Also by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
BOOKS
Being in Balance
Everyday Wisdom
Everyday Wisdom for Success
Getting in the Gap (book-with-CD)
Incredible You! (childrens book with Kristina Tracy)
Inspiration
The Invisible Force
Its Not What Youve Got (childrens book with Kristina Tracy) Manifest Your Destiny
A Morning and Afternoon of Your Life
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
Theres a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
Unstoppable Me! (childrens book with Kristina
Tracy) 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
Your Ultimate Calling
AUDIO/CD PROGRAMS
Applying the 10 Secrets for Success and
Inner PeaceChange Your ThoughtsChange
Your Life (unabridged 8-CD set)
Change Your Thoughts Meditation
Everyday Wisdom (audio book)
Freedom Through Higher Awareness
How to Be a No-Limit PersonHow to Get What You
Really, Really, Really, Really Want
If You Change the Way You Live, the Life You Are
Living Will Change
(abridged 4-CD set)
Inspiration (abridged 4-CD set)
Inspirational Thoughts
The Keys to Higher Awareness
Making Your Thoughts Work for You (with Byron
Katie) Meditations for Manifesting
A Morning and Afternoon of Your Life
(abridged 4-CD set) 101 Ways to Transform
Your Life (audio book) The Power of
Intention (abridged 4-CD set) A Promise Is a Promise
(audio book) The Secrets of the Power of Intention
(6-CD set) 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
There Is a Spiritual Solution to Every ProblemThe
Wayne Dyer Audio Collection/CD CollectionYour
Journey to Enlightenment (6-tape program)
VIDEOCASSETTES
Creating Real Magic in Your Life
How to Be a No-Limit Person
The Miracle Mindset
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
What Do You Really Want for Your Children?
MISCELLANEOUS
Everyday Wisdom Perpetual Flip Calendar
Inner Peace Cards
Inspiration Cards
Inspiration Perpetual Flip Calendar
The Power of Intention CardsThe Power of Intention
Perpetual Flip Calendar10 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:
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Copyright 2007 by Wayne W. Dyer
Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republicof South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: orders@psdprom.co.za Distributedin Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in
Wayne Dyers editor: Joanna Pyle
Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Design: Amy Rose Grigoriou
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.
Change your thoughts, change your life : living the wisdom of the Tao / Wayne W. Dyer.--1st ed.,.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4019-1184-3 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-4019-1750-0 (pbk.) 1. Laozi. Dao de jing. I. Title.
BL1900.L35D94 2007
299.51482--dc22
2007000532
ISBN: 978-1-4019-1184-3
10 09 08 07 4 3 2 1
1st edition, August 2007
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
Progress is impossible without change, and those whocannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw
Change Your ThoughtsChange Your Life is the end product of my yearlong journey of research, contemplation, and application of the Tao Te Ching, a book of wisdom thats been translated more than any volume in the world, with the exception of the Bible. Many scholars consider this Chinese classic the ultimate discourse on the nature of existence; and it continues to be a valuable resource for achieving a way of life that guarantees integrity, joy, peace, and balance. I recently read about someone who overcame life-threatening addictive behaviors by reading and rereading the 81 verses of this ancient text. Just imagine! In fewer than 100 short passages, it describes a way of living thats balanced, moral, and spiritual; and that works for all facets of life on Earth.
Legend tells us that the Tao Te Ching was authored by Lao-tzu, a prophet who was also the keeper of the imperial archives in the ancient capital of Luoyang. Seeing the continual decay during a period of warring states, Lao-tzu decided to ride westward into the desert. At the Hanku Pass, a gatekeeper named Yin Hsi, knowing of Lao-tzus reputation for being a man of wisdom, begged him to record the essence of his teaching. Thus, the Tao Te Ching was born out of 5,000 Chinese characters.