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Originally Posted by Sandra Bostwick

That is a really fascinating point. Sometimes our "right intuition" gives us a signal, and we decide it must be due to some "wrong belief", so we ignore it or, WORSE, put ourselves even more in harms way! What you had was a right intuition that you decided must be an inconscious prejudice and you could have really made a dangerous situation for yourself.

I think your stuff...baggage...issues...unresoved conflicts...whatever you want to call it can really clog your intuition antennae. I think that is why I believe it is so important to be self-aware and ruthlessly honest with yourself.

Actually in my situation is was definitely baggage - my dad was in a horrible farm accident as a child and was missing most of his right hand and some of the fingers on his left. As his daughter I never even noticed it until playmates commented on it after I started school. This experience has made me overly defensive of those with similar disabilities. I am sure that life experience played a role in coloring my perspective. Self Awareness can obviously be a key to honing these unconscious skills - I'm eager to see what the author's perspective is on this.