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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Humans all have something called an inner voice which is independent of the mind. With practice we can learn to discern between the two. The inner voice may be realized during a hazardous situation, before the mind has had time to catch up. I think the truth is to be found in this inner voice rather than the mind which catches up later.
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I've heard this called the still small voice (1 Kings 19:12) but the Bible reference seems to indicate that it was external not internal.
I call it "the awareness reading these words at the moment." Henry David Thoreau, who's famous for finding the ineffable in nature (not in church) also recognized an inner observer that seemed separate from himself.
And it is true that many times our minds have trouble of keeping up with what we experience, sometimes never figuring it out, sometimes requiring detective work.