Peirce Penney - The intuitive way: the definitive guide to increasing your awareness

Praise for Penney Peirces

T HE I NTUITIVE W AY

In reading The Intuitive Way, you will be given the kind of nourishment that feeds your soul and asks you to trust yourself and take the unknown path. I can think of no better teacher for this material than Penney Peirce.

Carol Adrienne, MA,

Coauthor with James Redfield of

The Celestine Prophecy: An Experiential Guide

In a fast-changing business environment where there is less time and a glut of information, Peirces book gives practical techniques for gaining a competitive edge. The Intuitive Way has given me insights into creating, implementing, and evaluating strategic plans so my clients can stay on course in a daily fashion. In addition, gaining a more subtle awareness of the hidden factors affecting business is critical for making better decisions and achieving better results. The Intuitive Way is helping me know where the market is going; not just where its been.

Cameron Hogan, Management Consultant,

Beyond the Box, Baltimore, MD

An excellent guide for those who seek to expand consciousness in the most natural and delightful way.

Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD,

president of The Intuition Network,

author of The Roots of Consciousness

This is an honest book. Peirce clearly owns a broad knowledge of the worlds philosophies and uses this knowledge to direct the reader into a deeper connection with her own body, soul, and the environment around her. The Intuitive Way is dense with wisdom up to its final words.

Tina Welling, Jackson, WY

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PART 1
Creating a Clear Lens

PART 2
Accessing Subtle Information

PART 3
Making Intuition Useful

A PPENDIX 1:
Delving Deeper

A PPENDIX 2:
Tips for Applying Intuition in Business

A PPENDIX 3:
Tips for Using Intuition to Live as Your Soul

For Valerie, Julia, and Malina,
who helped me remember my innocence

Birthing a first book can feel first like a dream, then like psychic surgery. I find that I am quite transformed internallyfor the betterby the process. My deep gratitude goes out to the talented psychic surgeons who assisted me so closely: to my editor, Lorraine Anderson, whose neutrality, keen mind, and compassionate communication style allowed me to see the good sense; to my agent, Sheryl Fullerton, who helped me achieve focus and become more visible; and to my publishers, Cindy Black and Richard Cohn and the staff at Beyond Words, who practice what they preach (Inspire to Integrity).

Various astute and literate friends provided me with invaluable feedback about the book. Thanks so much to Carol Adrienne, whose unflagging support and enthusiasm has often kept me afloat, and to those who mindfully read early manuscripts and nudged me forward: Joan OHannesson, Jabarra Athas, Rod McDaniel, Colleen Cayes, Peter Howard, Wendy Young, Allen Hicks, Donna Hale, Larry Leigon, Sarka Christova, Colleen Mauro, Richard Heinberg, and Mark Bryan. Thanks to my sister Paula Peirce and to Marcus True, who listened and helped me become clear.

I wouldnt be who I am without the inspiring contributions of my colleagues Dr. William Kautz, Joan Grigsby, Kevin Ryerson, Dr. Dale Ironson, David Finch, the good people at Anandas East-West Bookstore, and my many magical Japanese collaborators: Toshi and Yasuko Yamakawa, Lisa Yoshimi Vogt, Yoshie Usuba, Masako Watanabe, Naoyuki Sekino, and Takiko Koizumi, to name a few. Finally, I want to thank my parents, Mid and Skip Peirce, for believing in me and supporting me when I didnt do the traditional thing.

If you have picked up The Intuitive Way, you can safely assume that your life is about to change radically. Your intuition, already strong and insistent, is prompting you to get ready for a new journey of discovery. Why?

A purpose deep within you is steadily unfolding. This purpose is not about to let you sleep your way through this lifetime. You may have already noticed an increasing number of synchronicities that seem to indicate you are supposed to be doing something different from what youve been doing until now. You may have noticed you yearn for more meaningful activities or associations. You may have been feeling estranged from some of the old gang or thinking of leaving your occupation and striking out for something new. But what? What to do?

These are the questions that many of usin the millions noware currently asking. You, along with other like-minded people, are awakening to your individual path, knowing without knowing that something more is being required of you. You are one of the people who was born to participate in this creatively explosive time of transformation. Trust that.

It is no accident that Penney Peirces book, The Intuitive Way, has found its publisher at this time. This book and others like it that speak to the work of the soul are born in response to the very questions currently arising in peoples hearts and minds, questions such as Whats it all about? What is the purpose of this life Ive been given? How can I make the most of my time? What should I be concentrating on? Can I really make a difference?

We live with these personal life questions and often feel that no one else understands these rather vague but persistent longings. What we wish most is that someone would tell us what to do. We cry out for clarity. In my own work the most frequent question is I know my life is changing. I can feel something new is just about to happenbut I dont know what it is. Which step am I supposed to take first?

Because we are creatures of our conditioning, because we are taught to do whats expected of us, we think our answer will be found by some epiphany in the external world. We are used to taking our cues from external sourcesadvice from parents, spouses, friends, religious leaders and mentors, professional groups or union leadersand playing by the rules of whatever community has authority over us. We might look at labor statistics that tell us what the hottest job markets are or try to second-guess what the new retail trends will be so we may align ourselves with what we perceive to be powerfulso that we can be powerful.