Why do we need intuition? Aren't we humans smart enough without it? Don't we have enough knowledge? Aren't there few experts who can teach us how to be healthy? Why can't we rely on information gleaned from computers or microscopes? Because knowledge can NEVER replace intuition!
Intuition is our natural survival instinct. The natural instincts of all living things have kept our planet in perfect balance for billions of years. Intuition is one of the laws of the universe, just like gravity. How paradoxical it is that we ignore intuition and rely on knowledge! We do not trust our own intuition. We have forgotten how to follow it.
The silly little mealworm follows its instinct and does not eat steamed oats. That's the point of steaming oats, to keep them from being eaten by worms. The mealworm has absolutely no knowledge, just instinct. He follows his instinct and never eats cooked oats. Flour worms are always full of health. People pick up a box of oats and read on it how healthy cooked oats are. Then they eat boiled oats and give them to their children. And are we surprised that our health is getting worse and worse? If you really want to become healthy, you must learn how to listen to your intuition. We cannot blindly trust in knowledge. When we receive new information, we should listen to our intuition.
Touch your cheek. Is it soft? Touch the rug on the floor. Can you feel the difference? How do you know? You feel that your cheek is soft and the carpet is hard. How did your body let you know about it? Have you ever thought about it? Do you trust your hands when they touch different surfaces? Why do you rely on the feel of your hands? Do you trust them blindly? What if I brought you an expert in an expensive thousand dollar suit who could scientifically prove to you that the opposite is true. Would you believe him? No? Why not? Because we were told in school that our bodies are made up of mindless matter.
If we trusted our intuition, we would rely on our body. Then we would realize that our body never makes mistakes. Our body is constantly trying to communicate with us through certain sensations. When our body lets us know it's cold, we put on a sweater. When our body needs rest, we feel tired. When the body demands water, we get thirsty. When the body is full of toxins, we have a decreased appetite, which means the body requires water fasting. We usually ignore most of our body's requests. We don't rest when we feel tired, we don't take off our high-heeled shoes when our feet hurt and we don't stop eating even when we're full. That's why we get sick.
If you ask different people what fruit they would like to eat today, you will get very different answers. When you crave a certain fruit or vegetable, it means your body needs the nutrients found in that particular food, right now. Your appetite may change tomorrow. It is your responsibility to fulfill these natural needs of your body. Those who listen to their bodies with respect feel healthier and live longer.
I want to tell you how my family survived in the woods thanks to serendipity. When we started our Pacific Crest hike, we planned to eat five dates a day. In the first two days we had eaten our ten day supply, and it was 70 miles to our next food parcel waiting for us at the post office. We had no food left except for a small amount of butter and a small bag of seeds. We decided we were going to start starving. On the fourth day of the hike, we felt very hungry. We began to reason: the forest around us is full of living things: bears, squirrels, coyotes, various birds and insects, all full of life. After all, they all feed on something. And none of them starve to death. They all find food for themselves. All animals, without any raw food classes, know what to eat. And if they know how to survive, we will survive too. We decided to listen to our intuition. We began to look closely at the plants around us. Some of them started to look very appetizing. I turned the stone over and saw a thick and juicy root, and I decided to taste it - its flavor reminded me of some kind of medicine. I gave everyone a baggie and said: "When you see a plant that you think is edible, pick it and put it in the bag, but never eat it". Soon we each had a full sack full. We sat down in a circle and started sorting out what we had scored. We rubbed the plants between our fingers, sniffed and tasted with the tip of our tongue. The ones we didn't like the taste, were too bitter or smelled bad, we threw away. From those that were left, Igor chose a few and said: "I'll eat them first, and we'll see how I feel, and if nothing happens to me, then you can eat them too." Igor ate them, we waited about an hour, and he said: "I'm hungry, let's eat". And we ate it all. The next day, as we walked, we all filled our pouches with edible plants. Then we put them in a big bowl, poured vegetable oil on them, sprinkled them with seeds and ate them with gusto. It was amazingly delicious. We called this dish "Hungry Tourist Salad." We enjoyed picking wild herbs and eating salads made from them so much that we decided that we would continue to eat salads like this when the hike was over. When we got to the next settlement, we stopped by the local library and perused a book of edible plants. We were amazed when we found out that we had picked all the plants correctly with only a very small error. Also, I'm convinced that our intuitions about food work much more strongly in a hungry person than in a satiated person. That incident in the woods taught our whole family to trust their intuition completely.
Many times we lost our way. After 3 months of camping, we weren't afraid of it anymore. We always found her. Once when we lost the road, we had to walk 7 miles (11 km) before we found it again. We had to climb to the snowy top of a mountain 7 high.000 feet (2.300 meters). Based on the map, we had to go straight north from the mountain to get back on the road. However, there was a deep gorge to the north of the mountain, a thunderstorm was beginning, and our backpacks were getting wet and heavy. We ignored the map, went in the direction our inner voice told us to go, and six hours later came to the road. We listened to our intuition and it helped us. We encountered many different animals on the hike. We also tried to listen to our intuition, as animals tend to do. So, with the help of intuition, we found sustenance where we didn't expect, water that wasn't indicated on the map, a barely visible trail, a comfortable and safe place to sleep.
On the hike, my intuition was so heightened that I could accurately predict the weather: when it would rain and when it would be sunny. After returning to the civilized world, I lost this ability, but I still had faith in the reliability of intuition. Now I can't imagine how I used to live without that natural instinct. I wouldn't trade my intuition for anything else in the world!
