"Premonitions open us up to each other and to the greater world... they show that we are part of something larger than the individual self, that we are an element in the great pattern that connects." Dr. Larry Dossey
The opening story of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking should convince even the most skeptical that there are ways of knowing beyond the ability to make logical connections:
"A team of experts with state-of-the-art measurement tools took more than a year to assure the authenticity of a supposedly ancient Greek statue the Getty Museum of California was going to purchase for $10 million. Then several art experts looked at the statue and knew instantly it was a fake. One said he "heard" the word fresh, which seemed odd to him, but on further examination he realized the statue was too "fresh" to be that ancient." (David Brooks, New York Times).
We
all have the capability to access these versions of a "sixth sense"
although many shy away from that possibility, especially those who fear
the unfamiliar. Even the word premonition carries an aura of foreboding - that something "bad" is going to happen.
When
we're fully present, however, the possibilities are neither good nor
bad, we're simply open to a broader context of knowing, a larger "mind" or "field." Whether you experience this knowing
as a feeling in your bones, an image, or a nagging thought, it's
saying to you, in Larry Dossey's words, "Wake up. The evidence for a
larger world is staring you in the face."
When
we're fully present, however, the possibilities are neither good nor
bad, we're simply open to a broader context of knowing, a larger "mind" or "field." Whether you experience this knowing
as a feeling in your bones, an image, or a nagging thought, it's
saying to you, in Larry Dossey's words, "Wake up. The evidence for a
larger world is staring you in the face."
