Sat 15 Sep 2007
I woke up early this morning to write about Dr. Wayne Dyer. My husband, Ken, has been bugging me to blog about him, so I am going to go ahead and and get it done to make Ken happy. I think my husband has a kind of a ‘man crush’ on Dr. Wayne, don’t get me wrong I think he is really great too, but I have many spiritual heroes. I bought Ken the Audio CD ‘Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling’, on a whim at Costco one day, I had heard of Dr. Dyer, but had never read any of his books. I liked the title, and thought Ken was really in need of some inspiration. Ken started his own business on the web over a year ago and sometimes struggles with the trials and tribulations that go hand in hand when starting a business. Ken doesn’t enjoy reading, so I thought an audio tape would be good for him. I figured he could listen to it while schlepping the kids around and running errands. Well, the CD sat on his desk for a couple of months. Finally I just stuck it in our mini-van hoping he would get ‘inspired’ to listen to it and if fact it worked. Actually….it really worked. Ken came home from taking the kids to daycare one day just beaming. He said, ‘Dr. Wayne Dyer rocks!’. We have both now listened to the CD several times. Dr. Wayne has a way of taking what spiritual leaders have been saying for centuries and put it together in a way that really resonates in the 21st century. He really shows his reader or listener that we are all divine and live in the most divine and beautiful world.
Ken, like my self, has a rocky relationship with religion, especially Christianity. He gets so angry when he thinks about all of the horrible deeds that are done in the name of religion. He seethes at the hypocrisy of our leaders claiming to be moral Christians, and then signing off on wars that kills thousands of people for financial reasons disguised as saving us all from radical Islamics. There wouldn’t be radical Islamics if it weren’t for these greedy so called ‘moral’ Christians. The past decade has really turned Christianity sour for both my husband and I. Thank goodness for Dr. Wayne. He has really taught us the God is all good. He often includes quotes from Jesus in his writings and has made Ken and I realize that Jesus was an amazing man and maybe is the real deal. It is greed that has twisted the teaching of Jesus in some self rightous quest for power.
Dr. Wayne Dyer has taught us how to bring peace to our lives, to really see how amazing the world is and just how truly luck we all our. I also just finished his book ‘10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace’. What a great read. It’s a pretty short book, but with such a powerful message. I want to send it to everyone I know, because every single person could take away something from this small gem of a book.
I know that Dr Wayne has been writing for more than thirty years and I probably will never be able to catch up and be able to read all his books, but I can’t wait to read more from Dr. Wayne Dyer.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Check this title out:
The Codex: A Divine Writ (V.1) by Cyrus Rumi
You may find it interesting?
It helped me a lot in many different spiritual ways. I no longer believe in organised religion.
Best wishes
May 4th, 2008 at 4:23 am
Hi, came across your blog when I Googled Wayne Dyer. Have read quite a few of his books lately and have gained a lot from his writings….although I do have a HUGE problem with the concept of a ‘pre organised’ existence (I could never tell a child who’s abused and tortured that they asked for that life before they were born). Anyway, we’re both around the same age and it’s been my experience from talking to many people that one’s 40’s seem to be the start of a shift in spiritual consciousness for many of us.
Here’s to the rest of our 40’s, our spiritual growth and development and to the even greater knowledge we’ll gain in our 50’s.
Cheers!
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:20 am
I disagree with Elise. I’m 18 years old and on a spiritual journey. It can happen to anyone who is receptive to it and has an open mind, at any age. Here’s to life and everyone involved in this human experience.
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I was ugly and mad at the universe,one night I had enough and yelled and sceamed,there must be a better way,the next day somehow he showed up in my life,do this meditation for 15 days and see what happens he said on one of his tapes,so I hid out in the garage and did it,around the 10th day,my whole life changed,the sky opened up and a bright light shone on me and I had my first of many knowings,Im very grateful to have had him come into my life
November 4th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Gabrielle,
good for you for believing in your own spiritual experience. I wish for you that you will remain open to your experiences throughout your life while on your spiritual path. You may meet many distractions that come in various forms to move you from your focus. Stay true to yourself and see them for what they are: obstacles along the way.
Many Blessings to all of the courageous travellers on their spiritual paths.
I am 55 and I have been on my own spiritual path since I was 10.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:19 am
feel that this is a new age religion. I could give great ideas and experiences in life, but it’s the word of God that gives peace and truth. We don’t need another guru. We need the real deal Jesus. Yes self help books can give you a since of how to deal with life. But only the bible and God are the giver of life and that more abundantly. Religion stinks Jesus said as much. But the true spirit on life exists only in His Son Jesus Christ.
December 7th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I have been hearing so much about Dr. Wayne Dryer. So now I am really interested in reading his books. I have been following Joyce Meyer, because she explain’s scripture so everyday people can understand it and use it and include Jesus in our everyday lifestyles. Life is what we make it, not what anyone else tell’s us to do, belief and faith are the seed to happiness!
December 18th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Wayne Dyer was for me the gate to advanced spirituality. I have learned a lot from his books and audios. Later, A Course in Miracles, and The Dissapearance of the Universe by Gary Renard opened my eyes to understand our true esence and the reality that is hidden for those living in the material world. We are One. All is One. God is One. Namaste.
January 8th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
I began reading Wayne Dyer’s books when I was 13 and found that even then he had a profound impact on my life. I’m now 22, and while I certainly haven’t mastered his teachings, I DO understand them and apply them enough to have experienced both big and small ‘miracles’ in my life. He really, truly knows what he is talking about. As soon as I got out of my own way, everything effortlessly fell into place.
In response to Elise’s comment, I must agree that I had the same problem at first. Being the victim of child abuse myself, it was VERY difficult for me to grasp that I chose that horrible part of my life for myself. However, now that I am older and have had Dr. Dyer and God guiding me, I feel differently. I believe it was part of an exercise in personal growth that I chose - I went from being very abused as a child (and even homeless at one point) to an exceptional University student with all the opportunity in the world.
I’ll end the novel of a comment with two reading suggestions that I found to be just as profound as Dyer’s work: Illusions by Richard Bach and The Message of a Master.
Enjoy!