How intuition found the name Flying Penguin

November 2, 2023

Asoka Jinadasa

How intuition found the name Flying Penguin for my self-help books offers the motivational keys you can use to unlock the amazing power of your intuition.

While writing the first of a series of self-help books, I kept thinking, what title would be best? I knew the title should convey what the book was all about—helping people breakthrough their self-imposed limitations. And create miracles as they did as preschoolers, such as learning to walk and talk without a teacher.

But I had no idea how to capture all that in a catchy yet meaningful title. Though I knew the importance of finding the right title, I did not worry too much about it. I felt through my intuition that a suitable title would emerge at the right time.

“Big ideas come from the subconscious. This is true in art, in science, and in advertising. But your subconscious has to be well informed, or your idea will be irrelevant. Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thought process.”
David Ogilvy, author of Ogilvy on Advertising

I remember him explaining how he gets his amazing new ideas. First, he collects all the relevant information. He then goes for a long and relaxing ride on his bicycle. He then forgets all about his goals, knowing that the big idea will descend on him when he is fully relaxed—like when shaving or taking a shower.

So I focused on writing my book without worrying about the title. I even had crazy ideas and teased my subconscious mind, remembering what David had said:

“The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.”

Then, one May Day, a miracle happened. Someone sent me an email showing a BBC film trailer featuring flying penguins. Made as an April Fools’ Day hoax, it showed penguins in Antarctica taking off and flying. [1]

Though it was a hoax, it grabbed my attention. I knew penguins can’t fly. But I was hoping to find out if they could do so, at least momentarily.

Then a second miracle happened. While idly searching about the lives of penguins, my intuition helped me find exactly what I was looking for.

How intuition found the name Flying Penguin for my self-help books, based on this photo

An incredible photograph by Paul Nicklen of an emperor penguin flying out of the water to land on ice at a higher level in response to a predator lurking in the water appeared in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.

That was my cue. I realized that both penguins and humans create miracles under life-threatening circumstances. I have read about a mother lifting an incredibly heavy weight to release her child trapped under it.

That was how intuition found the name Flying Penguin for my self-help books—with almost no effort on my part. How did that happen?

I did all the preparatory work and let my intuition do the rest. It helped me prepare a logical structure for my book from all the bits of information I had collected. And surprisingly, the first draft of my first book was the final draft, with minor modifications.

I became convinced that my intuition has the power to find the most creative ideas if I relax and listen to its quiet voice without interfering. I even got into the habit of lying still after waking up every morning and listening to the quiet voice of my intuition, giving me new ideas and telling me what to do.

That was how intuition found the name Flying Penguin for my self-help books.
My intuition also guided me to create award-winning concepts like the Wisdom-Skill matrix and my 6-dimensional model for success and leadership.

You can find full details of these groundbreaking new concepts in the eBook, Secret Way to Boost Your Wisdom & Skills

Here is how you can tap into the awesome power of your subconscious mind through your intuition, just as I did.

Use your cosmic antenna

We were all born with a cosmic antenna. That is what made us intuitive learning machines long before we could read. Unfortunately, we no longer make conscious use of that antenna that connects us to the universe and helped us create learning miracles as preschoolers.

This concept was validated by William A. Fowler, who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics.
He proved that all the heavy molecules that make up our bodies were forged in the stars.[2]
That means we carry “cosmic knowledge” at a molecular level within our bodies. Our antenna gives us access to that cosmic knowledge.

Animals do so instinctively. For example, penguins have an internal GPS (Global Positioning System). It enables them to find their way home after swimming hundreds of kilometers away.[3]

Use your intuition

We have also devalued our vast inborn intuition, which gives us insights into cosmic knowledge. Our preferred rational thinking can only provide incremental change. Transformational change based on new paradigms comes from insights downloaded through our intuition.

In over 20 years of research on wealthy people, Napoleon Hill (author of Think and Grow Rich in 1937) concluded that intuition was one attribute that was common to all successful people.

Surprisingly, chief executive officers who performed best in intuition tests tended to be the most successful in running their businesses. This is despite the commonly held belief that business is unrelated to abstract concepts such as intuition.

“The business of business is business.”
Milton Friedman

However, under rapidly changing conditions that are almost impossible to predict, concrete analytical thinking must be guided by abstract intuitive thinking. The same applies to our personal and professional lives in today’s increasingly turbulent world.

Give your intuition a chance to guide you after you have collected the necessary information. That was how intuition found the name Flying Penguin for my self-help books.

“Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment.”
General Colin Powell

Interesting examples

The founder of General Motors, William C. Durant, was guided solely by some intuitive flashes of brilliance to make astonishingly correct judgments.

Record company executive Richard Branson followed his intuition to launch Virgin Atlantic Airlines in 1984. He saw the market opportunity and thought it would be “fun” to do it.
That was despite media criticism and ridicule. The British Patent Office refused to register the brand name Virgin for three years as they felt it was too rude. And a survey by Britain’s leading marketing magazine claimed that only 10 percent of the British public would ever fly an airline called Virgin.

Download new ideas

Our intuition connects us to the universe, enabling us to subconsciously download valuable insights. That is how we intuitively acquired an incredible amount of knowledge during our preschool years.

As we grew older and became more rational under the influence of adults, our intuition gradually got neglected, until we forgot that it even existed. However, you can easily reactivate your intuition and download totally new ideas simply by emptying your mind and listening to the insights your intuition whispers to you.

When seeking guidance from your intuition on new ideas you are trying to formulate or a plan of action you are contemplating, any feeling of anxiety will block this subtle process.

Here are three simple steps that will unleash the power of your intuition:

1, Be very clear about the final outcome of your goal and by when.

2. Collect all information directly and indirectly related to your goal.

3. Let your intuition find the way, without loading it with doubts and anxiety.

If the information you have collected is valid, this simple process will always deliver what you need—perhaps not in the exact form you expected!

How intuition found the name Flying Penguin is a real-life story that offers actionable insights into how you can use your intuition to find out-of-the-box ideas on any topic.