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: [email protected] 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.: [email protected] • 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