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

By: Wayne W. Dyer

Published July 31st 2007 by Hay House (first published 2007)

Category: Business

Pages: 392 pages

ISBN: 9781401911843

Description:
Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses, which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of our existence. The classic text of these 81 verses, called the Tao Te Ching or the Great Way, offers advice and guidance that is balanced, moral, spiritual, and always concerned with working for the good.

In this book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has reviewed hundreds of translations of the Tao Te Ching and has written 81 distinct essays on how to apply the ancient wisdom of Lao-tzu to todayÕs modern world. This work contains the entire 81 verses of the Tao, compiled from WayneÕs researching of 12 of the most well-respected translations of text that have survived for more than 25 centuries. Each chapter is designed for actually living the Tao or the Great Way today. Some of the chapter titles are ÒLiving with Flexibility,Ó ÒLiving Without Enemies,Ó and ÒLiving by Letting Go.Ó Each of the 81 brief chapters focuses on living the Tao and concludes with a section called ÒDoing the Tao Now.Ó

ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Wayne spent one entire year reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzuÕs messages, practicing them each day and ultimately writing down these essays as he felt Lao-tzu wanted you to know them.

This is a work to be read slowly, one essay a day. As Wayne says, ÒThis is a book that will forever change the way you look at your life, and the result will be that youÕll live in a new world aligned with nature. Writing this book changed me forever, too. I now live in accord with the natural world and feel the greatest sense of peace IÕve ever experienced. IÕm so proud to present this interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, and offer the same opportunity for change that it has brought me.Ó