Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

This powerful experience transformed and enriched not only his life, but many other lives
as well.
Perhaps the best known example of non-analytical creative genius is that of Leonardo
da Vinci who in 1490 invented a spring-driven car, a helicopter, as well as many other
things which came into common usage centuries after his time. His achievements extend
into many more fields, and apparently he used his right brain intuition to create an idea,
because most of his work is in the form of drawings and visual images rather than in
written words.
Of course, there are times when we only require the left brain, for example, while
doing a mathematical equation, working on a factory production line, or implementing
management policy. However, these things quickly become boring if the right brain is not
being used, and such monotonous, repetitious activity can lead to atrophy of our right
brain capacities, and even to disease situations, because such a lifestyle lacks creativity
and is meaningless for us. It is minus the right brain's capacity to see meaning in the
things we do.
There comes a time when we must bring intuition into our lives, though this does not
mean that because we use intuition we will become another Einstein. Intuition is as
commonplace and necessary as eating and breathing. If our lives are to be happy and
creative we must bring it into action more. Most situations, in fact, demand it for their
proper outcome even though we do not realize it. Even simple situations require intuition,
for example, knowing when to shift gears in a car, knowing when a cake in the oven is
baked, knowing when it is the right time to say something nice to a friend, or how much
strength is required to turn a screw. We have to feel what is required using our right
brain. There is no book and no one who can give us this information. There can be no
linear-structured analysis of what must be a non-verbal, intuitive knowledge that springs
from within, the intuitive flash has no time dimension and defies logic. Within less than a
second a total picture can be presented to our mind, the key to unlocking the mysteries of
sciences is gained and the seeds for hours and years of inspired work and research may be
planted.
For many people intuition is an unknown and unknowable commodity. Years of
unhealthy living, lack of direction, purpose and meaning, consistent overstimulation of
our sensory nerves, leading to dulling of our senses and an inability to find contentment
and satisfaction, plus unresolved, ongoing mental tension and anxiety (unhealthy ida),
added to lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle and overeating (unhealthy pingala), all
contribute to damaging the intuitive apparatus in the right side of the brain and may even
damage the logical, reasoning capacity of the left side. We may find it very difficult if not
impossible to repair and reinstitute function by the normal methods of medicine and
psychotherapy. Though yoga possesses the techniques by which we can rebalance,
reintegrate, regenerate and rejuvenate our body/mind complex by bringing about balance
in the nadis, even then it may be too late for some people.