Unlocking Innate Intelligence: The Power of Creativity and Presence

Chapter Eighteen | Free One Million Minds: Beyond Labels: Tapping into our Innate Intelligence

12/31/2024

Duration | 6 minutes 51 seconds
Guest: Dr. Symeon Rodger

Synopsis

Jamie Meyer and Dr. Symeon Rodger explore how language and intellectual understanding limit our grasp of deeper truths. Dr. Rodger emphasises that true understanding is experiential, not intellectual, and that the body holds innate intelligence. They discuss how creativity and relaxed states—such as moments of quiet reflection—can unlock deeper insights and intuitive knowledge. By being more present, we can access this innate wisdom and reduce dissonance in our lives.

Dialogue Summaries

Jamie Meyer:
We talk about dissonance and resistance and our avoidance of complexity and things that we don’t understand. Do you think it’s our inability to create a label, bind words, distinguish language for this version, this true version of reality that separates us from it so strongly?

Dr. Symeon Rodger:
So you’re asking if there’s a language problem?

Jamie Meyer:
Well, is it because we need language to be able to— we use language to understand something, right? And so if we don’t— if there— if words do not exist and it cannot be described, is it the fact that because we need language to really understand something and we can’t use it in this instance? Is that what creates such a division of us versus what this is?

Dr. Symeon Rodger:
Um, maybe not necessarily. I think the word there that’s a problem is the word “understand,” right? Because we, especially in the West, we want to understand things intellectually. We want an intellectual structure. We want concepts. We want to be able to put something in a box and put a label on it. And here we’re dealing with things we can’t label. There is no box, and these things go beyond language. So what do you do? Well, the ancient solution to that was always to admit that understanding has to be lived. It has to be lived out, right? It’s experiential. It’s not in the head, which is why living in the head is actually unhelpful, right? Because the more you get into your body, the more you will understand what is being talked about. And, you know, there is a school of thought— “school” is too much of a rigid word—but there is a school of thought that basically says your body actually is incredibly intelligent. It has access to all knowledge. You have access to all knowledge. You just don’t know how to access your access, right? You’ve lost your library card or, you know, whatever analogy you want to use. Yeah, lost your password.

But, you know, if you take something like muscle testing, applied kinesiology or muscle testing, you know that whole thing where to find out if something is true, you come out with someone gives you a proposition and then they will test how strong your muscle is, right? And yes, if you’re deliberately lying, you will go weak. You will not be able to hold your arm up. They will push down on it easily. But it’s not only about deliberately lying— if your body will tell you and is capable of telling you what, in a sense, what’s true and what’s false, at least this is what researchers have found. Dr. David Hawkins was famous for this.

So at that point, you realise, okay, the body has incredible knowledge. It seems to know all these things yet— well, how do you tap into the body’s knowledge? Well, you’re certainly not going to tap into it by living in your head all day, in other words, stuck in your own conceptual world. You do have a fighting chance to dip into that once you live more in your body and, you know, people always talk about intuition and gut feeling, and gut feeling is very real. It really is gut. It really is that neural network in the gut. And what allows people to tap into that is a number of things. One certainly is living in the present moment, which people don’t do because we’re always “what’s next, what’s next?” We’re frenetic, right? What’s next? But when we live in the present moment, or when we’re being very creative, there’s a really hot tip— when we are creative, we engage a different mode in the brain, and our thoughts slow down. We become very absorbed.

We also become very open. And so when we are creative, we also feel really good. That’s a clue, right? If we feel really good, then this is probably the way we’re meant to be in a lot of the time. Because we sure as hell know that the frenetic state we’re in is feeling really bad, so that’s dissonance. That’s clearly an indication, okay, we probably shouldn’t be living there.
But being creative is part of that. It will get rid of a lot of that dissonance, make a person feel really good. And when you are in that creative mode, you’re very receptive. To give you an example— so, let’s say you’re trying to write an article. If you say to yourself, “Okay, I’m going to sit down tomorrow morning between nine and ten o’clock, and I’m going to write a super amazing article.” And you sit there and you have total writer’s block, and you feel absolutely miserable, and nothing comes to you, and you’re just trying to force it. And, you know, people have had that experience.

And yet, you know, some other time, you could be just sitting back, looking at the sunset, and all kinds of super ideas for this article would come to you.

Jamie Meyer:
I am so guilty of that, in the shower.

Dr. Symeon Rodger:
No, it’s— but that’s right. That’s a lot of history’s even great inventions have come— have come to the inventor when the inventor was in the shower or the bathtub or just on the cusp of waking up or just on the cusp of falling asleep, or sitting on the toilet, not thinking about anything or, you know, in all these sort of states where there’s no expectation, where the mind is just totally relaxed and maybe not thinking about anything particular, and then you start almost unconsciously to ruminate, think about this topic. And all kinds of stuff comes to you.

Right? So it’s— it’s being able— it is very much that that creativity is related to that state that we want to be in more and more.

Credits Roll

references

Simplicity refers to the quality of being clear, straightforward, and easy to understand or do. In the context of personal development or philosophy, it often suggests a focus on essential elements, avoiding unnecessary complexity.

Complexity involves intricate, multifaceted components that are often interrelated, requiring deeper understanding or analysis to navigate. It reflects the idea that many systems or ideas cannot be fully understood at surface level and require careful dissection.

Complicated refers to something that is made more difficult than it needs to be, often due to overthinking or excessive detail. While complex systems can be intricate and layered, complicated situations tend to be convoluted without added value.
Intellectual Understanding refers to grasping concepts or ideas through rational thought and logical reasoning. It involves processing information with the mind, often without engaging emotional or somatic awareness.

Kinesiology is the scientific study of body movement, exploring how muscles, bones, and joints work together to produce physical motion. It plays a key role in understanding human movement and improving performance and rehabilitation.

Dr. David Hawkins was a psychiatrist, physician, and spiritual teacher known for his work in consciousness research and the development of a “Map of Consciousness.” His books, such as Power vs. Force, examine the relationship between human consciousness and spiritual development, proposing a scale for measuring levels of consciousness. www.powervsforce.com and www.veritaspub.com

Reading Recommendations

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown – A guide to focusing on what truly matters in life, reducing the complexity of personal growth and development.