Healing Journeys with Suzie Daggett
Suzie interviewed Penney Peirce, a gifted intuitive, author of three books and popular lecturer and trainer throughout the US, Japan, and Europe. Penney possesses a broad knowledge of philosophy, religion, metaphysics, shamanism, psychology, cross-cultural perception, and "design thinking". She is the author of The Intuitive Way: The Definitive Guide to Increasing Your Awareness, The Present Moment, and Dreams for Dummies. Penney will be in Nevada City in June to teach a workshop and give in-depth intuitive consultations.
When did you first recognize your intuition?
I can't say I was intuitive in any special way as a child growing up in the Midwest. But I do feel I've been a spiritual detective all my life—looking below the surface for the hidden dynamics of life. When I was young, I didn't believe that germs made people sick, or that surgery was the only solution for disease – I felt there must be deeper causes. For years I wouldn't say the word "God" because I didn't know what it meant. My mother was a proponent of reincarnation, which made perfect sense to me and my father was the son of a Baptist minister. He told my mother, "Let the girl decide for herself about God." I mused about why wars were fought over religion, and decided I would find the core truths in every religion—and THAT would be what I would believe! It helped that I grew up with a strong connection to nature and communicated with my many pets telepathically. I also began remembering my dreams quite early. By zigzagging away from things that bored me, and toward things that lit me up, I have arrived at a goal I didn't know I had!
What lead you to become a teacher and author of intuition?
In college, I got sidetracked by a course on the "Psychology of Spaces," something like what feng shui is today. This rang my inner bells, and I decided to pursue "environmental design"—the closest thing I could come to what I thought I wanted. This taught me about working with patterns and "design thinking." All this was great preparation for becoming an intuitive. Life practically swept me into Marin County in the mid-1970's, when the consciousness movement was blossoming. I studied clairvoyance development in earnest, and I joined The Center for Applied Intuition, started by Dr. William Kautz, a scientist at SRI International. The Center sent me to Japan to teach and counsel. I have worked there annually now, since 1984. I credit my training in two- and three-dimensional design, as well as the abstract thinking skills I learned in social design, with helping me discern the hidden patterns in people's lives. There is no official training for becoming a professional intuitive, yet somehow the soul finds the perfect path into whatever expression it needs. After many years of training people in intuition development, I decided it was time to write, and wrote three books in three years.
What or how do you see when you give a reading to a client?
I used to be visual in my readings, however, over the years I shifted to hearing information, then tactile modes, and now I receive impressions of abstract patterns of knowledge all at once over my entire body. I feel the other person's life as though it were my own—even physical symptoms or sensory emphases like acute hearing or smell. Then, I have to describe this vision and process as articulately as I can to the person I am reading. I have become very empathic; I call it "conscious communion." When I finish the session, I come back to my own body and persona, and forget what I've just been merged with. The information I receive and pass on is very useful and people find gems of knowledge that can last for several years.
How can people begin to open to their intuitive senses?
The most important thing is to pay close attention to the body, and the subtle expansions and contractions connected with various choices, opportunities, or people. It also helps to develop all the senses, work with symbol interpretation, and dreams. When you see similarities, intuition opens. When you stay real, in the moment, and in the truth, your intuition remains open as well. We are all intuitive, but we tend to gloss over the guidance we receive because it's so subtle. Intuition for me is the key to knowing our life purpose, our whole self, and our basic interrelatedness with all people, forms of life, and dimensions of awareness. Living "the intuitive way" brings great compassion, creative expression, deep comfort, enthusiasm, and success—whether it's in our private life or in business.
Penney will be presenting “Deep Intuition: The Power of Empathy & Conscious Sensitivity” on Saturday, June 4. She will also be offering In-Depth Intuitive Life Readings during her time here. Call Nancy at 272-2077 for reservations or visit www.intuitnow.com
Healing Journeys is a column written by Suzie Daggett for the Grass Valley Union newspaper. Suzie interviews a variety of health practitioners most Fridays in the Wellness section. Click here to read past articles prior to 2005. Enter "Suzie Daggett" in the search box to get listing of all articles. |
