| As I prepared to write this article, I gathered around | | | | He went to the grave and let out all the pent-up |
| me several Wayne Dyer's books. | | | | resentments and hatred he had simmering inwardly for |
| Once these books were all around me, I could gather | | | | years. |
| my sense of calm and write one word, and then the | | | | At the end of the session, he told his father, "From |
| next. | | | | now on, I send you only love." |
| One of Wayne's favorite Patanjali aphorisms defines | | | | After this, his career took off, and his spiritual quest |
| inspiration, and applies six rewards to the process: | | | | began in earnest. |
| When you are inspired, or in-spirit, at one with God/ess, | | | | Wayne Dyer describes forgiveness as the fragrance |
| and at one with some great purpose, 1) all thoughts | | | | the violet sheds on the heel of the one who crushed it, |
| break their bonds, 2) the mind transcends limitations, | | | | a quote from a famous author. |
| 3)consciousness expands in all directions, 4) and you | | | | Dyer describes the Tao as a return trip. We come |
| find yourself in a new and great wonderful world. 5) | | | | back to where we originated and come to know it for |
| Dormant forces come alive, 6) and you discover | | | | the first time. |
| yourself greater by far than you ever imagined before. | | | | We are returning to our source, the womb of God |
| Inspiration is not just an idea. It is a signal that you are | | | | ess. |
| living your life as if you never left your source. | | | | Dyer says when you are connected to Oneness, |
| Dyer took a Patanjali aphorism a day and allowed the | | | | there is nothing to say. |
| message of each one sink into his consciousness. | | | | You only do that which inspires you with an inner |
| He did the same with the wisdom with the Tao Te | | | | excitement of creativity and beauty. |
| Ching by Lao-Tzu, all 81 verses, and spent 4 1/2 days | | | | The day after Dyer turned sixty-five, he sold his |
| on each one. This is what he recommends we all do | | | | property in Florida, gave everything away, and moved |
| as we read "Change Your Thoughts, Change Your | | | | to Maui, Hawaii. |
| Life." | | | | Oprah asked, "Do we have to give up all our material |
| Oprah asked Wayne Dyer if he thought a person | | | | possessions to live the Tao?" |
| needed to be far along the spiritual path in order to | | | | "Absolutely not," said Wayne Dyer, "But if what you |
| understand the Tao. | | | | own, owns you, then get rid of it." |
| Wayne said, "No." You just have to think of life as | | | | At the end of the year of living the Tao, Dyer said he |
| conflict free, to learn to think as God/ess thinks, without | | | | was in a consciousness of thinking like God/ess thinks. |
| force, excluding no one. | | | | He became like water, as the Tao instructs, and |
| You learn to see that life is all about giving, as you | | | | entered every pore, every opening. |
| progress through the wisdom. | | | | The Tao does nothing and leaves nothing undone. |
| You learn to forgive everyone, including yourself. | | | | The ego falls away. |
| Oprah asked Dyer about the movie The Secret. He | | | | "What is the ego?" Oprah asked. |
| said that he was asked to be in the movie, but the | | | | Dyer said it's: "I am what I have, I am what I do, I am |
| emphasis on materialism turned him off. In fact, he | | | | my reputation." |
| virtually gave everything away that he did not want or | | | | The ego separates you from everyone and |
| need, including his shoes, as he embarked on his | | | | everything. |
| intensive study of the Tao. | | | | Tao is emptiness. It's all about selfless giving and |
| Dyer learned from the Tao that anything can be a | | | | practicing what this means day by day. |
| teacher. | | | | Spiritual thinkers say the world is getting better, that we |
| For instance the sun: After all this time, the sun never | | | | are now solidly living in a New Age. |
| said to the earth, "You owe me one." | | | | The evening news tells us otherwise, that everything is |
| Our live-in animals, the bugs and trees all have | | | | a battleground and we (America) must win. |
| messages for us. | | | | How could divinity create anything that is not worthy of |
| Wayne mentioned that his next project is to teach | | | | itself? |
| people how to change their negative thoughts. This will | | | | How could divinity create anything that is not divine? |
| be very helpful, I am sure. | | | | The Tao taught Dyer to be joyful everywhere he |
| Wayne never met his father but harbored great | | | | found himself. |
| resentment towards his dad because he abandoned | | | | He learned to see the enfolding of God/ess in |
| Wayne, his brother and mother. In fact both siblings | | | | everyone. |
| had to live in an Orphanage until his mom could get | | | | I am inspired to take four days per the eighty-one |
| herself in a position where she could take care of her | | | | lessons to do the Tao, as Wayne Dyer instructs, as |
| children, again. | | | | preparation for the New Year, and beyond. |
| Wayne went on a mission to find his dad, and in that | | | | Far beyond anything I have ever known, or will ever |
| odyssey, found out he died. | | | | know. |