Human Intuition

The human mind is an obscure, complex object to understand and interpret. The brain itself is fascinating and mysterious, and it holds many valuable features hidden and not realized by the conscious human mind. Many unexplainable phenomena have been associated in life and in literature through the mind’s workings. Psychologists develop reasons why people do certain things that they do, but with every human being’s perception being so unique and varied, there is still much left to explore of the human mind. Human intuition is one facet of the mind that is very interesting, yet not very understood. The supersensory ideas that human intuition provides are of the soul, world, and God. No matter how grand their suggestiveness, no matter how genuine the evidence, those ideas have no empirical validity, and they belong entirely to the intellectual due to the fact that the understanding cannot “prove” itself existent or not. Human intuition is different between all people due to the fact that each person’s mind matures at different levels of spirituality, understanding, and insight. Plus, it’s very difficult for people to unravel and decipher the true, deep meaning of events and things in life, when really, the meaning of life isn’t known. Yet, the human mind is so powerful that it even reveals things to itself about itself and about life. Be it human intuition or a phenomenon, such an experience is called an epiphany. An epiphany, as a feeling, is a sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something (Wikipedia). An epiphany, in other words, is when someone has “found the last piece of the puzzle and now sees the whole picture.” An epiphany is accomplished when new information or a new experience, normally insignificant by itself, illuminates a deeper or numinous foundational frame of reference (Wikipedia). Common clichй’s, that people use to describe an epiphany, are “Eureka” and “I have found it!” (Wikipedia). These are definitely vague words used to try to describe the epiphanic experience, although it is seemingly a very difficult wonder to describe. Few writers have been able to capture the ability to portray this very thing. William Wordsworth and James Joyce both possessed the ability to express the depth and reality of human intuition. James Joyce also had a modern tendency to structure short stories around epiphanic moments. Wordsworth and Joyce use irony, imagery, and theme for materials to demonstrate the deep connection between words and actual human intuition.

William Wordsworth, not holy did he possess deeply and richly philosophical intellect, he was a master of illustrating human