Dr. Wayne W. Dyer - Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling

INSPIRATION

ALSO BY DR. WAYNE W. DYER

BOOKS
Being in Balance
Everyday Wisdom
Getting in the Gap (book-with-CD)
Incredible You! (childrens book)
Manifest Your Destiny
No More Holiday Blues
The Power of Intention
A Promise Is a Promise
Pulling Your Own Strings
Real Magic
The Skys the Limit
Staying on the Path
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
There Is a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
What Do You Really Want for Your Children?
Wisdom of the Ages
Youll See It When You Believe It
Your Erroneous Zones
Your Sacred Self

AUDIO/CD PROGRAMS
Everyday Wisdom (audio book)
Freedom Through Higher Awareness
How to Be a No-Limit Person
How to Get What You Really, Really, Really, Really Want
Inspiration (abridged)
Its Never Crowded Along the Extra Mile
The Keys to Higher Awareness
101 Ways to Transform Your Life (audio book)
Meditations for Manifesting
The Power of Intention (abridged)
A Promise Is a Promise (audio book)
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
The Secrets of the Power of Intention (6-CD set)
There Is a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
The Wayne Dyer CD Collection
Your Journey to Enlightenment (6-tape program)

VIDEOCASSETTES
Creating Real Magic in Your Life
How to Be a No-Limit Person
The Miracle Mindset in Action
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
What Do You Really Want for Your Children?

MISCELLANEOUS
Inner Peace Cards
Inspiration Cards
The Power of Intention Cards
The Power of Intention Perpetual Flip Calendar
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace Cards
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace gift products: Notecards, Candle, and Journal

All of the above are available at your local bookstore, or may be ordered by visiting:
Hay House USA: www.hayhouse.com; Hay House Australia: www.hayhouse.com.au;
Hay House UK: www.hayhouse.co.uk; Hay House South Africa: orders@psdprom.co.za

INSPIRATION

YOUR ULTIMATE CALLING

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

HAY HOUSE, INC.
Carlsbad, California
London Sydney Johannesburg
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Copyright 2006 by Wayne Dyer

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc., P.O. Box 5100, Carlsbad, CA 92018-5100 Phone: (760) 431-7695 or (800) 654-5126 Fax: (760) 431-6948 or (800) 650-5115 www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd., 18/36 Ralph St., Alexandria NSW 2015 Phone: 612-9669-4299 Fax: 612-9669-4144 www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd. Unit 62, Canalot Studios 222 Kensal Rd., London W10 5BN Phone: 44-20-8962-1230 Fax: 44-20-8962-1239 www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd., P.O. Box 990, Witkoppen 2068 Phone/Fax: 27-11-706-6612 orders@psdprom.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast 9050 Shaughnessy St., Vancouver, B.C. V6P 6E5 Phone: (604) 323-7100 Fax: (604) 323-2600

Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Wayne Dyers editor: Joanna Pyle
Design: Charles McStravick Photo of Tysen: Courtesy of Wayne Dyer

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dyer, Wayne W.
Inspiration : your ultimate calling / Wayne W. Dyer.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4019-0721-1 (hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-4019-0721-0 (hardcover)
1. Spiritual life. 2. Inspiration--Religious aspects. 3. Self-realization--Religious aspects. I. Title.
BL624.D93 2006
204.4--dc22

2005024760

ISBN 13: 978-1-4019-0721-1
ISBN 10: 1-4019-0721-0

09 08 07 06 4 3 2 1
1st printing, February 2006

Printed in the United States of America

For my mother, Hazel Irene Dyer.
You inspire me
thank you, thank you, thank you!
For Immacule Ilibagiza.
You could never even imagine
how much better off this world is
because you were left to tell.
I love you.

Contents

The highest knowledge man can attain
is the yearning for peace, for the union
of his will with an infinite will,
his human will with Gods will.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Every tree and plant in the meadow
seemed to be dancing,
those which average eyes would see
as fixed and still.

RUMI

Let me have the glory with Thee
that I had with Thee even before the beginning.

JESUS OF NAZARETH

I LOVE BEING INSPIRED, and I trust that the idea of living an inspired life appeals to you as well. Ive written this book with the paramount idea of showing you what Ive learned about this magical concept.

Writing this book has been a transcendent experience for me. For many months I awoke every morning at approximately 3:30, and after spending my own personal, private moments with God, I sat down to write. Every word of this book was written out longhand. Id place my hand on the table and allow the ideas to flow from the invisible world of Spirit through my heart and onto the pages. I know deep within me that I do not own these wordsIm merely an instrument through which these ideas are expressed. I trust in this process, and it works as long as I remain in-Spirit while I write. I also trust that these ideas will work for you.

This is the most personal book Ive written in my 35 years as an author. Ive chosen to use examples from my own lifethat is, those Ive experienced firsthand. The personal nature of this book is a deliberate choice. I discovered as I went along that, in order to write about such a deeply felt subject as inspiration, I needed to convey what I felt as authentically as possible. Just as one can never actually know what a mango tastes like from another persons description, I wouldnt have been able to adequately convey my familiarity with the experience of inspiration by citing case studies of others. By writing from my heart, Ive been able to keep the flavor of inspiration alive here in these pages.