![]() ![]() By learning to increasingly replace these feelings with more positive, regenerative attitudes and perceptions, we can establish a new inner baseline reference, a type of implicit memory that organizes perception, feelings, and behavior 5 and allows for more effective responses that use the heart's perceptual abilities to access and bring forth a deeper innate source of wisdom. It is this capacity that allows people to mature and meet the challenges and stresses of everyday life with resilience and make more intelligent decisions by aligning with their own innate higher order wisdom and expression of care and compassion, which we often think of as elements of living a more conscious life.Įffectively dealing with stress and sustaining one's resilience primarily involves learning to recognize and self-regulate the stream of ongoing thoughts and especially emotional undercurrents (judgment, negative projection, insecurity, worry, etc) that create incoherence and waste energy. Therefore, the most important strength that the majority of people in society need to build is the capacity to self-regulate their emotions, attitudes, and behaviors. In fact, failures of self-regulation, especially of emotions and attitudes, are central to the vast majority of personal and social problems that plague modern societies. Despite the importance of self-directed control to optimal function, self-regulatory capacity for many people is often far less than many would consider ideal. 4 When internal reserves are depleted, normal inner restraints are weakened and intelligent decision-making can become compromised through inappropriate behavior, lost opportunities, stress, and damaged relationships. ![]() 4 It has been shown that the practice of making efforts to self-regulate can produce broad improvements in self-regulatory capacity similar to strengthening a muscle, making people less vulnerable to depletion of internal reserves. If one's capacity for intelligent, self-directed regulation is powerful enough, then regardless of inclinations, past experiences, or personality traits, people can usually do the adaptive or right thing in most situations they encounter. ![]() The ability to alter one's responses and behaviors in order to build and maintain loving relationships and a supportive social network, as well as to effectively meet the demands of life with composure, consistency, and integrity, arguably becomes central to good health, effective decision-making, 3 and success in lifting consciousness and living a life of greater collaboration, kindness, and compassion. We suggest that this relies heavily on individuals taking self-responsibility for establishing a new baseline reference and alignment with their intuition that provides moment-to-moment guidance, which we call heart-based living. Lifting up individual and global consciousness, in the largest sense, is fundamental to positively impacting individual and collective health and well-being and harmony. In the absence of access to innovative problem-solving approaches, people are likely to default to familiar patterns of thought, feeling, and action to address situations that could often be more effectively managed with new, creative solutions that take into consideration the available inner resources that are congruent with one's deeper core values. 2 Research also suggests that intuition may play an important role in social cognition, decision-making, and creativity. In a meta-analysis of the literature on intuition, Hodgkinson et al state that while there have been many conceptualizations of the nature of intuition, there is a growing body of research that suggests underlying non-conscious elements, such as implicit learning and knowledge and pattern recognition, which are involved in intuitive perception. A newer avenue of scientific exploration relates to uncovering the nature and functioning of intuition, or what is also referred to as intuitive intelligence. Much attention has been given to identifying the many factors that go into making intelligent decisions, including awareness of self and others, cognitive flexibility, and emotional self-regulation. ![]() 1 In a world that is moving more and more quickly and is increasingly complex, it is desirable to have access to the most effective and expedient strategies for adapting and making good decisions. More and more, as social and other challenges increase, there is a call for lifting up individual and global consciousness, in the sense of choices made, such that daily life may become more tenable and the future of our planet may become more assured. Life is composed of a series of circumstances and situations about which individuals must make decisions and take action. ![]()
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