Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao

by Wayne W. Dyer

How can a man’s life keep its course If he will not let it flow? Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.

This too shall pass. This phrase will remind you that change is the only constant in life.

I’ve always believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather exist to make leaning unnecessary. The

So raise your children to be self-sufficient, to make their own decisions as soon as they’re able, and to feel pride in the decisions they do make.

Choose some situations with your children (or anyone you’ve been designated to supervise) to become an active observer. Nod, smile, frown, or gesture without saying a thing, where you previously would have readily interfered. Notice how your active observing impacts those you’ve been assigned to lead.

I promise you that when you adjust rule-based thinking to a heart-based attitude, your life will change!

you’ll have no need to hoard large sums of money.

You’ll be happily surprised by how nice it feels to simply change your belief that you’re only successful if you’re making money. The less you focus on making a profit—instead shifting your energy to living your purpose in harmony with everyone else—the more money will flow to you and the more opportunities for generosity will be available to you. The

I am moral, profitable, and a genius extraordinaire,

Ram Dass’s book Be Here Now.

You’re being encouraged to simplify your life by not seeking another thing.

your reward will be the strong sense of inner peace

knowing that you’re here as a guest who’s always be...

Yes, you may seem to be missing something, but the something is rea...

Lao-tzu is telling you to change how you see what’s here now in your life, for then it will become exactly what you need in order to be happy.

change how you look at striving and have contentment without anxiety and fear.

Stay outside the rat race and let your mind be in peaceful harmony with the Tao

It is all perfect. God’s love is everywhere and forgets no one. I trust in this force to guide me, and I am not allowing ego to enter now.

Insisting that you need what you don’t have is insane! The fact that you’re okay without what you think you need is the change you want to see.

Then you can note that you already have everything you need to be peaceful, happy, and content right here and right now!

how often you endeavor to accomplish all sorts of things with the idea that once you do, you’ll finally have the time to do what you really want. This is one of the most pernicious ways that many of us unconsciously prevent (or perpetually postpone) a life free of striving. It’s a tough one to become aware of, and may be easiest to see when your free time becomes hijacked by family members

The first, of course, is to catch yourself wrapped up in striving for future benefit, notice what you’re doing, and focus on the now.

“Thank You, God, for everything.”

Similarly, the flexible person is open to all possibilities—there’s nothing for him or her to prove because the Tao, not ego, is in charge.

How can you fail at being yourself and trusting completely in the wisdom of the Source of everything?

When what seems like a forceful, uncomfortable situation arises, seek the natural cycle. Affirm: This is a temporary setback. I am going to release myself from having to be the person in control.

Change your life by consciously choosing to be in a state of gratitude.

I thank You

From a perspective of greatness, only greatness can emerge

Change the way you live by tapping into this greatness, and the life you’re living will literally change.

You are pure greatness

I come from greatness. I attract greatness. I am greatness.

You can be greatness and be nobody, simultaneously.

When you maintain a peaceful inner posture, even in the midst of chaos, you change your life.

Do you want to be in a state of confusion or to have a tranquil inner landscape?

assigning blame for your lack of calmness will never bring you to the state of

being that you’re striving to attain.

Self-mastery only blossoms when you practice being aware of, and responsible f...

I have the ability to stay poised and centered, regardless of what goes before me.

tend the seeds that blow your way.

abolishing hatred from your vocabulary.

Recognize the Tao energy coursing through your life and quit fighting your calling.

let it carry you by relaxing into it with trust and faith.

For example, as you realize that you are responsible for your reactions in any given moment, others will cease to have any power or control over you.

experience your emotions without calling them “wrong” or needing to chase them away.

It’s important to bypass blame and even your desire to understand the other person; instead, focus on understanding yourself.

When you’re chasing any passing fancy, begin recognizing its value in the here and now, but stop trying to get it to satisfy a greater longing.

Open yourself to the unlimited love and abundance of the Tao and you’ll attract more of that same love and abundance to you.

eliminate competition from your life and retreat into quiet strength.

By becoming independent of the need to compare yourself and fit in, you choose the path that Lao-tzu calls “the wisdom of obscurity”