The Intuition

2000-8-15 10:37:00

Thanks Keith, for the rundown on Donna's belief concerns. This sounds very close to some of Sterling's. I have actually dealt with a lot of her objections in the past and do not have time to cover them again at this time.

Every religion has their inspired teachings, but every time, without exception in the history of the world, when those teachings are taken too literally, disappointment always follows. As Keith pointed out the literal Jews really missed the mark in predicting the coming of Christ. Joseph Smith predicted the gathering in Missouri and the coming of Christ to the temple there, within a generation. This did not occur even though the Brotherhood gave it a good chance at the time the prophecy was made.

No prophet in history has ever made clearly understandable predictions of the future that came 100% literally true. Not even Jesus. For each prophecy he made there are a dozen interpretations. To find the truth one must throw out all of what the Book of Mormon calls "the traditions of men," become as a little child, and run all teachings by the soul with an open mind.

Today's seed thought is: "I am the dominating good in the hands of God."

The gold star today definitely goes to our rising star Benjamin. Good job. Your post is worth reading twice and is a great example of how to expand upon a seed thought or idea.

We've basically covered all the methods of expanding a seed thought except for two. The first is the examining the actual sounds within the words of the seed thought, but this is a vast subject and will not be covered at this time. The final principle in finding truth in seed thoughts is actually the next principle of discovery which is:

(21) Understand and develop the principle of intuition through which quantums of truth can be downloaded into your mind and understood by the heart.

Question:
What is intuition from an esoteric point of view? What is the difference between instinct, emotional impulse, psychic impression, imagination, the still small voice, and intuition? Is soul contact essential before the power of intuition comes into play?