Why Linear Thinking Alone Cannot Explain the Universe
And why intuition is the most important skill set to master going forward
Going forward, I do not believe we can understand the full picture of what is happening in this universe by relying solely on left-brain, linear, logical thinking.
The analytical mind is extraordinary for certain tasks. It can build machines, write code, organize systems, and structure arguments. However, when it comes to understanding consciousness, energy, intuition, and the deeper architecture of reality, the linear mind is only one tool in a much larger toolkit.
Over the past few centuries, many of us have overdeveloped the analytical mind while allowing the perceptual mind to atrophy.
The right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for pattern recognition, spatial awareness, intuition, relational thinking, and the perception of energy and interconnected systems. It is the part of our cognition that understands the whole before it understands the parts. It perceives patterns rather than sequences.
My former podcast guest, and Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor described this vividly in her book My Stroke of Insight. After experiencing a stroke that temporarily shut down much of her left-brain functioning, she described perceiving the world almost entirely through her right hemisphere. She no longer processed people through categories, labels, or logical narratives. Instead, she experienced them as fields of energy.
Her email signature famously reads:
“Please be responsible for the energy you bring.”
She understood after her experience that once your right brain perceptual way of understanding comes online, energy is the language that it speaks.
Over the last year, I have had the privilege of studying closely with and co-founding a company alongside Tashi Powers, one of the most remarkable evolutionary astrologers and Vastu practitioners I have encountered. Tashi carries a rare synthesis of disciplines that are often separated in modern culture but were historically understood as interconnected.
She studied with mythologist Joseph Campbell, spent time in conversation with astrophysicist Carl Sagan, and worked with Jeffrey Wolf Green, the pioneer of evolutionary astrology. She also studied with intuition researcher Jack Schwartz, who explored the relationship between consciousness, energy, and human perception.
What I have come to appreciate through these teachings is that the universe operates according to patterns and laws that are not limited to material cause and effect. These include what many traditions call cosmic law, natural law, and the mathematics of sacred geometry.
In Plato’s Academy, there was reportedly an inscription that read:
“Let none but geometers enter here.”
This was not because geometry was considered merely mathematical. Geometry was understood as the language of the cosmos. It described the structures of light, proportion, harmony, and the architecture underlying both nature and consciousness.
Ancient philosophers, mystics, and scientists did not divide knowledge into isolated silos. They studied astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, myth, and the human psyche together because they understood that reality itself is multidimensional.
To truly see the big picture, one must learn to navigate multiple modes of perception. Linear reasoning alone cannot interpret phenomena that are cyclical, fractal, energetic, and symbolic.
Astrology, sacred geometry, Vastu, and other ancient sciences are not simply belief systems. At their core, they are attempts to map the patterns of energy and time that structure life on Earth.
What I often call energetic accounting is simply the practice of recognizing that actions, intentions, environments, and relationships all carry energetic consequences. Just as financial accounting tracks flows of money, energetic accounting tracks flows of attention, vitality, coherence, and consciousness.
We are entering a period of history where purely mechanistic models of reality are beginning to break down. The world is revealing itself to be far more interconnected, patterned, and conscious than the linear mind alone can comprehend.
This does not mean abandoning logic. It means expanding our cognitive repertoire.
We must cultivate both hemispheres of perception: the analytical mind that understands parts and the intuitive mind that perceives wholes.
When those two modes of knowing work together, a deeper form of intelligence emerges.
And that intelligence may be exactly what this moment in human history is asking us to develop.
If you’d like to stay in touch, you can check out my podcast Gateways to Awakening where I’ve interviewed over 270+ leaders on the topics of intuition, consciousness, well-being, and spirituality. It’s now in the top 2% of all podcasts listened to globally, and I hope to continue releasing one show a week.
You can check out my latest book, A Glitch In The Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become The Main Character of Your Life, if you’re interested in understanding natural law and how to master your energy. The book is available on Audible, Kindle, and Print.