You can’t trust your feelings (most of them :-)
Ever been advised to “trust your feelings”? After all, isn’t this the way people make all kinds of decisions — including important ones like who to marry, when to quit your job, etc.? Ah, yes … we’ll jump right in if the feeling is right!
Everyone likes to think that their feelings are trustworthy, but is it really true? To what extent is it a good idea to trust our feelings? I suspect it is much less often than we’d like to think.
Of course, it all depends on what kind of feelings we are talking about. Certainly, we cannot trust decisions we make when we are feeling fearful or anxious — neither should we when we are infatuated and flush with wishful thinking. One non-obvious rule of thumb that I’ve learned for myself — the stronger the feeling, the less trustworthy it is!
There is one kind of feeling that we CAN trust when it comes to making decisions, however. Ironically, it is the one that is hardest to notice. It is often called that “gut feeling” — aka intuition. It’s much more subtle and quiet than fear or lust, for instance, and almost impossible to perceive when these stronger feelings are in play. (Which is why humans are so terrible at... Continue Reading or Share »
Everyone likes to think that their feelings are trustworthy, but is it really true? To what extent is it a good idea to trust our feelings? I suspect it is much less often than we’d like to think.
Of course, it all depends on what kind of feelings we are talking about. Certainly, we cannot trust decisions we make when we are feeling fearful or anxious — neither should we when we are infatuated and flush with wishful thinking. One non-obvious rule of thumb that I’ve learned for myself — the stronger the feeling, the less trustworthy it is!
There is one kind of feeling that we CAN trust when it comes to making decisions, however. Ironically, it is the one that is hardest to notice. It is often called that “gut feeling” — aka intuition. It’s much more subtle and quiet than fear or lust, for instance, and almost impossible to perceive when these stronger feelings are in play. (Which is why humans are so terrible at... Continue Reading or Share »
Our Decision Making Crisis
Paul O'Brien talks about our marvelous capacity to make visionary decisions for ourselves, and how this unique capability is largely squandered —under pressure during the chaotic rate of change in modern times, which has led to a modern decision making crisis. Paul will touch on the importance of developing your intuitive decision making skills, in order to make the right moves at the right time, for the sake of your success and happiness. Continue Reading or Share »
Divination: Sacred Tools
Paul O’Brien, the father of interactive divination and founder of the Divination Foundation, shares why he wrote his book, Divination: Sacred Tools for Reading the Mind of God.
About the Book
Paul O'Brien's life has greatly benefited from divination tools, which led him to start Tarot.com and write this book to explain how divination actually works. Get the most daily value out of tools like Astrology, Tarot and his beloved I-Ching -- and do it all on your own! Divination is a book that needed to be written so that all of us can understand the profound positive impact these spiritual tools can truly have on our lives.
Divination the book reveals Paul's concept of Heart's Desires -- a higher order of desire deep inside you that lets you know what you are supposed to really be doing in your life. These are not desires in the sense of appetites or fantasies, your Heart's Desire is all about who you are and your highest destiny in this lifetime. The secret to fulfilling these important drives revolves around intuitive decision-making, thinking outside the box and making the right moves at the right time -- all skills that div... Continue Reading or Share »
