The Intuitive Spark

Author: Sonia Choquette, Ph.D.
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401920993
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
From the best-selling author of Trust Your Vibes and Ask Your Guides As a parent, you set the tone for your children's intuitive awakening. A spiritually conscious and integrated dad or mom who has a strong connection to his or her own inner guidance and well-being makes it possible for that same quality to flourish in kids and at home. Over the years, Sonia Choquette has been asked whether her extraordinary intuition is a gift, and she's come to answer "yes". But her blessing wasn’t being endowed with an “extra sense.” It was having a mother who created a spiritual awareness and a home environment that encouraged all of her senses to develop. That is what inspired Sonia Choquette to write this profound and accessible book explaining—through spiritual principles, modern-day parables, and practical exercises—how even busy parents can help children connect to their own source of Divine guidance. Your personal sixth sense is activated by training your awareness to become sharper and receive more information from others, the astral planes, your Higher Self, and God. You begin this process by learning how to expand your consciousness and better understand the way your body takes in and responds to energy. Intuitive living is the art of developing your awareness to be a highly sophisticated receiver of vibrations that will give you more accurate data to work with as you interact with people. It involves teaching yourself to be open and receptive to the subtle planes of energy that constitute our psychic lives. Awakening your sixth sense begins with an awareness of ten basic principles: Intuition and other creative six-sensory abilities are gifts of the Divine Source within everyone. We’re all spiritual beings; therefore, we’re all six-sensory by nature and can even be psychic. Developing our innate wisdom is our spiritual birthright. Intuitive insights are messages from a Divine source that lead us to our own sacred essence and our highest creative abilities. Spirit-based direction benefits all people. Inner guidance is activated by love and results in greater understanding and compassion for ourselves and others. A six-sensory life is gentle, powerful, courageous, and always noncoercive. The Inner Teacher doesn’t flatter the ego; rather, it supports our spirit’s expression and growth. An intuitive life releases our full potential! Being attuned to our sixth sense ourselves is the best way to nurture this important ability in our children. As Sonia says, "Connecting to our intuition unites us with both our soul and the soul of the Universe, Divine Spirit. It takes away our fearful sense of isolation and inadequacy. It replaces fear with a sense of spiritual direction and safety. The world becomes friendly, nonadversarial, and welcoming. Life becomes joyful, amusing, generous, and abundant. This is the Divine plan. The intuitive life is one of confidence, inner peace, and creative expression. What better gift to give ourselves and our children?"

Strategic Intuition

Author: William Duggan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231142692
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
How "Aha!" really happens. When do you get your best ideas? You probably answer "At night," or "In the shower," or "Stuck in traffic." You get a flash of insight. Things come together in your mind. You connect the dots. You say to yourself, "Aha! I see what to do." Brain science now reveals how these flashes of insight happen. It's a special form of intuition. We call it strategic intuition, because it gives you an idea for action-a strategy. Brain science tells us there are three kinds of intuition: ordinary, expert, and strategic. Ordinary intuition is just a feeling, a gut instinct. Expert intuition is snap judgments, when you instantly recognize something familiar, the way a tennis pro knows where the ball will go from the arc and speed of the opponent's racket. (Malcolm Gladwell wrote about this kind of intuition in Blink.) The third kind, strategic intuition, is not a vague feeling, like ordinary intuition. Strategic intuition is a clear thought. And it's not fast, like expert intuition. It's slow. That flash of insight you had last night might solve a problem that's been on your mind for a month. And it doesn't happen in familiar situations, like a tennis match. Strategic intuition works in new situations. That's when you need it most. Everyone knows you need creative thinking, or entrepreneurial thinking, or innovative thinking, or strategic thinking to succeed in the modern world. All these kinds of thinking happen through flashes of insight--strategic intuition. And now that we know how it works, you can learn to do it better. That's what this book is about. Over the past ten years, William Duggan has conducted pioneering research on strategic intuition and for the past three years has taught a popular course at Columbia Business School on the subject. He now gives us this eye-opening book that shows how strategic intuition lies at the heart of great achievements throughout human history: the scientific and computer revolutions, women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, modern art, microfinance in poor countries, and more. Considering the achievements of people and organizations, from Bill Gates to Google, Copernicus to Martin Luther King, Picasso to Patton, you'll never think the same way about strategy again. Three kinds of strategic ideas apply to human achievement: * Strategic analysis, where you study the situation you face * Strategic intuition, where you get a creative idea for what to do * Strategic planning, where you work out the details of how to do it. There is no shortage of books about strategic analysis and strategic planning. This new book by William Duggan is the first full treatment of strategic intuition. It's the missing piece of the strategy puzzle that makes essential reading for anyone interested in achieving more in any field of human endeavor.

Sparks of Genius

Author: Robert Root-Bernstein
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547525893
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 410

Book Description
Discover the cognitive tools that lead to creative thinking and problem-solving with this “well-written and easy-to-follow” guide (Library Journal). Explore the “thinking tools” of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and learn how you can practice the same imaginative skills to become your creative best. With engaging narratives and examples, Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein investigate cognitive tools such as observing, recognizing patterns, modeling, playing, and more. Sparks of Genius is “a clever, detailed and demanding fitness program for the creative mind” and a groundbreaking guidebook for anyone interested in imaginative thinking, lifelong learning, and transdisciplinary education (Kirkus Reviews). “How different the painter at the easel and the physicist in the laboratory! Yet the Root-Bernsteins recognize the deep-down similarity of all creative thinking, whether in art or science. They demonstrate this similarity by comparing the accounts that various pioneers and inventors have left of their own creative processes: for Picasso just as for Einstein, for Klee just as for Feynman, the creative impulse always begins in vision, in emotion, in intuition. . . . With a lavishly illustrated chapter devoted to each tool, readers quickly realize just how far the imagination can stretch.” —Booklist “A powerful book . . . Sparks of Genius presents radically different ways of approaching problems.” —American Scientist

The Intuitive Edge

Author: Philip Goldberg
Publisher: TarcherPerigee
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description

Spark in Action

Author: Jean-Georges Perrin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1638351309
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 574

Book Description
Summary The Spark distributed data processing platform provides an easy-to-implement tool for ingesting, streaming, and processing data from any source. In Spark in Action, Second Edition, you’ll learn to take advantage of Spark’s core features and incredible processing speed, with applications including real-time computation, delayed evaluation, and machine learning. Spark skills are a hot commodity in enterprises worldwide, and with Spark’s powerful and flexible Java APIs, you can reap all the benefits without first learning Scala or Hadoop. Foreword by Rob Thomas. About the technology Analyzing enterprise data starts by reading, filtering, and merging files and streams from many sources. The Spark data processing engine handles this varied volume like a champ, delivering speeds 100 times faster than Hadoop systems. Thanks to SQL support, an intuitive interface, and a straightforward multilanguage API, you can use Spark without learning a complex new ecosystem. About the book Spark in Action, Second Edition, teaches you to create end-to-end analytics applications. In this entirely new book, you’ll learn from interesting Java-based examples, including a complete data pipeline for processing NASA satellite data. And you’ll discover Java, Python, and Scala code samples hosted on GitHub that you can explore and adapt, plus appendixes that give you a cheat sheet for installing tools and understanding Spark-specific terms. What's inside Writing Spark applications in Java Spark application architecture Ingestion through files, databases, streaming, and Elasticsearch Querying distributed datasets with Spark SQL About the reader This book does not assume previous experience with Spark, Scala, or Hadoop. About the author Jean-Georges Perrin is an experienced data and software architect. He is France’s first IBM Champion and has been honored for 12 consecutive years. Table of Contents PART 1 - THE THEORY CRIPPLED BY AWESOME EXAMPLES 1 So, what is Spark, anyway? 2 Architecture and flow 3 The majestic role of the dataframe 4 Fundamentally lazy 5 Building a simple app for deployment 6 Deploying your simple app PART 2 - INGESTION 7 Ingestion from files 8 Ingestion from databases 9 Advanced ingestion: finding data sources and building your own 10 Ingestion through structured streaming PART 3 - TRANSFORMING YOUR DATA 11 Working with SQL 12 Transforming your data 13 Transforming entire documents 14 Extending transformations with user-defined functions 15 Aggregating your data PART 4 - GOING FURTHER 16 Cache and checkpoint: Enhancing Spark’s performances 17 Exporting data and building full data pipelines 18 Exploring deployment

The Intuitive Healer

Author: Marcia Emery
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466851686
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
The doctor is within. Do you believe that you are doing everything you can to help yourself heal? Do you listen to your body, heeding its messages on health-- or disease? So you honor your hunches when something just doesn't feel right? Would you like to learn how? In The Intuitive Healer, renowned intuition expert, Dr. Marcia Emery shows readers how to unlock their inner powers of health and healing by harnessing the wisdom of their intuition. Learn how to: * Discover the deeper meaning of any ailment * Know what steps to take to address the causes of disease and begin the process of healing * "Tune in" to any ailing body part to help healing take place * Hear the intuitive healer speak through dreams Through inspirational anecdotes and step-by-step exercises, Dr. Emery will show you how to call on your own "inner physician" for a dose of prevention or a cure for what ails you. The Intuitive Healer will empower you to take your health into your own hands, placing you on the road to lasting wellness.

The Intuitive Mind

Author: Marcus Elliot
Publisher: epubli
ISBN: 3758482364
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 89

Book Description
In "The Intuitive Mind: Cultivating Wisdom Beyond Logic," Marcus Elliot embarks on an enlightening journey into the depths of the human psyche to explore the potent force of intuition that resides within us all. This transformative guide delves into the essence of intuition as more than just a hunch, portraying it as a profound source of wisdom that transcends conventional logic. Through a blend of personal anecdotes, scientific research, and practical exercises, Elliot invites readers to unlock their innate intuitive powers, fostering a life rich in insight and decision-making clarity. It's an essential read for anyone looking to navigate the complexities of life with confidence and inner peace.

Intuition

Author: Tony Bastick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description

Sparks

Author: Peter L. Benson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470294043
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
In this practical book, Dr. Peter Benson, a leading authority on childhood and adolescence, describes a simple yet powerful plan for awakening the spark that lives inside each and every young person. Sparks—when illuminated and nurtured—give young people joy, energy, and direction. They have the power to change a young person’s life from one of “surviving” to “thriving.” Grounded in new research with thousands of teenagers and parents, Sparks offers a step-by-step approach to helping teenagers discover their unique gifts, and works for all families, no matter their economic status, parenting situation, or ethnic background.

The Scientist and the Psychic

Author: Christian Smith
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 0735276838
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Weaving together the story of his fractured relationship to his mother with research into her paranormal abilities, Dr. Christian Smith has created, in The Scientist and the Psychic, a captivating, one-of-a-kind memoir of belief, skepticism and familial love. Christian Smith realized his mother was different in the autumn of 1977 when he was eight years old. Before then, he'd witnessed séances at home and the kids at school sometimes teased him about his mom being a witch--so he sensed that his life wasn't typical. But it wasn't until he was backstage at a renowned concert venue in Toronto, watching from behind a curtain as Geraldine commanded an audience of 2,000 with her extrasensory readings, that he understood she was special. As Geraldine's only child, he would assume the role of the quiet observer while she guided a live CBC broadcast of a séance; made startling and consistently accurate predictions; and eventually moved to LA to work with the parents of murder victims--and with convicted murderer Jeffrey R. MacDonald. Over time, the high profile and emotionally depleting work affected Geraldine's health and relationships. Addiction took over her life, and her son pulled away. Fast forward to the present day: Christian is a molecular biologist and Geraldine is retired and in poor health. They are closer than they've ever been, and now he gives us the story of her undeniable perceptual abilities and pioneering work as a psychic--and endeavours to make scientific sense of it.