i don't think i have a gut. how do you really know you have one and you're not just telling yourself that? how do you locate it? any specifically e6-geared tips?
I'm not sure I really understand what a 'gut' really is. It seems to be a simplification of when head and heart align to make for decisive action.
Gut trust is best trust?Originally Posted by lungs
I trust my gut when:
- the decision I have to take is of very minor importance
- I have experience on the matter
in any other case, I only go by "gut feeling" when I'm time pressured. Maybe you could start by trusting your "gut" when it comes to unimportant, minor stuff and work your way up.
Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit
well i personally feel a lot of my emotions all the way down to my stomach. if i'm not okay with something, i feel the anxiety in my stomach. i even get physically nauseous if something really bothers me.
maybe a saint is just a dead prick with a good publicist
maybe tommorow's statues are insecure without their foes
go ask the frog what the scorpion knows
For me when I think of gut I think immediately of my intuition. Its not really corporeal. Its like it comes from my unconscious and I glean answers to things that I may not even know Im worried about.. anything on my mind or stressing me at any level, my intuition goes to work without me knowing about it. Its kind of weird cuz I don't consciously do anything at that level. How I respond to it is a whole other story. I usually use my tertiary function to ground my thoughts somehow into some workable solution.
My gut vibrates at a frequency of 5 Hz whenever someone is mistyped.
Fantasy/instinct is often sort of at war with your sense of gut, which is what might seem to be confusing you. Often our gut knows something is wrong whereas our hope/ideal/fantasy of the situation wants it to be otherwise. It's kinda quite simple, listen to your gut- so you don't get chopped up by the sociopath. Both your heart and head will mislead you where your gut will never falter. With basic empathy, you can feel when somebody is off or not- but if you have the fantasy that they're somebody else other than what they are well lol that probably won't end well? But then again even that is a learning experience...
Kittens are kittens and wolves are wolves. (The adage 'trusting your gut' to me simply means having the wisdom to not fall for a wolf in sheep's clothing act, or even the reverse probably: a sheep trying to be some big bad wolf.) If all you had was the logical part of your brain you wouldn't sense real danger from fake danger it would be bloody stupid... and our guts tell us all these things. Now human beings tend to sort of get a big hard on when things are complicated and 'in the middle/morally ambiguous' but it doesn't matter. The basic principal applies.
Ugh I sound like a harsh know it all.
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For me, it's like I'll just recognize that me, the ground beneath me, the trees around me, the air I breathe, the buildings that stand amongst me; we are all on one side and anything in my way has no foundation whatsoever, so I'll just go and do whatever I'm getting pulled to and nothing will stop me because that's what's gotta happen. I'm in the middle of one of those moments; I just heard the most beautiful and powerful sounding guitar amp in my entire life, and I could tell from the nuances of the tone, the way there were sawed-off lengths of grey PVC pipe in the vertical corner edges of what used to be a soft case to give it the support needed to take the rigors of the road, and the way he talked about modding it; this was something he made to fit his vision, and that when I played the amp and he sculpted the tone to how I envisioned it myself in real time, and the way he got into it more and more as I got into it more and more, that we were aiming for the same target. I had this overall notion that I HAD TO DO THIS and anything else other than that was just something to overcome, all at the expense of this main thing that ended up as my target. If you feel like you're on fire and everything in the way of what you gotta get needs to be cleared out of the way, then do that! Best when what you gotta get ends up being good for a shit ton more people. Everything just moves forward like it has to and victory comes easy.
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I try to follow my gut(instinct). It's usually right. Can't say the same for others, their guts are in no way connected to mine.
Yeah, it's your gut instinct and not theirs. Hmm.
And one can't locate their gut enneagram wise. It's not physical.
I would say it is keeping in tune with one's judgment having not complete info in some situation but nevertheless following it.
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Have you ever been driving (speeding) and suddenly get this sick feeling? You know that right then, at that moment you need to take your foot off the accelerator. It's maybe the way the other cars are acting or something that you pick up subconsciously, but you know something bad is coming. -- The times I ignore this feeling, and decide to push my luck, I've gotten pulled over by cops. That's what I think of as trusting my gut. Gut feeling is just your body's reaction to cues you don't consciously pick up.
Ever meet a person, and you just get bad vibes from them? Something about them makes you feel physically ill. It may be hard to come up with concrete reasons why - it's usually some combination of body language, eye communication, tone and manner of voice, but it's all really subtle things. They just seem 'off' in some way. That's gut feeling imo.
But generally I think when ppl talk about trusting your gut, it's something else they're talking about, something that I don't quite understand, and have never found to be very valuable to me. It seems more like guessing or something maybe? I don't know what it is. So, I'm just going to talk about my own definition. Gut feeling is an actual physical feeling to me. And it's not just bad stuff. I've sometimes felt a physical warmth and comfort-type feeling too, that makes me know a person or place is ok. It's not emotional. There aren't any emotions attached to it. It's just a bodily feeling and you know something without knowing how you know it precisely.
Don't think your body knows. It's not thinking nor feeling.
Ni dominant gets to be hawk. I imagine it's fleeting and harder to grasp for some.
The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice
-Krishna
Yes, it is.
Not bad, dolphin, but I see something wrong with the E1 section. Meditation? The chore itself must be "brought to court." And it's been found guilty of being a waste of time. So the rest of the section is nullified.
Lungs, as far as a gut, I'll assume you're referring to the "gut instinct" and not the thing hanging out under your ribcage (in which case, saying you don't have a gut is probably a good thing).
Of course 6s don't have guts. 6s are part of the thinking triad. Only 1s, 8s, and 9s are in the gut triad. Absurd had the right idea, though he was vague. Guts (1, 8, 9) are not thinkers (5, 6, 7) or feelers (2, 3, 4).
This is why I use pictures, music and videos to explain it. It cannot be explained as a “bad vibe” because that’s too simplistic. It’s in constant motion which makes it very difficult to break apart and observe. There’s also a lot of uncertainty because it’s apparent if you’re trying to trick it.
Trickery-->negative response-->reasoning-->confusion=kill it. It shouldn’t be trying to trick me in the first place. I do something similar to this in most fuzzy situations.
I wish there were more “oh my god something good is about to happen!!!” fuzzies, but it just isn’t so.
The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice
-Krishna
Okay.
@Director Abbie
What dolphin said.
Meditation helps strengthen the parasympathetic nervous system response, aiding in quicker recovery after stressful situations, as well as reducing how stressed a person may become. The side benefits of that is that the body and mind are more easily able to digest foods, rebuild itself, etc.
Perhaps if you looked at what some meditation practices do, physically, to help the body, then you'll have more patience (and motivation) for it.
If you are religious, you can even use prayer as a form of meditation-like activity, bringing your mind (and body) closer to connecting with your ideals, values, and spirituality. And doing your physical body a world of good while you're at it.
IEE 649 sx/sp cp
so basically say ommmmmmmmmmmm lotsa times
There are numerous ways to meditate, if ommmm is the way you prefer, then go for it.
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IEE 649 sx/sp cp
Dolphin writes books.
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”
YES.
this is dead on, imo. When i suddenly get a physical cue out of nowhere, i become alert to my surroundings to try and understand what i picked up on subconsciously so i can act on it consciously.
maybe a saint is just a dead prick with a good publicist
maybe tommorow's statues are insecure without their foes
go ask the frog what the scorpion knows
There are numerous ways to meditate, if ommmm is the way you prefer, then go for it.
Just tap into that anger.
Don't trust other people's guts.
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”
I really can't see an LSE sitting down for a meditation session. Group or single. By themselves they would feel like it was a waste of time and in a group they would think it was a joke. Actually I find the idea hilarious.
(this is not to say I don't agree with you about the benefits because I meditate all the time. I am just saying I can't imagine some of the other sociotypes getting real benefits from it because they couldn't be patient long enough to get there.) In my view meditaion is simply focused attention and does not always mean sitting in one spot and not moving.
When I use the term meditate on it I don't mean literally. I mean ruminate and collect your thoughts, maybe while doing chores or out for a stroll or hike, and go after what the idea or nagging thought that keeps coming up a llittle bit more. Weighing your options work, but taking the choice that feels right is going to make you feel better in the long run. And the choice that feels right is not always the easy choice. And if you are looking for answers, well then stop for a minute and accept that you already know the right answer. and if you don't, accept that you need help finding it, from who or whatever.
that is the definition of intuition. It is your inner voice telling you that. Well, I mean not in a socionic sense of the word. You have a gut girl. That gut told you to make this thread.
Gut and intuition are not the same.
I never claimed that I didn't waste time, but meditation is basically doing nothing. How boring can you get?
Starting an activity is a major step. Continuing one is assumed. I had a good reason to start coming to the forum. I do not have a good reason to start to meditate.
You assumed I was a hypocrite without understanding how my mind works. I take affront to that.
Fixed. And god bless.
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”
It doesn't increase anything. Only your faith alone.
You might benefit from actually learning what it is.. before criticizing it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...-works/277275/
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/02/how_..._work_partner/
http://lifehacker.com/5989429/is-med...ust-ridiculous
And yes, to people not familiar with or comfortable with confronting the inner experience and workings of their own minds, meditation can seem quite "boring". It takes psychological strength to do it and not everyone has that. Its the same feeling really out-of-shape people have to the thought of going out and exercising. "Oh what a waste of time!! I'll have so much more fun sitting on the couch watching trashy shows and eating popcorn!" they think to themselves. The more you exercize though the better you feel and the less boring (i.e. antagonistic to ones immediate pleasure centers) it becomes to one psychologically. Its the same thing with meditation.
You're a nihilist.
I have a gut, but I try to see and go for a possibility that exist beyond it by giving the situation or the person the benefit of the doubt...for instance, my gut tells me that someone is a terrible person because of the singular purpose of our interaction, the main theme or heart of it and it proves to be true when I looked passed that and instead was hoping that the person eventually saw something more valuable than that in me; for instance, if a person keeps talking about how much they need a ride somewhere at most of our interactions, your gut should say that this is the very framework in which that person wants to keep their interaction with you and can't see past any other potential of the relation with you and if you're fine with it you go with it if not, you should bail out .
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Dual type(as per tcaudilllg)
Enneagram 5 (wings either 4 or 6)?
I'm constantly looking to align the real with the ideal.I've been more oriented toward being overly idealistic by expecting the real to match the ideal. My thinking side is dominent. The result is that sometimes I can be overly impersonal or self-centered in my approach, not being understanding of others in the process and simply thinking "you should do this" or "everyone should follor this rule"..."regardless of how they feel or where they're coming from"which just isn't a good attitude to have. It is a way, though, to give oneself an artificial sense of self-justification. LSE
Best description of functions:
http://socionicsstudy.blogspot.com/2...functions.html
eww gut
My gut is so trustworthy that I cite it in academic papers.
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