“To listen only to the mind and not the soul is insanity.” These are the words spoken by psychiatrist Judith Orloff and this theory is what her book Second Sight is all about; learning to listen to and trust intuition.
As a student of traditional Western medicine Orloff learned first hand, from the perspective of a practitioner not a patient, about the serious hazards of Western medicine.
Her quote says it all and addresses just how most often Western medicine indeed does treat the patient.
The Silencing of Intuition Starts Early in Life
Second Sight follows Orloff’s story from a young child with strong intuitions that were silenced by a scientific minded family.
Then Orloff continues on sharing the process of the last decade “coming out of the closet” with her intuitive healing instincts.
The Blocking of the Intuition/Mind Connection
Orloff is now proud to tell others she uses not just her intelligent, educated mind to treat her patients but also relies heavily on her intuition, that gut feeling that tells her what is really going on with her patients (and in her own personal life.)
When any type of treatment focuses on only one part of the whole it is not optimal.
In the case of Western medicine we silence the intuition and instinct with pharmaceuticals to “heal” the ills of patients. Doctors teach patients to ignore their bodies own vital clues and delay life saving treatments.
Orloff thinks we can do better.
Relearning How to Listen to Intuition
In her 12 chapter, 384 page book, Second Sight, Orloff invites you to join her on her own personal journey of re-learning to trust her intuition.
In the second half of Second Sight she teaches the reader how to develop and nurture their own intuition.
Intuition is often written off, especially in scientific fields, as “silly” or “nonsense.” Orloff explains how she learned to dismiss the common criticism and use her intuition to improve her own life and the lives of her patients.
We all have intuition, it can’t be taken away from us by others, or stolen in the dark of night, it only disappears when we choose to stop listening to it. But when we’re ready to listen to it again, it is there waiting for us.
Orloff contends that using your intuition to guide you through life really makes life worth living.
She explains by her own experiences of how much comfort, knowledge, and direction she has gained both personally and professionally by doing just that – following her intuition.
Second Sight with Calm Your Soul
Second Sight has a calming, gentle feeling that comes with reading it. I like how Orloff shares her own intimate life details with the reader freely and openly.
She tells the reader of her own doubts and personal shortcomings. She even tells how she was ashamed of her own intuition and what it took to overcome those fears.
Six Ways to Grow Your Intuition
In addition Second Sight teaches the reader how to look for signals from your own intuition.
Orloff gives six ways to develop and grow your intuitive abilities to improve your life. From reading your own dreams with meanings to checking in with your body to find out if anything needs attention, Orloff offers easy ways to tap into your own intuition.
Judith Orloff, MD
Orloff has published several New York Time’s bestsellers and has had her work profiled on numerous television stations (NPR, CNN, NBC News, A & E, Lifetime, CBS Early Show, USA Today, PBS, and O Magazine.)
She is an assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA, too.
You can feel her spirit come through in truth and wisdom in Second Sight. Orloff is brave to state her beliefs and continue to follow her own intuition in teaching both patients and physicians to use their intuitive senses in both their professional and personal lives.
Orloff explains that it took her seven years to write Second Sight as she was in fear of many stigmas that would be attached to her in her highly scientific medical community.
Bravo Judith Orloff for stating what so many feel and so many others know to be true!
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Dear one, the last two or three years in my dreams I always see that I am flying instead of running or walking. Wherever I want to go only to steps to jump and after that fly like a bird. Why it is happening? What may be the reason?