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Summary: Very disappointed with this book
Review: I feel that Schulz writes from her head not from her heart. How can anyone hear their intuition with the TV on all the time?
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Summary: An Enlightened Woman with Her Good Book
Review: I felt this book focuses too much on illness, and then the whole point the author is trying to make is a bit weakened because of this focusing, until the moment when I read her following words on page 291 and 292 in her book " Awakening Intuition", I know Dr.Schulz is a enlightened person. "It was as though a curtain had been drawn aside to reveal the world to me as it really was, and I knew what I had to do. ...I was going to live in the present. ...and I felt the oneness of the universe, how everything in the world was a part of me and I a part of everything. ...My facade, the shell we all wear as we navigate through the world, had fallen away, and I stood exposed to all the raw, throbbing reality if life around me and to all the knowledge avaiable to me..." "All at once I knew many things, ...I knew that there was a force in the universe...that made things happen in my life in a way I couldn't control, but that I was simultaneously endowed with the power to influence what happaned to me. ...I knew that I couldn't become overly attahced to one certain identity, or it might taken away from me." The words on these two pages worth the whole book. The author not only has the research ability, but also has the skill to clearly and consisely describe the way "enlightned" is. I wonder this is also the description to "Buddha" when He was enlightened thousands years ago. The last sentence on my above quote gives us another view - from medical/health point of view that why people should not selfish, should not concentrate to self too much, that peole should care others, that people should share with others. I wished the author could have extended what she found here to a higher level. If you can bear with the author to read all the medical cases, this is really a excellent book.
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Summary: Likes the Sound of Her Own Voice
Review: I have no doubts about the author's talents and abilities as a physician and an intuitive. But I do believe she is so impressed with her own abilities that she often misses the boat. I would trust her for a diagnoses of a physical ailment, but I would not hold much value in her interpretation of the ailment's spiritual cause. She is much too tied to their standard relations and does not seem to get the fact that our subconscious speaks to us through illness as well to get us to do what it wants, whether or not it is for our own good. That swimmer's panic attacks when she boarded a plane may really have been her subconscious desire to fail or maybe caused by a past-life experience. Does she have panic attacks just when flying or at other times? Did they occur well before she started competitive swimming? I think her belief that the woman's soul wanted her to stop competing as an athlete was a little too easy a conclusion to reach. I, myself, had a phobia over driving a car. It wasn't until many years later, through a past-life regression, that I was able to find out why and, believe me, it wasn't at all my soul telling me not to drive or go to work or get out into the world. On the contrary, my soul wanted me to get over it but my subconscious would not allow it. I have no problems with driving a car now.
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Summary: Likes the Sound of Her Own Voice
Review: I have no doubts about the author's talents and abilities as a physician and an intuitive. But I do believe she is so impressed with her own abilities that she often misses the boat. I would trust her for a diagnoses of a physical ailment, but I would not hold much value in her interpretation of the ailment's spiritual cause. She is much too tied to their standard relations and does not seem to get the fact that our subconscious speaks to us through illness as well to get us to do what it wants, whether or not it is for our own good. That swimmer's panic attacks when she boarded a plane may really have been her subconscious desire to fail or maybe caused by a past-life experience. Does she have panic attacks just when flying or at other times? Did they occur well before she started competitive swimming? I think her belief that the woman's soul wanted her to stop competing as an athlete was a little too easy a conclusion to reach. I, myself, had a phobia over driving a car. It wasn't until many years later, through a past-life regression, that I was able to find out why and, believe me, it wasn't at all my soul telling me not to drive or go to work or get out into the world. On the contrary, my soul wanted me to get over it but my subconscious would not allow it. I have no problems with driving a car now.
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Summary: Intuition Speaks..
Review: I was completely engaged while reading Awakening Intuition and found the relationship between our stored body memories and illness, fascinating. I thought the information and research in the book was wonderful and my favorite chapter was the end where examples of intuition seminars were discussed. I would recommend this book highly and truly enjoyed its contents. Since I am already a fan of Dr. Christiane Northrup after reading Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, I was interested in the book when I saw she wrote the foreward and I was not disappointed. Thanks.
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Summary: A glib account of a complex subject
Review: I'm afraid I am a dissenting voice amongst the many here. I did not like Mona Lisa's book. I am a regular New Age junkie, energy medicine convert, but I found this book to be somewhat arrogant and glib in tone. I, myself, suffer from a serious, life-threatening illness and have journeyed a very long way into the realms of the spiritual and the psyche in my search to understand and heal myself. This has been one of the surprising blessings of a situation which in many other ways is a tragedy. But Ms Schulz's views by contrast,seemed quickly formed and superficial. New Age and Mind-Body based, to be sure, but lacking the depth and tenderness that really great writers and workers in the field should have. I can feel that I am not being very specific in my criticism. That's not very helpful to you. I find that I am altogether unmoved by most writing of medical intuitives, whereas I am greatly inspired by works by Barbara Brennan, Ken Wilbur, Rosalyn Bruyere and others. So I guess mine is a personal response. I beleive passionately in the mind-body-energy connection. But the type of solutions offered by medical intuitives seem far too formulaic and rule book like for my comfort. It has not been my experience either as a patient or as a therapist (my former occupation) that one can ever draw generalisations about the type of connection between any given illness and an emotional state. We are infinitely complex, unique beings worthy of a great deal of compassion and loving kindness. These qualities do not come accross to me in Ms Schulz's book. I recognise that other people have been greatly helped by her and am puzzled. I guess there are many different kinds of people in the world and different remedies work for different kind of folks. This one left me cold and slightly angry. I am thankful that I could send the book back and spend my money elsewhere.
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Summary: Provides scientific proof of the source of intuition
Review: Joan Borysenko calls this, "absolutely the most brilliant book on the mind-body relationship that has ever been written...Grounded in the latest research, it comes alive through intuitive readings, clinical anecdotes, and the fascinating life story of Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz. Her sense of humor shines through on every page as she illuminates emotional territory with lightning clarity, encouraging us not only to heal our wounds, but to use our gifts." Like Spontaneous Healing and Anatomy of the Spirit, AWAKENING INTUITION explains the intimate connections between your mind, body, and emotions--and it offers practical, proven ways to get healthy and stay healthy. Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, the book provides astonishing information on how the brain works through compelling stories of patients Dr. Schulz has treated in her practice of psychiatry. It is a thoroughly fascinating book.
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Summary: This book is well writen, and I loved it!!!!!
Review: My daughters friend gave me this book and said "Mrs. Debbie this is you and now I know why you understand me". Reading this book gave me great insite to who I am and why I do and say the things that I do. I have always said that ADD is a gift that God gave me. I am so glad to know that I am not alone in this world and that someone understands people like me. I truly loved this book. I'm not sure if everyone would understand what she is saying, but it sure spoke to my heart and soul. Debbie Roland
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Summary: Useful Insights about right brain/left brain functioning
Review: One finds books by various serendipitious ways.My route was from World Peace Advocate John Hagelin to Critianne Northrup to Lisa.It was a point last year in March where I had renewed my search for an easy way to access my intuition.
I was fascinated by Dr. schultz's life experiences. I was also intrigued by her decription of the mind/body connection. I felt a growing sense that this book had not come my way by chance. Its insights were supposed to be used. Soon,Iwould discover. In two weeks I learnt that a close relative of mine.a young,bright,gregarious woman had quit college with extreme depression. I quickly understood that my role was to keep others focused on healing her.One year later she is back in school. She is on medication but a network of friends prayed for her and sent her love.
Later that year, in June, I suffered what was decribed as a 'silent heart attack'. It was a frightened experience which I went through alone for about four hours. In that period I drank water,kept my circulation going with my chi machine and meditated. I think I handled this experience without panic because I insisted in 'talking' to my body, to affirm that mind could influence physical body. I got though that period and am more healthy and in tune with my body.
One major insight I got from this book is that people like me who are fluent with words do not easily get in touch with their intuition. She suggested that using dreams was a good route for me. I knew this from past experiences so I returned to writing down my dreams. It has helped me.
A lot depends on which point in your life you read his book. I happen to be a meditator of thiry years and to have had several intuitive experienes. I've also met many gifted intuitive people. Therefore I did not approach the material with any great scepticism.
Also I felt strongly that I needed to learn the material that Dr. Schultz was explaining. People who are very left brained may find what Dr. Schultz says as so much "mumbo jumbo".
Even for readers familar with right brain theory may find Dr. Scuhltz's book not easy going. It's a book to buy and re-read.
I'd advise doing what I now do--opening the bok at random and reading that section.
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Summary: check-it out
Review: The author gives too much autobiographical information which can get tiresome as it continues throughout the book. Also, it isn't written with the clearest format and tends to get sketchy in parts, over-detailed in others. However, I enjoyed this book and the possibilities it has inspired. I can tell you that this book was a great comfort to my sister, who suffers from MS. Bottom line; if you're looking with an open mind at the possibilites of a mind/body connection this is the best book on the subject. But, if you lean toward the skeptical and left-brained - forget about it!
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