Intuition Tip #8
Your clarity of mind, attitude, motivation, and productivity will increase simply by learning to prefer and choose whole-body and whole-brain perception. "Being in your head" too much — specifically in your left brain — is exhausting and contributes to inhumane solutions, mediocrity, intolerance, negativity, frustration, and emotional acting out. Establish a habit of opening and expanding your awareness as often as possible.

3. When you notice you're tired and can't think.

EXERCISE
Catch yourself when you're getting bleary, thick, heavy, or spacy. Center yourself and drop into your body in the here-and-now. Breathe energy and light into any places that seem dark and solid. Raise your energy level, or "frequency," 10%. Then shift and move your body, go outside, change from logical thinking to a creative process where you drop into one of your sensory modes. Work with images, smells, shapes, or textures. If necessary, let yourself have a catnap or some time off.

Penney's Schedule
• Nevada City/Grass Valley, CA: Sep 19, In-depth Life Readings, contact Suzie Daggett 530/265-9255

• Portland, OR: Oct 9: In-depth Life Readings, call Penney directly at 415/898-8925.

• Tokyo, Japan: Oct 28-Nov 28. Plans are falling into place for workshops and readings. Contact: visionary@gol.com or tel: 03-3586-0788.

• Lima, Peru: early Feb 09, Private women's conference.

• My new book releases in February 2009, so expect an intensive promotonal tour after that.

• I am available any time for private intuitive mentoring sessions of various lengths. I look forward to working with you on issues that concern you, even a bit of tutoring, by phone. You can reach me at 415/898-8925 or by email at pennpeirce@aol.com. My fee is $180 for the first hour, and $100 for the second hour, billed in 15 minute increments. Please book appointments by phone.

Penney's Dream Dictionary Is an Excellent Resource
DREAM DICTIONARY FOR DUMMIES
5x7 format - $12.99
This book is unique as dream dictionaries go: each definition is written so you can interpret the dream symbol at the physical, emotional, and mental-spiritual levels. Understanding each symbol becomes a wonderful intuitive process. The book also has chapters that give tips on dream interpretation, and it's is highly useful. Cute and handy; perfect for your bedside or to take along when you travel! Order now from amazon.com. Also available as an e-book from Wiley&Sons.

New Book Recommendation
A VISION FOR 2012: Planning for Extraordinary Change, by John L. Peterson
One of my colleagues, The founder and director of the Arlington Institute, John Peterson, has published a wonderful new book that distills all the research his institute has diligently gathered concerning trends for the future. It's only about 100 pages, and John has skillfully woven the key points into an easy-to-understand whole.

"Priests, shamans, and holy men have been talking about the coming decade for hundreds of years, and many scholars, examining the recurring patterns of history, also foresee major upheaval on the horizon. In this timely and insightful treatise, Petersen explains how the world and its leaders must prepare for an onslaught of potential crises, such as rapid climate change, a tipping point in the global financial system, a pandemic, or a new level of sophistication among terrorists. At the same time, Petersen highlights the unbelievable breakthroughs in knowledge, mindsets, and scientific capabilities that demonstrate our extraordinary capacity not just to persevere, but to evolve. Provocative yet hopeful, A Vision for 2012 outlines an effective approach to the immense challenges—and opportunities—that lie ahead."

"Even for those of us who have known John Petersen over the years, his insights into our revolutionary age still are enlightening, and often astonishing. As the Paul Revere of the early 21st century, his message is: The Future is Here! He is a visionary with an ethical dimension and a too little known national asset. This deceptively short essay is a primer for an explosive future that is already upon us. It should be required reading for the next President."
—Senator Gary Hart

Quotes about Transformation
On our planet and perhaps simultaneously in many parts of our galaxy and beyond, consciousness is awakening from the dream of form. This does not mean all forms (the world) are going to dissolve, although quite a few most certainly will. It means consciousness can now begin to create form without losing itself in it.
—Eckhart Tolle

The realization of the Vedic rishis has become a collective realization; the Supermind has entered the earth-consciousness, descended right down into the physical subconscient, at the frontiers of Matter; there remains but one bridge to cross for the final linking up. A new world is born. At present we are right in the midst of a transitional period in which the two are mingled: the old world persists, yet all-powerful continuing to dominate the ordinary consciousness, and the new one slips in quietly, yet very shy, unobserved to the extent that externally it changes little for the moment. . .. And yet it works, it grows, till one day it will be sufficiently strong to impose itself visibly.
—Satprem, Sri Aurobindo, or The Adventure in Consciousness

PENNEY PEIRCE is a gifted intuitive empath and rare mentor/teacher who speaks and writes with clarity, cross-cultural understanding, and deep insight. She has worked for years on her own spiritual growth and understands the many variations possible in the human spiritual path. Penney synthesizes great amounts of detail, and can explain complex metaphysical, philosophical material in a personal, down-to-earth way. She is experienced in business, writing, speaking, and design.

WHAT'S REAL UNDERNEATH?
How Do We Deal with the World?
I think alot these days about attitude and action, as I see so many people working themselves into a panic over the upcoming presidential election, as well as the dire condition of just about everything. If I go into much depth contemplating the lack of consciousness, heart, vision, and holistic intelligence so relentlessly in my face these days, and the panic that seems to arise in me whenever I let my attention drift, I can quickly spiral into an abyss filled with frustration and helplessness. And yet, in the same moment, I can sink into the peace beneath the surface disturbances and reconnect with soul, presence, the divine. Living well in these times doesn't mean having so much money that the craziness doesn't touch you.

I think we each have to find the right balance between on-purpose action and win-win-win problem-solving AND just being. Without consciousness, that balance becomes a polarity of saving-rescuing vs cocooning and apathy. I remember Don Juan's philosophy of "controlled folly" — basically that everything is already fine so nothing needs to be done, and yet we must convince ourselves that creativity and spiritual growth are worthwhile.

The world situations look very different when seen through the filter of mind-fear-ego vs. unity-love-soul. From the soul's view, there is a sanity working through the process, and even the contractions are purposeful. It doesn't mean we don't act on behalf of those less fortunate, or fail to balance our checking accounts, but that we take each action based on a moment by moment "just-rightness." We give up old rules and act from intuitive knowing.

I find that I am struggling — though perhaps that's too strong a word — not to fight the forces that knock me out of my "nice" alignments with inner peace. I know I am learning to find the peace in the chaos, or the larger order in the global, universal flow. And, without losing my specificity as an individual. There are many fine lines to pay attention to right now to achieve spiritual expansion. Right action, right timing, right thinking, right caring. . .

COOL STUFF
Netflix Recommendation:
2 Heart-Warmers — AUGUST RUSH and MARTIAN CHILD. OK, so they're a little sappy, but after so much negativity and violence, I occasionally need a few feel-good uppers!

Read Penney's Intuition Blog.

Find a Present Moment Practice for Today: Part of the Daily Oracle section on www.penneypeirce.com (you can click on the link endless times and get different quotes. . .)

Listen to the latest interview with Penney. Being a Visionary and Leading Edges in the Evolution of Awareness
Interview with Bryan Flournoy on Making-It-All-Click radio.