What Is Intuition?

Intuition is often hyped up as something mystical that only a few people possess. Some call it a gut feeling. Some call it a sixth sense. Others call it an evolutionary instinct. There is no precise definition that adequately explains intuition. Intuition is something everybody has experienced. We have often been saved from making bad decisions because we had a feeling about something and chose to follow it. Over time, people began to believe that intuition is the universe guiding your hand. It’s your heart telling you what your mind was refusing to acknowledge. As if the mind were a stupid organ. If it were merely a gut feeling, it couldn’t always be relied upon. Feelings are fleeting, and you often have no idea why they arise in the first place. That feeling in your gut is usually attributed to fear-based reactions. That’s where evolutionary instinct comes in. An anxious person will often react out of fear. Their reactions cannot always be trusted, and neither should their…