What Is Wise Mind

Wise Mind

Wise mind is the balance between reasonable mind and emotion mind… it is the middle way" The core sense of wise mind involves a deep sense of intuitive knowing. In this sense, intuition goes beyond reason and what is perceived by the senses. This deep-seated intuition comes from an integration of direct experience, immediate cognition, and the grasping of the meaning, significance, or truth of an event without relying on intellectual analysis.

People experience wise mind in different ways. For some, it is that still, small voice within that knows what is best. You may not always listen to that voice, but it quietly persists in its truth and wisdom. For others, wise mind is experienced as a gut feeling of what is the best course of action to take. We all have the capacity to access wise mind and harness its pure and loving wisdom. When acting with wise mind, you are taking effective action and doing what is in your best intertest.You may not always want to do what wise mind knows is best, but listening to wise mind is part of making the choice to lead a life of meaning and contentment.

As with any new skill, getting into a state of wise mind requires practice. The idea of learning how to act from wise mind is that with enough practice, it will become natural. DBT does not suggest that one needs to live a life of struggle and lifelong painful practicing of skills. Once you practice new skills consistently and persistently, they become second nature. Recall that there was once a time when you didnt know how to drive a car. At this stage in your life, when you get into your car you are no longer thinking of each individual movement to make… it comes naturally. So it is with learning to act from wise mind.

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