Change your Thoughts, Change your Life

This book of reflections on the Tao Te Ching is a must-read for all familiar with the Tao and a wonderful introduction for those from have not yet read it. Wayne Dyer spent a year living with the text and has produced series of 81 essays arising out of each short chapter, the translation of which is a composite from many editions. As advised, I read only one chapter a day over a period of months, allowing the simple and profound message of harmony with Nature to permeate my thoughts and being as well as informing quality of my actions. The teaching is paradoxical and as applicable now as it was 2,500 years ago. Each chapter opens with the translation, and Wayne highlights some key messages in his reflections as well as advising the reader on how to practise the Tao in the light of the insights. It is about living impartially, creatively, in the flow, without attachment, without striving, calmly, simply, softly and peacefully. The sage allows rather than interferes, knows when to act and when to refrain from action, understands the rhythms of life knows when to let go and surrender. As the text reminds us: My teachings are very easy to understand And very easy to practise; yet so few in this world understand, and so few are able to practise.