INTUITION is commonly regarded as a flash of insight, a gut feeling or (to some) a psychic hit, but it is actually much more than any of these. It is a universal mental capacity for acquiring knowledge apart from reasoning, memory and the five senses.

Throughout history the practice of intuition, also called direct knowing, innate knowing or immediate apprehension (Greek nous or gnosis), has drawn upon a abundant reservoir of knowledge in the deeper levels of the human mind for man's greatest acts of creativity, insight, inspiration and understanding. A few hundred years ago intuition fell into disuse, mainly because of the rapid rise of science as the dominant source of consensual knowledge in Western society. Over the last century the intuitive process has gradually become more appreciated, understood and publicly accepted. It can now be seen as an immense human potential for acquiring knowledge, understanding and insight on almost any topic, including self-understanding and personal growth.

This site, and the sources to which it refers, explain in simple terms what intuition is all about, how it works within the mind, and how one may develop and use it in one's daily life and in all professional areas that depend upon information and knowledge for their advances. Also described are the broad conditions under which intuition can be successfully applied to access almost any desired information. This description includes the demonstrated results of several experiments: intuitive counseling for individuals, intuitive business consulting for companies, and several applicational studies in which intuitive information was obtained to make advances in science, medicine, history, language, health and other specialized fields.

Most of these new findings were obtained at the Center for Applied Intuition, a San Francisco organization which functioned from 1977 to 1993. CAI worked with a team of "expert intuitives": individuals who had developed their natural intuitive ability into a refined skill. In addition to the counseling, consulting and applicational programs just mentioned, CAI carried out a research program on the psychology of intuition, and was especially active in public education: demonstrations, conferences, lectures, classes and several publications.

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True intuition ... is as much a part of the human as the senses of touch and taste and smell. However, few people are trained or even encouraged from an early age to explore, develop, or trust such an inner faculty. [Christopher Childs]