It is said that human beings are sense-making animals. What these writers, Aristotle, Polanyi, and McGilchrist do is validate what I see and lack words to describe. I first read Polanyi forty years ago. From that point on I was ruined for being some left brain rationalist. Then I got married, had children, found leadership as my calling. The effect was the release of long constrained emotions. Then with the advent of my consulting work, my analytical skills grew. I saw all this because all these facets of me are being synthesized. And those writers make sense of this long developmental process. So, when I read McGilchrist, he is giving background to what I already know intuitively, tacitly, observationally, and experientally. It all makes sense to me.
Awareness is a door out of a small dark confined space to an open horizon where we discover how we fit into a world far more expansive than our imagination has been able to accept. In word, yes, people are beginning to connect to their intuitive selves.
Important stuff here. Thanks for highlighting Iain McGilchrist's work. The more people who grok this the better.
It is said that human beings are sense-making animals. What these writers, Aristotle, Polanyi, and McGilchrist do is validate what I see and lack words to describe. I first read Polanyi forty years ago. From that point on I was ruined for being some left brain rationalist. Then I got married, had children, found leadership as my calling. The effect was the release of long constrained emotions. Then with the advent of my consulting work, my analytical skills grew. I saw all this because all these facets of me are being synthesized. And those writers make sense of this long developmental process. So, when I read McGilchrist, he is giving background to what I already know intuitively, tacitly, observationally, and experientally. It all makes sense to me.
This concept of intuitive mind reminds me of a Taoist quote: “Superior virtue is not aware of itself as virtue, hence it is virtue”.
Are people aware of this kind of intuitive knowledge (or learning) you are referring to? Is awareness a relevant property?
Awareness is a door out of a small dark confined space to an open horizon where we discover how we fit into a world far more expansive than our imagination has been able to accept. In word, yes, people are beginning to connect to their intuitive selves.