Practical Intuition by Laura Day
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Book Reviews of Practical Intuition
Book Review: A bit disappointed
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book a couple of years ago. Since I am already very intuitive, I thought it would be interesting. I tried my best to do the exercises she asks for reader to do, but the people in the book had far more colorful images and analysis of their thoughts than I did! The exercise were hard for me to do - how do you know whether you are picking up clues for yourself or for someone that you know? Or even images from TV or movies that you've seen? I felt frustrated that I did not understand what was expected of me in the exercises and could not relate the disjointed images that I received to anything relevant in my life.Book Review: Interesting to some.
Summary: 3 Stars
I really didnt get anything out of this book.It was an interesting read.Some people will benefit like the majority of the other reviewers but there are a few who dont.Book Review: Rather chewy and difficult to swallow!
Summary: 2 Stars
I have read all the major books in this genre, and this is really the last of the bunch I had bought to read. Thankfully I left this until almost last, otherwise I may have been put off dipping my toes in this particular pool of thought and practice.
There's nothing especially dreadful about this book, and as other reviewers have said, I wanted to like this book, I really did. That established, it has to be said that this book is DULL, very, very dull. and for the most part not an engaging or enthralling type of read at all. I compare it Hicks', Losier, Klauser et al. and they are altogether much better reads. Much more engaging, much more meat on the bone and ultimately more satisfying and more rewarding.
The whole layout and feel of this book is not quite there, it's not quite professional and doesn't quite hit the mark. I found it cumbersome, and the exercises dull and lethargic. Whereas with other books in this genre I found I couldn't put the book down, here i found I couldn't pick the book up! And here I must confess that after about two years of owning it, I haven't finished it entirely and it's got put in a drawer to make room for newer stuff on my shelves. Surely any book worth its cover price would never be subjected to such indignant treatment, but alas here, it must succumb.
I know this may be irrelevant, but a couple of things I didn't like included the (copyrighted) foreword by Demi Moore (that alone speaks volumes) and also the grimacing photo of Day on the cover. She is actually a beautiful woman, so why on earth she chose the scowling middle-aged Manhattan frump-ike photo for the cover is beyond me! - I am missing something here? Anyway, with her grimacing at me ever time I laid the book on my desk, I felt loathed to pick it up!
The cynic amongst you might deride and say with an all-knowing tone in your voice, that I have missed the point, that it is I who have missed the opportunity presented here, in the words of Macaulay Culkin., "I don't think so!" All-in-all, if you are into this genre, I suggest you dig a little harder and check out some of the longer selling and altogether more enjoyable reads.
Book Review: To much new age mumbo jumbo
Summary: 2 Stars
The book promises a practical guide to developing your intuition -- a worthy goal. Unfortunately, in this case, "intuition" is a code word for "psychic powers". Parts of the book concentrate on developing your ability to interpret the internal Rorschach test that is your thoughts, and to the extent that the book concentrates on that, it is worthwhile. Unfortunately, it goes too far and claims you can develop the power to predict horse races and the stock market. If you get it right, it tells you, it is the psychic power of your amazing intuition. If you get it wrong, it is because something interfered and the power wasn't working. I am reminded of the friend who says he has psychic powers to predict whether a card will be red or black. If he gets it right, he says "see, I'm psychic". If he gets it wrong, he says "Oh, it temporarily slipped away". Of course, he's right about 50% of the time. This book begs you to read significance into similar occurrences in your life. A book that helps you to know when to trust your gut feelings and how to get in touch with them would fill a gap in the self-help shelf. Unfortunately, this book doesn't know when to leave well enough alone and ventures into the new-age kook category.Book Review: A book of "guessing" exercises.
Summary: 2 Stars
I genuinely didn't get any thing out of this book. I do believe that Ms. Day may possess special powers and I enjoyed reading about her psychic experiences, but her exercises seemd arbitrary and definately did nothing to increase what she calls "Practical Intuition". Apparently, one is suppossed to become more psychic by asking an obscure question and turning the page and finding out what they just predicted. I would recommend this book as an interesting read, but not a guide on how to harness your practical intuition.