversation with you for quite some time.
That reply of yours was quite Yoda-ish if I might say so.
*Grumbles something about stupid coots defining mean-green-fighting-machine..*
And, yes. It's not by accident that I meet people who approximate me... approximately.
@ Kazarelth
Aprroximate approximation?
*raises eyebrow*
Care to explain that one?
And please feel free to use the chatbox instead.
*Sneers at the mention of the chatbox*
I don't like their kind. They are too... SMS-y.
Right... the explanation would take time. But, hell. It's just that I take one look at all those quizzes you've taken; another look at all those things you've written in your profile and one mighty look at your blog, and go: "Whoa! That's me!!"
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