The term, Intuitive Anarchy, expresses the idea of a novel way to deal with social and political authority. Instead of taking an oppositional stance like other forms of anarchy, Intuitive Anarchy bypasses authority altogether.

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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion". --Albert Camus

As a philosophy, Anarchy has many shapes and shades. In popular culture, it's most commonly associated with rebellion, lawlessness and destruction. But in the real world, there are several dozen types, including Capitalist, Feminist, Christian, Naturalist and Pacifist, just to name a few. The one thing all have in common is a belief that authority-based hierarchical organizations infringe on basic personal liberty. Styles of opposition can range from the anti-social criminal enterprises such as depicted by TV's Sons of Anarchy, to one of the many non-violent political strains such as Libertarianism (yes, Libertarianism is considered a type of anarchy).

A more in-depth look at the subject can easily be accomplished via web search. The point I want to make here is that despite all their effort at detailed analysis and explanation, intellectually based versions of anarchy are inherently limited. They may succeed in minimizing the effect of authority and control, but they cannot eliminate it altogether. For example, even if the federal government were reduced to the size of a deer tick, it would still have some degree of control. In truth, authentic freedom can't and won't be manifested as long as the focus is on ways and means external to the individual.

We Don't Need No Stinking Badges!

In contrast to the common forms of anarchy, let's imagine another kind which focuses on personal freedom in its most elemental form. This form circumvents every gear and lever in the social-potitical machine. Let's call it Intuitive Anarchy, a term that expresses the notion of a totally different approach to dealing with authority. Instead of opposing it, Intuitive Anarchy bypasses authority altogether. And it is able to do so because it recognizes the intrinsic authority that all humans are born with, but which most fail to grasp. This basic authority, which could also be called original authority (some would call it original sin), is the true source of personal empowerment and freedom. It renders all external authority fundamentally powerless.

Original authority is only actualized by connecting with the individual's inherent transcendent core. This transcendent core is not subject to, and more importantly, has no need to be subject to, "principalities and powers". The transcendent core is able to nullify external authority because it is not controlled by ego (small self) needs. Its only desire is to experience connection with a larger, more inclusive identity. In contrast, the behavior of an average human being is motivated by the ego's self-interest - what I want, what I need, what is mine, what or who I need to be protected from. The ego relies on right-brain functioning to gather information and make decisions based on what it believes to be facts and reason. It deceives its host by planting the conviction that logic determines their choices when unconscious motivators are actually doing the work.

The transcendent core, on the other hand, connects us with a vast and far more reliable way of knowing - intuition. Even though intuition is available to all, it is not fully understood and accessible to most. Intuition is related to introspection and feelings, things that people (mostly men) work very hard to avoid. Traditional education trains the thinking mind, while failing to value and nurture intuitive sensitivity. Music and art classes, the closest the system has come to encouraging this side of the mind, have been systematically cut back or eliminated altogether.

The "F" Word

So why has intuition been relegated to the second tier? Because It's easier for humans to identify with a physical object (like a possession), which is the currency of the thinking mind. Identifying with objects feeds the belief that all things are separate - I am separate from you and everything else that can be objectified. My feelings of separate-ness create the belief that I need to gain some measure of control over others in order to protect myself from them. If I were to recognize intuition as a valid method of perception, it would upset my ordered, albeit mistaken, world view and therefore be seen as a personal threat.

Intuition exposes the basic fallacy of the object-as-primary view. Intuition knows that everything is connected in a way that cannot be perceived by the senses, as Saint- Exupery expresses so well in The Little Prince when he says,

"It is only in the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."

A person's true identity is not the physical body or the thinking brain (despite what Descartes believed: "I think, therefore I am"). Rather, identity is rooted in the , through which access is gained to a limitless universe of perception. This is the source of intuition. And when the "I" of one's core being is actualized, the way is cleared for authentic and incorruptible freedom - Freedom with a capital "F".

This is anarchy in the purest sense. It is Freedom grounded in compassion for self and others - not tearing anything down, not trading one form of myopic politics for another, but simply having a level of self-awareness which gives an individual the ability to opt-out of playing the game as defined by political-social convention. It removes conflict instead of creating it. It knows there is nothing to fear when identity is grounded in the transcendent core of one's being. This is what the principalities and powers fear most. They know that just one individual empowered by their inner authority is big trouble (e.g. Socrates, Jesus, St. Francis, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, and Gandhi).

The Razor's Edge

OK, so Intuitive Anarchy is a way of accessing authentic Freedom. But how do we get there? How does one integrate with, and internalize original authority? Consider this verse from the Katha-Upanishad:

"The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over, thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard".

And what is the sharp edge of the razor? Conscious Awareness. Intuitive Anarchy implies a capacity to actualize a level of being that, up till now, has not been experienced by most humans. It requires an evolved consciousness which is no longer trapped by ego attachments that typically create and feed the kind of social dysfunction which so far has defined the human condition. It's a consciousness that radically alters one's relationship with . . . well, everything!

Personal value is no longer derived from income, possessions or social standing. Ego-enhancing props lose all value, having been replaced by a conscious awareness that declines to judge self and others by arbitrary and meaningless standards. Artificial barriers between people, countries and races come down. The social Darwinism which justified much of our care-less behavior is discarded and never again used to legitimize unscrupulous, deceitful and destructive interactions. Commerce becomes less preoccupied with profit, instead giving greater importance to the meaning and purpose of right livelihood. As the level of consciousness rises, so does the index of compassion and love. Fear is replaced by love as the primary motivating force in social and political activities. Love is Freedom, and Freedom is Love. And that is our "salvation".

This level of being has long been considered the exclusive province of mystics and saints. We are now learning otherwise. Along with innate authority, humans also possess the innate capacity to actualize higher levels of consciousness. Nurturing that capacity is now the greatest need. Just as being born with the mental ability to do math (more or less) and speak in intelligible sentences still requires instruction and practice to become proficient, so too we're born with intuitive ability, but may need guidance and practice to gain confidence in its use. There's no great mystery; it's really as natural as breathing.

Not Your Father's Utopia

Skeptics will say this is just another version of the tired old utopian ideal. They take great pleasure in deriding the notion of a world populated by individuals who chose to live in harmony with each other and with the planet; who value simplicity and compassion over consumption and acquisition. Such thinking is casually dismissed as fantasy, not worthy of serious consideration.

But it's not that critics don't take the possibility of a real Utopia seriously. In fact, that's the problem - they can imagine it all too well. Being able to foresee the implications of a workable utopia scares them to death. That's because where some see a society flourishing with the applied principles of Intuitive Anarchy, (through simplicity, sustainability and cooperation) others see only limitation and infringement on their right to exploit people and resources to the fullest extent of the law - and beyond.

This is the great fear. They cannot comprehend how long accepted (and in some cases, worshiped) values of wealth and power could no longer be attractive for a growing number of people whose core values embrace leading lives of simple abundance and personal fulfillment. Indeed, an evolved consciousness turns the world upside down. It must appear as puzzling as a Zen koan - logic is no longer logical.

Post Script

Being re-born into a new level of awareness is challenging (the razor's edge). Openly engaging the world as an Intuitive Anarchist who is empowered with original authority requires enduring the labor pains brought on by breaking free from the shell of self-imposed restraints. We mistakenly believe the shell is for our protection when all it does is limit our limitless potential. Salvation (Love/Freedom) can only be realized when the restrictive shell is shattered, and a truly Free being emerges. That goes for a country and a planet as well.

The energetic connection between everyone and everything is a basic universal truth. With humanity's contagious collective insanity, that truth has been more burden than blessing. However, the underlying connectivity can also work for us. Those who undergo transformation influence others with their positively charged energy. Each person who awakens then adds to the momentum of our collective evolution in consciousness, and that makes it easier for others to follow.

"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite". -William Blake

"The true founder of anarchy was Jesus Christ and ... the first anarchist society was that of the apostles." ~Georges Lechartier

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Authors Bio:

Retired, reformed capitalist, recovering consumer, quasi-luddite, artist, self-published poet, spiritual growth activist, animal rights advocate and Reiki master - originally from New Jersey, now living near the great urban experiment called Detroit.