Intellect

[Written October 26, 2011]

Intellect. We’ve all got one. It’s one of our two gifts as spiritual beings. The other is our body, the means by which we take ideas (spiritual seeds) and move them with desire and persistence into physical form.

Our intellect contains a group of mental ‘muscles’ that when well developed, allow us to over-ride our lifelong conditioning and/or the opinions of others. Like any muscle, if it is not intentionally and actively used, it withers and atrophies, leaving us to take action based on outside conditions and circumstances (over which we have zero control) or on the survival techniques (beliefs) developed as children, which served us then, but by no means serve us one iota... now.

Because Heaven’s 1st Law is Order, and out of confusion comes order, it makes sense that we must be very clear first, in understanding the mental muscles I refer to, and how to develop them to take charge of our thoughts so we stay aligned with what it is we want.

Perhaps it is prudent to say here that only human beings have conscious awareness and intellect. While many would bet a week’s commission on their ‘dog’ having a conscious mind and awareness .. and they can prove it! Take the bet. A dog ‘knows he is in the room with you,” but unlike you, he does not ‘know that he knows it.’

Where are these mental muscles, and what do they do? Even if you are acquainted with them already, because we learn via repetition and because you are now more aware than you were when you first (if at all) came in contact with them, they bear repeating.

They are perception, intuition, imagination, memory, reason and will.

These muscles, intellectual faculties or spiritual warriors (my favorite term for them) reside in the conscious mind where you can consciously accept OR reject any idea, whether it comes from another person or outside information, or from within based on our beliefs about how life works. It’s important because in our conscious mind, we are only able to ‘hold’ one thought at a time.

Example: You are driving home from work and you get the ‘perfect’ idea for a new process that will boost the ROI of your company right away! And then... out of the blue, someone nearly side-swipes you! If you have not developed your mental muscles sufficiently, the bright idea leaves your mind and now it’s filled with the ‘near side-swipe!’ That idea is gone now.

Had your ‘spiritual warriors’ been developed over time to manage your conscious mind, you would have had enough control to ‘hold’ that image, regardless of what’s going on as you drive.

Why hold the thought? Well, it is the thoughts we hold consistently and repeatedly over time that move from the conscious mind into the subconscious mind where they “live like the truth.” They are now a ‘belief’ of yours that is hidden from your view, has you act habitually around it, and they cannot be rejected.

Example: While driving to my new home just 4 months after moving in, I got into a heated discussion with my ex husband. Having lived in an apartment a distance away the 4 years prior, my automatic conditioning stepped in as my conscious mind was ‘heated!’ Guess what? I drove through the gates of my old apartment complex! Some 20 minutes further away! Because my conscious mind was very involved with the ‘conversation,’ my automatic conditioning or habits ‘took me home.’ But living in a new home for 4 months after an apartment for 4 years, had the ‘apartment’ habit take over.

Perception: How you view the world. Perceptions always changes -- when we get new information. Everyone has their own ‘unique’ view of the world. My way is right and so is yours. Remembering this and practicing it will have you avoid proving the point that ‘your way is right.’ All ways are right. Then real conversation and synergy can occur.

Intuition: This muscle is our connection with Source (God, Spirit, Universe). You recognize it when you ‘know’ you shouldn’t, do anyway and then say, ‘I knew I shouldn’t have done that.’ It’s a feeling or guidance, rather than an emotional reaction. Reactions come from the subconscious; intuition speaks into the conscious mind and guides us to be in harmony with our innate brilliance.

Imagination: Pretty well programmed OUT of us in elementary schools as we daydreamed and heard the teacher say “Leslie, quit daydreaming and pay attention to the lesson!” Imagination is the workshop of the mind and is required to bring an idea to physical manifestation.

Memory: Often I will hear people say things repeatedly like “I always forget to do this,” or “I’m getting older so I’m more forgetful.” This could not be further from the truth. We each have a perfect memory, however, if we tell ourselves this repeatedly and over time, we begin to believe it as it has ‘lodged’ in our subconscious mind as a ‘habit’ or belief.

Reason: When undeveloped, any muscle, and particularly ‘reason’ works against us and what we want. So if you get a wonderful new idea and you are excited about it and you keep it to yourself to preclude others from trying to change your mind, a past belief will likely pop up from your belief system and say something like, “you’ve never done that before,” or “you’re not smart enough to pull that off,” etc. And an under developed reason, rather than saying “wait a minute, thanks for sharing, but we’re moving forward with this idea,” it will say “right, you’d better give it up so you won’t fail or embarrass yourself."

Will: This is focus and many of us have ascribed to the concept of “multi-tasking.” Multi-tasking is not only impossible (even fast computers really do only one thing at a time) but it diminishes our ability to focus on one idea.?

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