from your experience, what do u think is the relationship b/wn intuition, background knowledge & intelectual*?

Question

effort?

Answer 1

Intuition is the ability to ignore background knowledge & intelectual effort and still act on the situation.

It is often difficult to ignore these learned traits and go with what intuition is telling us.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

"Our two minds .... One is an act of the emotional
mind, the other of the rational mind. In a very
real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and
one that feels" (Daniel Goleman, Emotional
Intelligence, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996,
page 8). This rational mind is also called the
faculty of logic and reason. It uses the background
knowledge accrued previously. The emotional mind
deals with intuition.

The Upanishads say that these two are opposite in
nature. Modern psychologist also have observed it,
but they are not very sure about it:

"At the same time, reason sometimes clearly seems
to come into conflict with some desires (even
while not being in conflict with others) giving us
the impression that reason is separate from
emotion".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason

However, logic used by the rational mind has limitations.

In the 1930s, Austrian mathematician Godel
proved a theorem which became the "Godel
theorem" in cognition theory. It states that
any formalized 'logical' system in principle
cannot be complete in itself. It means that a
statement can always be found that can be
neither disproved nor proved using the means
of that particular system. To discuss about
such a statement, one must go beyond that
very logic system; otherwise nothing but a
vicious circle will result. Psychologists say
that any experience is contingent - it's
opposite is logically possible and hence
should not be treated as contradictory.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/complexity/CompLexicon/godel.html

The Upanishads call the emotional component of mind as
Chitta and the rational component of mind as Manas. The
nature of Manas changes with each and every perception
and it's understanding. Manas represents the
intellignce of a person. In general, women excell in
Chitta and men excell in Manas. Men have the ability to
transcend the limitations of Manas and activate the
higher component of mind Buddhi (intellect or wisdom)
which deals with deliberation of the pros and cons
using discrimination after considering what is
emotional and what is rational. It overcomes the
limitations of logic and reasoning.

In English, 'flourit' means the age of dawning or
flowering of wisdom; it also means the age of 40. (See
a multi-volume dictionary in a library). Generally,
Buddhi (intellect) starts funtcioning after the age of
40 years, but it may take longer for others. You can
not blame a teenager or a youth for not having it. It
is a general observation that only person aged beyond
40 years are called intellectuals. You will rarely find
a woman being called an intellectual because 'flourit'
is not well defined for them.

History knows that major inventions or
innovations in science were made by people
after the age of 24, and major achievement in
philosophy, history or literature after the
age of 40.

(1) The pulse rate in a new born baby is about 140
beats per minute. This pulse rate gradually reduces
during the Koumaaram period and settles down to it's
stable value of 76 beats per minute after the age of 24
years. Different sects in the world have different
criteria to declare a person to become a youth. The
Indian tradition says that a person becomes a youth on
his 25th birth day, taking the stable heat beat value
into consideration.

(2) Modern psychologists treat the period from 35 to 40
years as middle-age crisis period. Most of the people
may not feel much during this period. However for those
few persons who experience its full intensity, it will
be like a mini-death. In English, 'flourit' means the
age of dawning of wisdom; it also means the age of 40.
(See a multi-volume dictionary in a library). Energy in
the body will be at its highest during the youth period
from 25 to 40 years of age. Generally, Buddhi
(intellect) starts funtcioning after the age of 40
years, but it may take longer for others. You can not
blame a teenager or a youth for not having it. It is a
general observation that only person aged beyond 40
years are called intellectuals.

(3) The period from 40 to 60 years is called the
declining period of youth-hood. It is also the period
of gaining wisdom.

Answer 3

Well I think without some type of background knowledge there would be nothing to feed or base intuition on.and without intellect, you would have no means to interpret your intuition! All three are required for any one to function!

Answer 4

Intuition is what I think I know
Knowledge is what I've learned and do know
An intellectual uses both to teach and form opinions for others. Not always the most popular move.

Answer 5

normally we know by the body language of a person if he is honest or not, the background knowledge helps us to assess him n our intellect prompts us to evaluate him.

Answer 6

It's all knowledge in some degree or another.

Answer 7

they are all directly proportional to each other