One of my all-time favorite books, The Power of Intention by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, has been re-released as a beautifully illustrated gift edition.
Imagine my excitement when Hay House Publishing sent me a copy of this beautiful book to review on my blog! The full-color illustrated gift edition of The Power of Intention is a joy to see. I love the cover as well as the illustrations throughout the book. Each page is unique and is created to highlight the text on it.
I first read The Power of Intention in 2004. The hard cover book is a favorite of mine and has yellow highlights and notes in the margins. The illustrated version has the same text as the original book and yet because of the layout and colorful illustrations, the words seem new and feel different to me as I read them.
I have to be honest – I love both versions of this book! I still value the original book with my own yellow highlights and notes in it – and I also enjoy reading Wayne's words combined with the graphics and illustrations that add new dimensions to the message.
It seems to me that anyone who enjoyed reading the original book will also enjoy having this beautiful new version of the book. My husband who is a graphic designer, my sister who is an artist, and I all love the colorful illustrations and layout of the book. I feel the gift edition will have a strong appeal to young people and artists because of the playful graphics.
In this book Dr. Dyer explores intention as an energy that we are part of — a wonderful field of energy we can access for co-creating our lives as we most want them to be. In the first part of the book, Wayne offers true stories and examples that show how to make the connection with intention. In this part of the book Dr. Dyer describes what he calls "The Seven Faces of Intention." Dr. Dyer says he believes that if we could see intention it would have the following seven attributes.
The Seven Faces of Intention
1. Creativity
2. Kindness
3. Love
4. Beauty
5. Abundance
6. Expansion
7. Receptivity
As Dr. Dyer says, to work with the power of intention we need to emulate these attributes and he gives us wonderful examples of how we might go about doing it.
In part II of the book, Dr. Dyer offers us a guide with specific ways to apply the principles in our life on a daily basis. In this section the eight chapters show examples of using intention to create the results you want for your life. Two of the eight intentions he covers in this section are, "It is my intention to Respect Myself at All Times" and "It is my intention to Attract Ideal People and Divine Relationships." Each of the eight intentions includes 10 suggestions for practicing it and each section ends with gratitude as #10 in the list.
In part III of the book you will find Dr. Dyer's description of a person connected to the universal mind of intention. Wayne calls these individuals "connectors." Being with a person who is a "connector" feels awesome because they emulate the "seven faces of intention" — these people are creative, loving, kind, appreciate beauty, believe we live in an abundant world, are expansive, and receptive. Being with them is inspiring and encourages us to believe in our ability to connect with the power of intention to create our world in our own way.
Two of my favorite quotes from Wayne Dyer are in this book:
"Contemplate yourself as being surrounded by the conditions you want to produce."
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
As we begin the last month of 2010, let's all remember these two quotes. We can each choose to contemplate being surrounded by the conditions we most want to produce. And I've found it to be true that when I change the way I look at things, the things I look at change. In fact, it's also true that the more you change the way you look at things, the more the things you look at change.
This book, in its beautiful gift edition, is wonderful to give — or receive — as a gift this holiday season!
Four ways to order The Power of Intention – Gift Edition:
Hay House
Amazon
Barnes & Nobel
Chapters Indigo (Canada)
Whether you have been a fan of Dr. Dyer's work for years, or have yet to read any of his books, I highly recommend buying this beautiful new book!
Written by Margaux Joy DeNador – November 30, 2010
Margaux,
Thanks for the informative book review.
Duane
Posted by: Duane Brovan | November 30, 2010 at 03:15 PM