# Episode 128 — Intuition — Non-Rational Knowing  URL:: https://share.snipd.com/episode/927e64e8-2961-4d34-8d73-66e351c1d02a Author:: This Jungian Life Podcast ## Highlights > Episode AI notes > 1. Intuition, according to Jung, is the perception of unconscious contents. This perception leads to the emergence of a duty or task for the individual or the world. > 2. Intuition can sometimes be difficult to navigate as you may have a strong sense of something without knowing how to utilize it. Being intuitive can feel isolating if you are unable to apply your knowledge effectively to the world or yourself. > 3. Being intuitive is not a step-wise process but a sudden grasp of the whole scene and context. Intuition can be disruptive and perceived as seeing every crack in a situation and breaking it open. Intuitive perception often lacks attention to relational impact. The ego is responsible for monitoring the relational impact of intuition. Intuitive individuals constantly have new ideas and suggestions, which can be exhausting for others around them. > 4. The importance of being curious and having a dialogue. Intuition, dreams, and songs come from the unconscious. Having a dialogue with unconscious thoughts is necessary. Unconscious contents should not be privileged over consciousness. Consciousness and unconscious contents should have a conflict. Exploring intuition versus other input is essential. > 5. The analysis and the analyst participate in giving birth to emergent potential. Intuition about a child's potential co-creates the potential for manifestation. Accurate perception of emergent potential leads to co-participation in a field. > 6. We are constantly cognating on a non-rational level and reaching compelling conclusions. The ego justifies our conclusions by scanning the environment and grouping us together based on non-rational similarities. Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink, supports the idea of unconscious pattern recognition and intuition based on experience. Intuition can be informed by many years of experience. ([Time 0:00:00](https://share.snipd.com/episode-takeaways/8c412b6a-ed8f-406c-8e3e-eb92a366690f)) > Jung's perspective on intuition and unconscious perception > Summary: > Intuition, according to Jung, is the perception of unconscious contents. This perception leads to the emergence of a duty or task for the individual or the world. > Transcript: > Speaker 3 > What Jung says about intuition is he says, intuition I take as perception by way of the unconscious or perception of unconscious contents. And then he also goes on to say, what does this mean for me or for the world? What emerges in the way of a duty or a task? ([Time 0:02:00](https://share.snipd.com/snip/317d0fd2-4247-49db-9f9e-7544edc89c38)) > The Challenge of Intuition and Making it Useful > Summary: > Intuition can often present a challenge as sometimes you may have a strong intuition but struggle to understand or apply it within the context of the world. This can be likened to the myth of Cassandra, who had the gift of prophecy but was cursed as no one would believe her. Likewise, being intuitive can feel futile if you are unable to bridge the gap between knowing something and leveraging it in the world or for yourself. > Transcript: > Speaker 1 > This is the hard thing about intuition is that sometimes you get a gigantic intuition, and you don't know how to use it. You know there's something there, but you can't necessarily fit it in with the rest of the world. I mean, I'm thinking of the myth of Cassandra that we've referenced before on the podcast and, you know, she had this, she was granted this gift of prophecy, but was cursed in that she, You know, she would know what was going to happen, but no one would believe her. And sometimes that can be the experience of being intuitive if you can't build that bridge, that you don't know how to make what you know of use in the world or to yourself. ([Time 0:14:05](https://share.snipd.com/snip/67511577-eab6-4db7-b793-a44ad8f66dc6)) > Intuition can be exclusive and disruptive > Summary: > Intuition is not a step-wise process, but rather grasping the whole context at once, which can feel disruptive to others. This intuitive perception can uncover every detail and crack in a situation, which may make others feel overlooked and exhausted. Intuition often focuses on new ideas and possibilities, but may neglect the relational impact, requiring the ego to monitor and manage the effects on others. > Transcript: > Speaker 1 > That is part of being an intuitive is that it's not a step wise process. It's suddenly grasping just the whole scene and the whole context and you just see the whole forest and other people are going, wait, wait, wait, I haven't even found the tree yet. > Speaker 2 > Or it feels disruptive. I remember one of our cohorts very quietly saying after I had downloaded an intuitive interpretation of her case, she very quietly said, it's like you can see every little crack in the Case and break it wide open in the front of everyone else. And I was like, Oh, I really heard it, you know, there's something in attentive to the relational field in the cold, declarative, bigness of an intuitive perception. And that's often the criticism of intuitive is that there is a relational impact that the intuition is not interested in and not attending to. The ego is responsible for finding a way to monitor that. > Speaker 1 > I think the way that shows up for me is I just have always have new ideas and ideas about possible things that could be done, whether it's like how I want to fix up my office or, you know, that We should do a podcast or anything in between like what we should put on the pizza for dinner, you know, and it's just, it's kind of exhausting. And it can exhaust the people around me. ([Time 0:24:10](https://share.snipd.com/snip/a063885e-e66e-4e7e-9382-49f6b3937095)) > Having a dialogue between your conscious and unconscious > Summary: > Being curious and having a dialogue between conscious and unconscious is essential. Intuition, dreams, and thoughts from the unconscious should be examined and not automatically considered right. Instead, they should be weighed against conscious thoughts and external input to reach balanced decisions. > Transcript: > Speaker 3 > So there again is the importance of being curious and having a dialogue, which is what Jung says and what we say over and over again is intuition comes from the unconscious, dreams come From the unconscious. A song that gets stuck in your head comes from the unconscious. Have a dialogue with it. That just because it comes from the unconscious doesn't mean it's right. And Jung did not privilege unconscious contents over consciousness. What he said was it's the old story of the hammer in the anvil that consciousness and unconscious contents should have it out with each other. It's like, okay, what about that song lyric, or what about my brilliant idea, my incredible intuition that our entire family should pack up and live on a Pacific island. Whoa, wait a minute. Let's hold that and really explore intuition versus a lot of other input, including, of course, from family members. ([Time 0:28:39](https://share.snipd.com/snip/1ce7a6db-50f1-43ed-9e7c-0a1aea3752d3)) > Co-participation in Giving Birth to Potential > Summary: > The speaker describes how both the analysis and the analyst contribute to the emergence of potential, likening it to a mother's intuition about her child's potential. According to Jung, the accuracy of our perception of emergent potential involves co-participating in a field and co-creating the potential for manifestation. > Transcript: > Speaker 1 > What's happening in the room is, you know, there's a way that we both the analysis and the analyst have co participated in giving birth to that. > Speaker 2 > And I'm thinking of both of you as moms. There are certain moments where you have an intuition about your child or their potential where they're going. And the clearer your intuition about that is just the appearance of the intuition co creates the potential that the child could manifest that is something very radical that Jung is Saying. But if our perception is really accurate about emergent potential, we are co participating in a field. ([Time 0:32:44](https://share.snipd.com/snip/d4098bd4-7461-43b4-9ba8-58bc12e532af)) > Intuition as a vehicle for informed and experienced analysis > Summary: > Human cognition operates on a non-rational level, leading to compelling conclusions which the ego then justifies by scanning the environment and grouping people together based on similarities. Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink, supports the idea that intuition is often based on unconscious pattern recognition and years of experience, leading to hunches that are informed by extensive experience. > Transcript: > Speaker 2 > There's all of that and we were trending in a moment towards the thesis in the righteous mind. The idea that we in fact are constantly cognating on a non-rational level and reaching compelling conclusions. And then the ego is often tasked with justifying those conclusions by scanning the environment and trending us and grouping us together based on this similitude of non-rational conclusions. > Speaker 3 > And I believe that Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink, really supports what you just said, Joseph, about the unconscious picking up patterns and that intuition is often based on just A lot of experience. And then you can have a hunch quote unquote that is actually informed by many years of experience. ([Time 0:58:16](https://share.snipd.com/snip/b1a574d2-c4f9-4b4d-942d-395cc979595a)) --- Title: Episode 128 — Intuition — Non-Rational Knowing Author: This Jungian Life Podcast Tags: readwise, podcasts date: 2024-01-30 --- # Episode 128 — Intuition — Non-Rational Knowing  URL:: https://share.snipd.com/episode/927e64e8-2961-4d34-8d73-66e351c1d02a Author:: This Jungian Life Podcast ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > Episode AI notes > 1. Intuition, according to Jung, is the perception of unconscious contents. This perception leads to the emergence of a duty or task for the individual or the world. > 2. Intuition can sometimes be difficult to navigate as you may have a strong sense of something without knowing how to utilize it. Being intuitive can feel isolating if you are unable to apply your knowledge effectively to the world or yourself. > 3. Being intuitive is not a step-wise process but a sudden grasp of the whole scene and context. Intuition can be disruptive and perceived as seeing every crack in a situation and breaking it open. Intuitive perception often lacks attention to relational impact. The ego is responsible for monitoring the relational impact of intuition. Intuitive individuals constantly have new ideas and suggestions, which can be exhausting for others around them. > 4. The importance of being curious and having a dialogue. Intuition, dreams, and songs come from the unconscious. Having a dialogue with unconscious thoughts is necessary. Unconscious contents should not be privileged over consciousness. Consciousness and unconscious contents should have a conflict. Exploring intuition versus other input is essential. > 5. The analysis and the analyst participate in giving birth to emergent potential. Intuition about a child's potential co-creates the potential for manifestation. Accurate perception of emergent potential leads to co-participation in a field. > 6. We are constantly cognating on a non-rational level and reaching compelling conclusions. The ego justifies our conclusions by scanning the environment and grouping us together based on non-rational similarities. Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink, supports the idea of unconscious pattern recognition and intuition based on experience. Intuition can be informed by many years of experience. ([Time 0:00:00](https://share.snipd.com/episode-takeaways/8c412b6a-ed8f-406c-8e3e-eb92a366690f)) > Jung's perspective on intuition and unconscious perception > Summary: > Intuition, according to Jung, is the perception of unconscious contents. This perception leads to the emergence of a duty or task for the individual or the world. > Transcript: > Speaker 3 > What Jung says about intuition is he says, intuition I take as perception by way of the unconscious or perception of unconscious contents. And then he also goes on to say, what does this mean for me or for the world? What emerges in the way of a duty or a task? ([Time 0:02:00](https://share.snipd.com/snip/317d0fd2-4247-49db-9f9e-7544edc89c38)) > The Challenge of Intuition and Making it Useful > Summary: > Intuition can often present a challenge as sometimes you may have a strong intuition but struggle to understand or apply it within the context of the world. This can be likened to the myth of Cassandra, who had the gift of prophecy but was cursed as no one would believe her. Likewise, being intuitive can feel futile if you are unable to bridge the gap between knowing something and leveraging it in the world or for yourself. > Transcript: > Speaker 1 > This is the hard thing about intuition is that sometimes you get a gigantic intuition, and you don't know how to use it. You know there's something there, but you can't necessarily fit it in with the rest of the world. I mean, I'm thinking of the myth of Cassandra that we've referenced before on the podcast and, you know, she had this, she was granted this gift of prophecy, but was cursed in that she, You know, she would know what was going to happen, but no one would believe her. And sometimes that can be the experience of being intuitive if you can't build that bridge, that you don't know how to make what you know of use in the world or to yourself. ([Time 0:14:05](https://share.snipd.com/snip/67511577-eab6-4db7-b793-a44ad8f66dc6)) > Intuition can be exclusive and disruptive > Summary: > Intuition is not a step-wise process, but rather grasping the whole context at once, which can feel disruptive to others. This intuitive perception can uncover every detail and crack in a situation, which may make others feel overlooked and exhausted. Intuition often focuses on new ideas and possibilities, but may neglect the relational impact, requiring the ego to monitor and manage the effects on others. > Transcript: > Speaker 1 > That is part of being an intuitive is that it's not a step wise process. It's suddenly grasping just the whole scene and the whole context and you just see the whole forest and other people are going, wait, wait, wait, I haven't even found the tree yet. > Speaker 2 > Or it feels disruptive. I remember one of our cohorts very quietly saying after I had downloaded an intuitive interpretation of her case, she very quietly said, it's like you can see every little crack in the Case and break it wide open in the front of everyone else. And I was like, Oh, I really heard it, you know, there's something in attentive to the relational field in the cold, declarative, bigness of an intuitive perception. And that's often the criticism of intuitive is that there is a relational impact that the intuition is not interested in and not attending to. The ego is responsible for finding a way to monitor that. > Speaker 1 > I think the way that shows up for me is I just have always have new ideas and ideas about possible things that could be done, whether it's like how I want to fix up my office or, you know, that We should do a podcast or anything in between like what we should put on the pizza for dinner, you know, and it's just, it's kind of exhausting. And it can exhaust the people around me. ([Time 0:24:10](https://share.snipd.com/snip/a063885e-e66e-4e7e-9382-49f6b3937095)) > Having a dialogue between your conscious and unconscious > Summary: > Being curious and having a dialogue between conscious and unconscious is essential. Intuition, dreams, and thoughts from the unconscious should be examined and not automatically considered right. Instead, they should be weighed against conscious thoughts and external input to reach balanced decisions. > Transcript: > Speaker 3 > So there again is the importance of being curious and having a dialogue, which is what Jung says and what we say over and over again is intuition comes from the unconscious, dreams come From the unconscious. A song that gets stuck in your head comes from the unconscious. Have a dialogue with it. That just because it comes from the unconscious doesn't mean it's right. And Jung did not privilege unconscious contents over consciousness. What he said was it's the old story of the hammer in the anvil that consciousness and unconscious contents should have it out with each other. It's like, okay, what about that song lyric, or what about my brilliant idea, my incredible intuition that our entire family should pack up and live on a Pacific island. Whoa, wait a minute. Let's hold that and really explore intuition versus a lot of other input, including, of course, from family members. ([Time 0:28:39](https://share.snipd.com/snip/1ce7a6db-50f1-43ed-9e7c-0a1aea3752d3)) > Co-participation in Giving Birth to Potential > Summary: > The speaker describes how both the analysis and the analyst contribute to the emergence of potential, likening it to a mother's intuition about her child's potential. According to Jung, the accuracy of our perception of emergent potential involves co-participating in a field and co-creating the potential for manifestation. > Transcript: > Speaker 1 > What's happening in the room is, you know, there's a way that we both the analysis and the analyst have co participated in giving birth to that. > Speaker 2 > And I'm thinking of both of you as moms. There are certain moments where you have an intuition about your child or their potential where they're going. And the clearer your intuition about that is just the appearance of the intuition co creates the potential that the child could manifest that is something very radical that Jung is Saying. But if our perception is really accurate about emergent potential, we are co participating in a field. ([Time 0:32:44](https://share.snipd.com/snip/d4098bd4-7461-43b4-9ba8-58bc12e532af)) > Intuition as a vehicle for informed and experienced analysis > Summary: > Human cognition operates on a non-rational level, leading to compelling conclusions which the ego then justifies by scanning the environment and grouping people together based on similarities. Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink, supports the idea that intuition is often based on unconscious pattern recognition and years of experience, leading to hunches that are informed by extensive experience. > Transcript: > Speaker 2 > There's all of that and we were trending in a moment towards the thesis in the righteous mind. The idea that we in fact are constantly cognating on a non-rational level and reaching compelling conclusions. And then the ego is often tasked with justifying those conclusions by scanning the environment and trending us and grouping us together based on this similitude of non-rational conclusions. > Speaker 3 > And I believe that Malcolm Gladwell's book, Blink, really supports what you just said, Joseph, about the unconscious picking up patterns and that intuition is often based on just A lot of experience. And then you can have a hunch quote unquote that is actually informed by many years of experience. ([Time 0:58:16](https://share.snipd.com/snip/b1a574d2-c4f9-4b4d-942d-395cc979595a))