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! (children’s book with Kristina Tracy)
Inspiration
The Invisible Force
It’s Not What You’ve Got (children’s 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 Sky’s the Limit
Staying on the Path
10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
Unstoppable Me! (children’s book with Kristina
Tracy) What Do You Really Want
for Your Children?
Wisdom of the Ages
You’ll 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 Peace Change Your Thoughts—Change
Your Life (unabridged 8-CD set)
Change Your Thoughts Meditation
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
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 Problem The
Wayne Dyer Audio Collection/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
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 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
Hay House India: www.hayhouse.co.in
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 Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: orders@psdprom.co.za • Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast: www.raincoast.com • Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in
Wayne Dyer’s 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 use—other than for “fair use” as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews—without 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
299.5’1482--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
Preface. Verse Number:
1 Living the Mystery
2 Living the Paradoxical Unity
3 Living Contentment
4 Living Infinitely
5 Living Impartially
6 Living Creatively
7 Living Beyond Ego
8 Living in the Flow
9 Living Humility
10 Living Oneness
11 Living from the Void
12 Living with Inner Conviction
13 Living with an Independent Mind
14 Living Beyond Form
15 Living an Unhurried Life
16 Living with Constancy
17 Living as an Enlightened Leader
18 Living Without Rules
19 Living Without Attachment
20 Living Without Striving
21 Living the Elusive Paradox
22 Living with Flexibility
23 Living Naturally
24 Living Without Excess
25 Living from Greatness
26 Living Calmly
27 Living by Your Inner Light
28 Living Virtuously
29 Living by Natural Law
30 Living Without Force
31 Living Without Weapons
32 Living the Perfect Goodness of the Tao
33 Living Self-Mastery
34 Living the Great Way
35 Living Beyond Worldly Pleasures
36 Living in Obscurity
37 Living in Simplicity
38 Living Within Your Own Nature
39 Living Wholeness
40 Living by Returning and Yielding
41 Living Beyond Appearances
42 Living by Melting into Harmony
43 Living Softly
44 Living by Knowing When to Stop
45 Living Beyond Superficialities
46 Living Peacefully
47 Living by Being
48 Living by Decreasing
49 Living Beyond Judgment
50 Living as an Immortal
51 Living by Hidden Virtue
52 Living by Returning to the Mother
53 Living Honorably
54 Living as If Your Life Makes a Difference
55 Living by Letting Go
56 Living by Silent Knowing
57 Living Without Authoritarianism
58 Living Untroubled by Good or Bad Fortune
59 Living by Thrift and Moderation
60 Living with Immunity to Evil
61 Living by Remaining Low
62 Living in the Treasure-house of the Tao
63 Living Without Difficulties
64 Living by Being Here Now
65 Living by Staying Simple-hearted
66 Living by Emulating the Sea
67 Living by the Three Treasures
68 Living by Cooperating
69 Living Without Enemies
70 Living a God-Realized Life
71 Living Without Sickness
72 Living with Awe and Acceptance
73 Living in Heaven’s Net
74 Living with No Fear of Death
75 Living by Demanding Little
76 Living by Bending
77 Living by Offering the Surplus
78 Living like Water
79 Living Without Resentments
80 Living Your Own Utopia
81 Living Without Accumulating
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Preface
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
— George Bernard Shaw
Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life is the
