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Practical Intuition Gut feeling. Sixth sense. Hunch. No matter what it's called, intuition plays a part in the decisions we make every day. In seminars around the world, Laura Day has taught business people, financial analysts, celebrities, homemakers, doctors, lawyers, and other professionals how to consciously tap this hidden ability. Now, through a step-by-step program, first-person accounts, and real-life examples, Day shows you how to unlock the remarkable power of your mind. Practical Intuition will help you:
and much more. It has been said that each individual's life boils down to a single question. Your life is the living of that question, the search for its answer and personal significance. Arriving at that ultimate question involves asking and answering numerous preliminary questions. Slowly, you begin to realize all the questions' interrelatedness, until at last you distill them down to one. You do this not by gaining information from empirical sources but by questioning yourself and unearthing knowledge you didn't know you possessed. | ||||||||
This answering of a question with a question that reveals a still greater truth is a fundamental part of many religious traditions, including Hebraic, Jesuitical, and Zen. It's in reaching the profound, seminal questions that the meaning is discovered and the questioning taken to the next level of understanding. The questions lead us to places unfamiliar and then make these places known to us. An insightful psychotherapist once said to me, "You want answers to questions that only you could think to ask." At the time I thought he was validating my intellectual superiority. But I've come to realize that certain questions are so intricately tied to our individuality that the answers can come only from within ourselves. Often this is the last place we look. The function of intuition is to lead us to these answers. The function of the mind and the heart is to formulate the questions. This book will help you answer your questions by asking them back at you. Indeed, only you can answer the ultimate questions of your life. It always amazes me that we expect disciplines like philosophy and religion and intuition to answer questions such as What is the meaning of life? Yet we don't think that the individual "I" who generates these philosophies can answer something simple like Will the price of gold rise in February? or Where the heck did I leave my car keys? or, more seriously, How can I make my relationship more successful? It's the little questions that make up life. Getting In Touch With Your Priorities The following is a simple questionnaire that will help you pinpoint the information you need to best use the next chapter. This is also your first exercise in opening the door to intuition.
Exercise 1 Part I Record your first response to each of the following questions, even if it doesn't seem to make sense. Be honest. Don't try to be clever or to respond in a way you think will impress me or others. Be brief; sometimes a word will suffice. You will have the opportunity to give more reflective answers shortly. Although this exercise calls for short responses, you may want to have a friend read off the questions and transcribe your answers. If not, use your tape recorder. Remember, I want your immediate responses. OK? Here goes:
Part II Review your answers to the preceding questions. I would now like you to reflect on each question before responding. Your answers this time will be longer than those in Part I, but you should still try to be concise. If you get stuck, look back to your initial responses. Here goes:
Record your responses in your intuition notebook. If you used a tape recorder, transcribe your precise words. Remember to label this Exercise 1 and note the date. The Point of This Exercise This is a book about answering the important questions in your life. You've just begun the process of thinking about them. In the next chapter, I'll ask you to think about them more concretely.
Excerpted from Practical Intuition by Laura Day. Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. About the Author Laura Day has been teaching her private seminar, "Practical Intuition," all over the world for the past ten years. Her students include doctors, journalists, CEO's, financial analysts, and celebrities. She lives in New York City with her son, Samson. More by Laura Day |
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