It is said to have "[brought] humanistic ideas to the masses". He received his D. He was a guidance counselor in Detroit at the high school level and a professor of counselor education at St. John's University in New York.
He first pursued an academic career, publishing in journals and running a successful private therapy practice, but his lectures at St. John's, which focused on positive thinking and motivational speaking techniques, attracted students beyond those enrolled. A literary agent persuaded Dyer to package his ideas in book form, resulting in Your Erroneous Zones; although initial sales were thin, Dyer quit his teaching job and began a publicity tour of the United States, doggedly pursuing bookstore appearances and media interviews "out of the back of his station wagon", according to Michael Korda, making the best-seller lists "before book publishers even noticed what was happening".
Search review text. Almost 20 years ago, during a particularly shitty time in my life, a period I spent mostly in bed, listening and weeping to Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks," and having my two dogs lick the tears from my face, I was introduced to Wayne Dyer.
I would go long periods of time without eating, a fact that didn't seem to bother the dogs, but disturbed my two cats enough that they found a nest of voles and would catch and behead one and leave the headless rodent on the empty pillow beside my own.
When I got hungry enough that the bloody voles began to look appetizing, I decided I'd better get out of bed and find some food.
At the salad bar at the nearest grocery store, I met a girl who introduced me to Wayne Dyer. How she knew WD was what I needed at that time, I'll never know. Maybe she prescribed Dyer to all she met. Maybe she was psychic. Maybe she saw a kindred spirit, a fellow seeker, when she looked in my face. We met the next day for coffee.
She'd made a bootleg recording for me and, for the next month, I would fall asleep to Dyer's booming barritone, a comforting voice offering me positive affirmations that normally would have caused me to snicker, reminding me too much of Al Franken's finicky self help guru, Stuart Smalley. But these were desparate times and Dyer was what I needed in my weakened state. I hadn't listened to Dyer or had him enter my conscious mind in these nearly 20 years until I heard last week that he'd died.
I decided I'd check out one of his recordings, listen to his voice one more time. I listened to the recording on my iPhone while digging up weeds in the backyard of a rental property my wife recently bought, and felt transported. With my hands in the dirt, watching an earth worm wriggling in the damp ground and later a snake slither behind a rose bush, I remembered Bob Dylan singing about his own heartbreak, two dogs that kept me warm at night, two cats that tried feeding me when I wouldn't eat, and the self help guru who wanted the world a little less jaded, a little less angry, a little more at peace--and I thanked all of them for reminding me I wasn't alone.
Hamish Davidson. Author 2 books 16 followers. If you can resist Wayne's voice putting you to sleep, there is some some brilliant advice in this audiobook. Michelle Gregoire. Every time I pick it up I end up getting something more out of it to help make my life a little more enjoyable.
Dr Dyer offers inspirational ways to help transform your daily living through his wisdom and insight. Even though it is a short book it definitely is worth taking the time the read it - at least once. A quick and inspiring read. Tony Rogers Jr. These four words will help you get past striving and help you get to know the bliss of being here now.
When you allow yourself to be still, you will understand the futility of constant striving or chasing after more. Get back to nature. Give yourself time in the woods, trekking in the mountains, walking in open meadows, or walking barefoot on the beach. When you take the time to drink in the beauty of the natural world, you will release your belief that things and accumulations are needed for you to feel complete.
Shed your faultfinding tendencies. Know that you are the creator of your life and that a loving presence is within you. Your ability to be self-reliant will overtake your habit of assigning blame. Learn to allow others to work out their difficulties without feeling that you are the only one who can fix things. Your ego is pushing you to intervene, while your higher self wants you to experience peace and harmony. Choose the latter. Put this affirmation in as many places as possible: In my world, nothing ever goes wrong.
Look at it each day and let it remind you that everything that is happening to you is in divine order and comes with a lesson. Be conscious of your thoughts, of the makeup of your internal dialogue. Know that any thoughts you repeat that are contrary to your divine eternal essence are keeping you from experiencing the joyous and complete life you deserve. As you do so, less energy is spent hoarding, insuring, moving, polishing, and so on.
The less attached you are to your possessions, and the more you are able to share them with others unconditionally, the more peaceful your life will be. Redirect your thought. If your first inclination is to have a judgmental thought about the physical appearance of someone, notice that you are doing so, and redirect your thought to consider the fullness of God within that person.
Make an attempt to shift your career objectives from self-absorption to a "calling. Your life work will take on a dramatic shift toward abundance, and you will feel that you are "on purpose.
Make an attempt to tame your ego. By catching yourself when you persistently use the pronoun "I", you can make the decision to take the focus off of yourself. The more you cut back on "I", the more personal freedom you will experience. Remember that you are not your country, your race, or your religion.
You are an eternal spirit. Seeing yourself as a spiritual being without labels is a way to transform the world and reach a sacred place for all of humanity.
When you feel an inclination to blame someone else for your circumstances, take an instant to say a prayer of thanks for the lesson. The lesson is to become aware that you are the one experiencing the feeling. If you are engaging in addictive behavior of any kind, the most effective way to rid yourself of the addiction is to go directly to your higher self and turn the problem over to God. That's right. Just turn it over. Surrender, knowing that the highest force in the universe is within you.
Spend a day silently reciting the word love whenever you encounter another human being. This practice has such a positive effect that you may choose to use it as a silent background mantra throughout your day. Practice releasing the emotions of fear and guilt and replacing them with love, forgiveness, and kindness. If you are feeling guilty about your past conduct, remind yourself that you are inviting turmoil into your life.
Release the guilt by forgiving yourself and vowing to avoid that kind of conduct in the future. Being to change the vocabulary you use to describe yourself and your expectations. Judge not. If you see someone who is very different from you in physical appearance or in age or in economic status, use your mind to send them love rather than a judgmental thought.
Accept the fact that your body will die and that you are eternal. Surrender to this fact when someone dies, and stop telling yourself that his or her death "shouldn't have happened" the way that it did.
You can surrender and you can grieve. Make a daily effort to look upon others without condemnation. Every judgment takes you away from your goal of peace. Keep in mind that you do not define anyone with your judgment; you only define yourself as someone who needs to judge.
Give yourself the gift of a silent retreat every day, even if it is only for a few moments. Notice the acts of kindness that other people do, rather than their wrongdoing.
We are all good, decent, loving souls, but we occasionally get lost. When you can focus on the good in another and hold that in your mind, you are acting from your higher self. Remember that what you think about expands. Since you have the power to make your inner world work for you or against you, use it to create the images of bliss that you want to occur in your material world.
Eventually, that inner bliss will be the blueprint that you consult as the architect of your everyday life. When you have the choice to be right or to be kind, always choose being kind.
Remember that you have that choice in all of your daily interactions. Begin keeping track of the judgmental thoughts that you allow into your mind each day. Increasing your awareness of this judging habit will help you consult your loving presence as these judgmental attitudes surface. Know that you are not your name, your occupation, or your Social Security number. You are eternally light and divine, regardless of what you have done or have failed to do, regardless of what family you lived in or what you may have been labeled.
In the God Intelligence, you are holy, and you have a purpose for being here! Look into a mirror and say out loud: "I love you, I value you, and I know that there is much more to you than what I see staring back at me.
In the midst of a tumultuous meeting or a frantic encounter with your children, get up and excuse yourself for a moment. Give yourself five minutes to get centered, and ask God this question: "What is my purpose here, and how may I serve you in the midst of this confusion? Become aware that there are no accidents in our intelligent universe. Realize that everything that shows up in your life has something to teach you.
Appreciate everyone and everything in your life. Avoid exaggerating or changing facts for the purpose of impressing others. This quality may be cute in a child, but in an adult, it is a way of relying on the ego to keep illusions alive.
Persisting in this practice will just keep you from knowing your higher self, which needs no exaggeration to feel important in the eyes of others. Remember that your past must have taught you the wrong messages if these messages do not bring you peace and happiness.
Do not be afraid to let go of those beliefs if they do not. Keep a journal. In it, describe what offends you about other people.
If you can be objective, you will find that what offends you is really a judgment about how others should be behaving. These judgments are that false idea of yourself, convincing you that the world ought to be as you are, rather than as it is.
If there is someone in your life whom you love, tell him or her how you feel, even if you are afraid to do so. By taking action against your fear of intimacy, you invite your higher self, your loving presence, to replace your ego's nonloving fear tactics.
You cannot have a better past, so abandon that idea right now. You did what you knew how to do, given the circumstances of your life. Instead of indulging in regrets, let your thoughts remain on love, and let your actions stem from that love. Just be. Let go of all the beliefs that convince you of your inadequacies and shortcomings. Clean out that closet of worn-out loyalties to what you can and cannot do. Just open yourself up right in this moment. Have conversations with God in private and important moments.
During these conversations, instead of asking for special favors, affirm your willingness to use all of your inner strength to create solutions. Practice giving without receiving. Send anonymous contributions or gifts. Pay the toll of the car behind you. A feeling of peace and contentedness will be your reward. Spend special moments in awe of the miracle that life truly is. Awe is the loving appreciation for God's work and the presence of the Divine intelligence.
A budding tree. Appreciate the beauty around you: a soaring bird, a budding tree, a mother and her nursing infant, an elderly couple holding hands. Allow love to circulate from you to them, and feel it being returned.
The more you practice receiving love from your surroundings, the more energized you will become. Give more of yourself, and ask less in return. When serving others becomes a priority, you will start asking the universe, on a daily basis, "How may I serve? Know that you are an eternal and purposeful being.
Be secure and serene, with no need for compliments or reassurances that you are in any way more special or distinct from others. We are all children of God. No favorites. No outcasts. All one. Know that you don't really have to do "your best. You are better off to simply do and enjoy and be willing to learn.
Be cognizant of the fact that everyone who comes into your life in any capacity is valuable. The petty tyrants are just as divine as those who provide you with encouragement and support.
Those whom we judge to be unfortunate or evil can teach us our greatest lessons. Try not to compare yourself to others as a measurement of your performance or feelings of success. If you do, you will have bought into the erroneous idea that God plays favorites and that you will in some way be better when you are ahead of someone else.
Practice generosity. People who give willingly of their possessions and their money are not doing it because they "have it to give. We can all give something in the service of others and in service of our higher selves.
Free yourself from addictions -- that is, addiction to substances such as alcohol, drugs, sugar, and caffeine; or more abstract concepts such as approval, danger, and sexual conquest. All of this is just your ego at work.
When you know that you have the presence of God within you, you will no longer be addicted to externals. Allow your higher self to guide you when you have problems.
Create a sentence that you repeat silently, such as: "Please decide for me. I leave it in your hands. Be aware that nothing will bring about an inner feeling of turmoil faster than allowing yourself to be seduced into fighting or arguing. You always have a choice -- to argue or not to argue, to confront or not to confront. Choose the peaceful approach. Demonstrate tolerance and love by ignoring what may have transpired in the past.
Avoid the inclination to make someone wrong by pointing out the fallacies of their point of view with examples from their past. Let go of the desire to win, and cultivate the desire to communicate. Rather than continually making an issue of things with your immediate family and friends, try letting go of your ego investment in favor of a more peaceful point of view.
You only need a few seconds to pause and know how much better peace feels. Develop the ability to witness your thoughts by stepping back and watching them enter and exit your mind. Just observing the flow of thoughts will slow the mind down to the still point where you can experience God.
Develop the sense that anything that is destructive to one human is destructive to all. Know that the essence of life force that flows through you flows through everyone. That awareness will give you a loving energy that will help to bring all of us together. Get a clear picture in your mind of something that you would like to see happen in your life: a job opportunity, a new love, quitting an addictive behavior, or whatever.
Keep your inner focus on this picture and extend love outwardly with this picture in mind. The results will be worth your effort. Be aware of your thoughts, and remind yourself that the simple act of thinking is evidence that there is an invisible energy that flows through you at all times.
Develop your inner faith.
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