When the rational mind wanders through the worlds of knowledge, rummages through the library or searches for the causal laws of the universe, it is a meticulous task of constructing knowledge systems. These systems initially have little in common with the world of experience or even the inner world. It is only through contemplation that the mind pauses and considers the systematized, abstract representation as a picture of the world, as a world view. It is intuition that anchors this image in a deeper reality. When can we say that we really understand something, beyond the rational? When is the point reached where something makes sense?
The creation of meaning takes place through contemplation and the anchoring of knowledge through intuition in the deep reality of our consciousness. The butterfly, whose flight paths we can describe and which we can assign to a species, whose habitat we can examine, its mating behavior and its search for food, all this we can explore through rational knowledge. But the contemplation of beauty, the elegance of dreamy flight, the gentle landing on a flower - all this lends itself to contemplative observation. And when we then ask about the deeper meaning of this reality, about the meaning of life itself, it is intuition that helps us to build this bridge.
Intuition, which Henri Bergson once again placed at the center of philosophy, is also a key to meditation. The vision of intuition, which does not follow the strict rules of science and easily penetrates the core of our being, allows a world view to make sense.
The beauty of intuition is that it is quite unbound in relation to the external world. It is free and not afraid to engage in thoughts that are not rational. This is why it is condemned by the enlightened, who misunderstand it and fear that it will lead to wild speculation. When driven by fanaticism, it becomes destructive and allows itself to be blinded by power.
