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Avoiding Self-Deception While Developing the Power of Intuition · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  When a seeker begins to explore the inner realms and undertakes
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  what Triorobindo describes in his epic poem Savitri, a legend
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  and a symbol, as an adventure of consciousness and joy, he is
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  confronted with numerous unfamiliar circumstances,
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  powers, forces, and pressures that are not all benign and not
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  all supportive of his spiritual aspiration and development.
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  As he begins to develop the power of intuition, the seeker
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  must exercise real caution to ensure that he is not simply
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  opening the door to impulses, ideas, and forces that take the
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  shape of intuition to his inexperienced view.
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  The rush of energy, the feeling that this is something new and
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  powerful, can overpower the sense of balance, and if the
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  mind has been brought to a state of quiescence, its natural
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  sceptical tendency may also be reduced or eliminated, thus
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  accentuating the danger of self deception.
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  As with other aspects of spiritual development, the
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  assistance of an experienced and trustworthy guide is certainly
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  helpful. Additionally, a certain sense of
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  inner review to ensure that it feels right and does not simply
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  violate or abrogate general guidelines place to protect the
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  seeker from dangers of the vital forces is clearly necessary.
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  There was a case of an individual who felt an intuition
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  that he could walk into the middle of a road and not be
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  harmed. Chaos ensued as drivers had to
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  slam on brakes to avoid hitting him.
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  He was pulled back by friends who recognized the imbalance in
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  his perceptions. A somewhat similar story out of
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  India was of a young seeker who was told by his guru that he was
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  Brahman. He walked out into the road and
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  an elephant with a guide was coming directly in his path.
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  The driver of the elephant shouted for him to get out of
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  the way, which he failed to do because after all, he was
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  Brahman. He got driven out of the way by
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  the elephant. When he went back to his Guru,
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  the Guru asked him why he did not get out of the way when the
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  elephant Brahman was coming and the elephant driver Brahman
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  shouted for him to get out of the way.
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  His intuition was obviously a form of self deception.
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  The mother notes quote naturally first.
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  These two faculties must be developed.
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  Then as soon as there is any result, one must observe the
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  result, as I said, and see the connection with what is
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  happening, the consequences. See, observe very attentively
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  what has come in, what may have caused a distortion, what one
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  has added by way of more or less conscious reasoning, or the
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  intervention of a lower will, also more or less conscious.
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  And it is by a very deep study, indeed almost of every moment,
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  in any case daily and very frequent, that one succeeds in
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  developing 1's intuition. It takes a long time, it takes a
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  long time and there are ambushes.
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  One can deceive oneself. Take 4 intuitions, subconscious
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  wills which try to manifest indications given by impulses
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  one has refused to receive openly.
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  Indeed all sorts of difficulties.
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  One must be prepared for that, but if one persists, 1 is sure
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  to succeed. End Quote.
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  Reference Srioro Bindu and the Mother Powers within, Chapter
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  21, Intuition, pages 160 to 161.