Guest guest Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I am a HUGE Wayner Dyer fan. He was talking about many ACT-friendly concepts before most others in the self-help world. He used to be big on the idea of controlling thoughts (which is not ACT-like), but he has moved away from that lately. He can be a bit woo-woo, but also very down-to-earth, very honest about struggles and mistakes and being human. I highly recommend him and would say just take what speaks to you and toss what doesn't. Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Since I got a Kindle I have bought a whole ton of new books, but I am getting things under control again now. Most are not on therapy- I like economics and politics. I don't think I have wasted my money and will read them all, but when I see a new interesting book I get so excited about it like a drug addict would about scoring, then it's like, 'Wow! I've got to have it'. The problem is that everytime I get a new book I start reading that one instead, and so I have a whole load of half read books. Hmmm, maybe I do have a problem? Kv > > Hi Group, > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, " The Shift " . I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey). > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I like when he/ Wayne Dyer, talks about what happens when someone or something puts pressure on us and we react in a certain way. We then often go on and blame the one doing the pressuring for the reaction we had as a result of it. He uses a metaphor: if you squeeze an orange, you're going to get orange juice, and not lemon juice. You can't blame the one or the thing doing the squeezing for the kind of juice you have inside. Henrik I am a HUGE Wayner Dyer fan. He was talking about many ACT-friendly concepts before most others in the self-help world. He used to be big on the idea of controlling thoughts (which is not ACT-like), but he has moved away from that lately. He can be a bit woo-woo, but also very down-to-earth, very honest about struggles and mistakes and being human. I highly recommend him and would say just take what speaks to you and toss what doesn't. Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'm enjoying "when prophecy fails": a 1950s book looking at cults that believed the end would come, and how they acted and thought when it didn't! I see a lot of it within myself. My mind distorts reality to fit with preconceived "truths". Hence I am sure I am a bad worker, and if I see evidence to the contrary, I manage to find a reason without changing my preconceived belief. x From: "Henrik Nordin," To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public >; ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 12:15 Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I like when he/ Wayne Dyer, talks about what happens when someone or something puts pressure on us and we react in a certain way. We then often go on and blame the one doing the pressuring for the reaction we had as a result of it. He uses a metaphor: if you squeeze an orange, you're going to get orange juice, and not lemon juice. You can't blame the one or the thing doing the squeezing for the kind of juice you have inside. Henrik I am a HUGE Wayner Dyer fan. He was talking about many ACT-friendly concepts before most others in the self-help world. He used to be big on the idea of controlling thoughts (which is not ACT-like), but he has moved away from that lately. He can be a bit woo-woo, but also very down-to-earth, very honest about struggles and mistakes and being human. I highly recommend him and would say just take what speaks to you and toss what doesn't. Virginia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Umm. Got to admit, I am exactly the same! We're all coming out of the closet now! And you can't beat the smell of a good book either! My house is full of books, like good old friends. And there is nothing more serene than falling asleep with a book on your chest. Simone To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 6:33Subject: Re: Wayne Dyer? Kate, Kaivey,It's good to know that I'm not alone with my passion for books. Or, to be more precise, a passion for the ideas and knowledge and imagined worlds contained within their physical or Kindled pages.While I don't finish most of the books I start, those I do, I treasure. Way back in the nineteen sixties when I was a teenager who was always being teased at school, I read Tolstoy's War and Peace in the playground and loved every page.A few years later, I started reading Joyce's Ulysses because I'd heard it was pornographic (this was the nineteen sixties in Britain) and fell in love with the language. After that came Beckett and Hubert Selby and Shakespeare and the Bhagavad Gita and Buddhism and science fact and science fiction and erotica and psychology and, more recently, neuroscience and ACT.I have a habit of writing my name and the purchase date in every book I buy. If I were to record all my purchases in a spreadsheet, I'd have a kind of intellectual history of what's intrigued and stimulated me over the decades. And I've been intrigued by almost everything except politics and economics and sport and cars!I get something out of every book I read, things that excite and feed my insatiably curious magpie mind. So what if I never get to where the book is leading me and take a detour along a dusty overgrown path into another book?Like good sex, the real joy of books is in the journey, the merging of two hearts and minds that matters, not the destination.Cheers,Stan> >> > Hi Group,> > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, "The Shift". I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey).> > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I don't think this is a coincidence. I have been struck by the eloquence of writers on this forum, in giving beautiful (sometimes devastating) prose to our difficulties, and in analysing (and hyper-analysing) problems. We appear to have minds that love to suck up information and narratives and chew them over and over. It finds meaning where there is none, and tells stories of nightmares that would startle Edgar Poe. I find reading a form of escape - if I keep feeding my mind, it won't turn on my own stories and narratives. Maybe stretching a little, but that is how it appears to me x To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 8:57 Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? Umm. Got to admit, I am exactly the same! We're all coming out of the closet now! And you can't beat the smell of a good book either! My house is full of books, like good old friends. And there is nothing more serene than falling asleep with a book on your chest. Simone To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 6:33Subject: Re: Wayne Dyer? Kate, Kaivey,It's good to know that I'm not alone with my passion for books. Or, to be more precise, a passion for the ideas and knowledge and imagined worlds contained within their physical or Kindled pages.While I don't finish most of the books I start, those I do, I treasure. Way back in the nineteen sixties when I was a teenager who was always being teased at school, I read Tolstoy's War and Peace in the playground and loved every page.A few years later, I started reading Joyce's Ulysses because I'd heard it was pornographic (this was the nineteen sixties in Britain) and fell in love with the language. After that came Beckett and Hubert Selby and Shakespeare and the Bhagavad Gita and Buddhism and science fact and science fiction and erotica and psychology and, more recently, neuroscience and ACT.I have a habit of writing my name and the purchase date in every book I buy. If I were to record all my purchases in a spreadsheet, I'd have a kind of intellectual history of what's intrigued and stimulated me over the decades. And I've been intrigued by almost everything except politics and economics and sport and cars!I get something out of every book I read, things that excite and feed my insatiably curious magpie mind. So what if I never get to where the book is leading me and take a detour along a dusty overgrown path into another book?Like good sex, the real joy of books is in the journey, the merging of two hearts and minds that matters, not the destination.Cheers,Stan> >> > Hi Group,> > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, "The Shift". I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey).> > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I share with others here a life-long fascination with books and love of reading. However, I have found since I've learned ACT that I read very few "self-help" books and I am very selective about them. Too many of that kind of book can be either confusing or an avoidance technique that keeps me from practicing the now almost (but not quite) boring ACT principles. To keep ACT interesting and lively, I constantly try to think of new ways to apply it in my life - and there is no dearth of opportunities there! I am now enjoying many kinds of books (other than self-help), although I find it hard to stay away from mindy stuff. I am currently reading (and have been for several years) about the possible "illusion" of free will ... now that's a mind-tripping concept ... and sure to stir up lots of argument and even controversy. I don't have a need to cling to that concept as some do. However, I have not made my mind up about it and don't feel the need to. Just examining it keeps me intellectually stimulated and if I ever truly get it figured out, I may write a book (ha!) since most of the ones I read on that topic leave me with more questions than answers.HelenaTo: "ACT for the Public" <ACT_for_the_Public >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:43:28 AMSubject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I experience knowledge gathering as avoidance sometimes too; it can become obsessive. I think though that over ones lifespan, all this knowledge, the lessons and information serve as the mortar that steadys the rocky paths we walk. To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I don't think this is a coincidence. I have been struck by the eloquence of writers on this forum, in giving beautiful (sometimes devastating) prose to our difficulties, and in analysing (and hyper-analysing) problems. We appear to have minds that love to suck up information and narratives and chew them over and over. It finds meaning where there is none, and tells stories of nightmares that would startle Edgar Poe. I find reading a form of escape - if I keep feeding my mind, it won't turn on my own stories and narratives. Maybe stretching a little, but that is how it appears to me x To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 8:57 Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? Umm. Got to admit, I am exactly the same! We're all coming out of the closet now! And you can't beat the smell of a good book either! My house is full of books, like good old friends. And there is nothing more serene than falling asleep with a book on your chest. Simone To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 6:33Subject: Re: Wayne Dyer? Kate, Kaivey,It's good to know that I'm not alone with my passion for books. Or, to be more precise, a passion for the ideas and knowledge and imagined worlds contained within their physical or Kindled pages.While I don't finish most of the books I start, those I do, I treasure. Way back in the nineteen sixties when I was a teenager who was always being teased at school, I read Tolstoy's War and Peace in the playground and loved every page.A few years later, I started reading Joyce's Ulysses because I'd heard it was pornographic (this was the nineteen sixties in Britain) and fell in love with the language. After that came Beckett and Hubert Selby and Shakespeare and the Bhagavad Gita and Buddhism and science fact and science fiction and erotica and psychology and, more recently, neuroscience and ACT.I have a habit of writing my name and the purchase date in every book I buy. If I were to record all my purchases in a spreadsheet, I'd have a kind of intellectual history of what's intrigued and stimulated me over the decades. And I've been intrigued by almost everything except politics and economics and sport and cars!I get something out of every book I read, things that excite and feed my insatiably curious magpie mind. So what if I never get to where the book is leading me and take a detour along a dusty overgrown path into another book?Like good sex, the real joy of books is in the journey, the merging of two hearts and minds that matters, not the destination.Cheers,Stan> >> > Hi Group,> > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, "The Shift". I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey).> > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hi ,talking about avoidance ,eating food to take away feelings while your eating can be habit forming, and when l read self help books it helps me feel better for that moment knowing how to deal or remind me of things lve learnt in the past . Sent from Yahoo!7 Mail on Android From: L ; To: ACT_for_the_Public <ACT_for_the_Public >; Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? Sent: Wed, Mar 28, 2012 8:43:28 AM I experience knowledge gathering as avoidance sometimes too; it can become obsessive. I think though that over ones lifespan, all this knowledge, the lessons and information serve as the mortar that steadys the rocky paths we walk. To: " ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I don't think this is a coincidence. I have been struck by the eloquence of writers on this forum, in giving beautiful (sometimes devastating) prose to our difficulties, and in analysing (and hyper-analysing) problems. We appear to have minds that love to suck up information and narratives and chew them over and over. It finds meaning where there is none, and tells stories of nightmares that would startle Edgar Poe. I find reading a form of escape - if I keep feeding my mind, it won't turn on my own stories and narratives. Maybe stretching a little, but that is how it appears to me x To: " ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 8:57 Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? Umm. Got to admit, I am exactly the same! We're all coming out of the closet now! And you can't beat the smell of a good book either! My house is full of books, like good old friends. And there is nothing more serene than falling asleep with a book on your chest. Simone To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 6:33Subject: Re: Wayne Dyer? Kate, Kaivey,It's good to know that I'm not alone with my passion for books. Or, to be more precise, a passion for the ideas and knowledge and imagined worlds contained within their physical or Kindled pages.While I don't finish most of the books I start, those I do, I treasure. Way back in the nineteen sixties when I was a teenager who was always being teased at school, I read Tolstoy's War and Peace in the playground and loved every page.A few years later, I started reading Joyce's Ulysses because I'd heard it was pornographic (this was the nineteen sixties in Britain) and fell in love with the language. After that came Beckett and Hubert Selby and Shakespeare and the Bhagavad Gita and Buddhism and science fact and science fiction and erotica and psychology and, more recently, neuroscience and ACT.I have a habit of writing my name and the purchase date in every book I buy. If I were to record all my purchases in a spreadsheet, I'd have a kind of intellectual history of what's intrigued and stimulated me over the decades. And I've been intrigued by almost everything except politics and economics and sport and cars!I get something out of every book I read, things that excite and feed my insatiably curious magpie mind. So what if I never get to where the book is leading me and take a detour along a dusty overgrown path into another book?Like good sex, the real joy of books is in the journey, the merging of two hearts and minds that matters, not the destination.Cheers,Stan> >> > Hi Group,> > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, " The Shift " . I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey).> > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Is this what your cartoon was about? Free will concepts? I'm not digging, BTW.There was so much back and forth there about your response to my response, that i never got to learn what your experience was! I am truly interested as to what your take on that cartoon was, what relevance to ACT it has for you. Thanks,terry To: ACT for the Public <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:08 AM Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I share with others here a life-long fascination with books and love of reading. However, I have found since I've learned ACT that I read very few "self-help" books and I am very selective about them. Too many of that kind of book can be either confusing or an avoidance technique that keeps me from practicing the now almost (but not quite) boring ACT principles. To keep ACT interesting and lively, I constantly try to think of new ways to apply it in my life - and there is no dearth of opportunities there! I am now enjoying many kinds of books (other than self-help), although I find it hard to stay away from mindy stuff. I am currently reading (and have been for several years) about the possible "illusion" of free will ... now that's a mind-tripping concept ... and sure to stir up lots of argument and even controversy. I don't have a need to cling to that concept as some do. However, I have not made my mind up about it and don't feel the need to. Just examining it keeps me intellectually stimulated and if I ever truly get it figured out, I may write a book (ha!) since most of the ones I read on that topic leave me with more questions than answers.HelenaTo: "ACT for the Public" <ACT_for_the_Public >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:43:28 AMSubject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I experience knowledge gathering as avoidance sometimes too; it can become obsessive. I think though that over ones lifespan, all this knowledge, the lessons and information serve as the mortar that steadys the rocky paths we walk. To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I don't think this is a coincidence. I have been struck by the eloquence of writers on this forum, in giving beautiful (sometimes devastating) prose to our difficulties, and in analysing (and hyper-analysing) problems. We appear to have minds that love to suck up information and narratives and chew them over and over. It finds meaning where there is none, and tells stories of nightmares that would startle Edgar Poe. I find reading a form of escape - if I keep feeding my mind, it won't turn on my own stories and narratives. Maybe stretching a little, but that is how it appears to me x To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 8:57 Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? Umm. Got to admit, I am exactly the same! We're all coming out of the closet now! And you can't beat the smell of a good book either! My house is full of books, like good old friends. And there is nothing more serene than falling asleep with a book on your chest. Simone To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 6:33Subject: Re: Wayne Dyer? Kate, Kaivey,It's good to know that I'm not alone with my passion for books. Or, to be more precise, a passion for the ideas and knowledge and imagined worlds contained within their physical or Kindled pages.While I don't finish most of the books I start, those I do, I treasure. Way back in the nineteen sixties when I was a teenager who was always being teased at school, I read Tolstoy's War and Peace in the playground and loved every page.A few years later, I started reading Joyce's Ulysses because I'd heard it was pornographic (this was the nineteen sixties in Britain) and fell in love with the language. After that came Beckett and Hubert Selby and Shakespeare and the Bhagavad Gita and Buddhism and science fact and science fiction and erotica and psychology and, more recently, neuroscience and ACT.I have a habit of writing my name and the purchase date in every book I buy. If I were to record all my purchases in a spreadsheet, I'd have a kind of intellectual history of what's intrigued and stimulated me over the decades. And I've been intrigued by almost everything except politics and economics and sport and cars!I get something out of every book I read, things that excite and feed my insatiably curious magpie mind. So what if I never get to where the book is leading me and take a detour along a dusty overgrown path into another book?Like good sex, the real joy of books is in the journey, the merging of two hearts and minds that matters, not the destination.Cheers,Stan> >> > Hi Group,> > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, "The Shift". I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey).> > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 No, I did not see that cartoon as having anything to do with "free will." The relevance it had for me was that I could drive my own bus (or pilot my own plane) and don't need to let my thoughts drive me, even though they will be noisy passengers. But the cartoon could have different meanings for different people, as it may have for you. Helena To: "ACT for the Public" <ACT_for_the_Public >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:03:10 AMSubject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? Is this what your cartoon was about? Free will concepts? I'm not digging, BTW.There was so much back and forth there about your response to my response, that i never got to learn what your experience was! I am truly interested as to what your take on that cartoon was, what relevance to ACT it has for you. Thanks, terry To: ACT for the Public <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:08 AMSubject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I share with others here a life-long fascination with books and love of reading. However, I have found since I've learned ACT that I read very few "self-help" books and I am very selective about them. Too many of that kind of book can be either confusing or an avoidance technique that keeps me from practicing the now almost (but not quite) boring ACT principles. To keep ACT interesting and lively, I constantly try to think of new ways to apply it in my life - and there is no dearth of opportunities there! I am now enjoying many kinds of books (other than self-help), although I find it hard to stay away from mindy stuff. I am currently reading (and have been for several years) about the possible "illusion" of free will ... now that's a mind-tripping concept ... and sure to stir up lots of argument and even controversy. I don't have a need to cling to that concept as some do. However, I have not made my mind up about it and don't feel the need to. Just examining it keeps me intellectually stimulated and if I ever truly get it figured out, I may write a book (ha!) since most of the ones I read on that topic leave me with more questions than answers. Helena To: "ACT for the Public" <ACT_for_the_Public >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:43:28 AMSubject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I experience knowledge gathering as avoidance sometimes too; it can become obsessive. I think though that over ones lifespan, all this knowledge, the lessons and information serve as the mortar that steadys the rocky paths we walk. To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 6:38 PMSubject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? I don't think this is a coincidence. I have been struck by the eloquence of writers on this forum, in giving beautiful (sometimes devastating) prose to our difficulties, and in analysing (and hyper-analysing) problems. We appear to have minds that love to suck up information and narratives and chew them over and over. It finds meaning where there is none, and tells stories of nightmares that would startle Edgar Poe. I find reading a form of escape - if I keep feeding my mind, it won't turn on my own stories and narratives. Maybe stretching a little, but that is how it appears to me x To: "ACT_for_the_Public " <ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 8:57Subject: Re: Re: Wayne Dyer? Umm. Got to admit, I am exactly the same! We're all coming out of the closet now! And you can't beat the smell of a good book either! My house is full of books, like good old friends. And there is nothing more serene than falling asleep with a book on your chest. Simone To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 6:33Subject: Re: Wayne Dyer? Kate, Kaivey,It's good to know that I'm not alone with my passion for books. Or, to be more precise, a passion for the ideas and knowledge and imagined worlds contained within their physical or Kindled pages.While I don't finish most of the books I start, those I do, I treasure. Way back in the nineteen sixties when I was a teenager who was always being teased at school, I read Tolstoy's War and Peace in the playground and loved every page.A few years later, I started reading Joyce's Ulysses because I'd heard it was pornographic (this was the nineteen sixties in Britain) and fell in love with the language. After that came Beckett and Hubert Selby and Shakespeare and the Bhagavad Gita and Buddhism and science fact and science fiction and erotica and psychology and, more recently, neuroscience and ACT.I have a habit of writing my name and the purchase date in every book I buy. If I were to record all my purchases in a spreadsheet, I'd have a kind of intellectual history of what's intrigued and stimulated me over the decades. And I've been intrigued by almost everything except politics and economics and sport and cars!I get something out of every book I read, things that excite and feed my insatiably curious magpie mind. So what if I never get to where the book is leading me and take a detour along a dusty overgrown path into another book?Like good sex, the real joy of books is in the journey, the merging of two hearts and minds that matters, not the destination.Cheers,Stan> >> > Hi Group,> > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, "The Shift". I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey).> > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I like your take too. Thanks for sharing it. kind regards, terry > > > > > > Hi Group, > > > > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, " The Shift " . I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey). > > > > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Cartoons, oh wow! > > > > > > Hi Group, > > > > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer called, "The Shift". I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey). > > > > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > > > > > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 The Shift ( movie) is going to be on Oprah's own channel in the next week from what I heard. I also rented it on itunes. I have always liked Wayne Dwyer I went to this link this morning. I tried the free remove video. ACT again I thought. http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/10/remove-a-limiting-belief-in-about-20-mi\ nutes/ Lin > : > > > > > > Hi Group, > > > > > > I was at the library today looking for a book that was recommended to me. Unfortunately they didn't have it but I saw a book by Wayne Dyer > called, " The Shift " . I remembered someone here mentioning that guy so I picked it up to have a browse. In the first paragraph that I read, Wayne spoke of the self as being energy! I was blown away. I opened the book to another random page and found him talking about ego (a whole darn chapter on it!). I couldn't borrow as it was not my local library so now I have two books to source. I have three on the go currently. (I can relate to your book obsession Kaivey). > > > > > > Has anyone else read Wayne Dyer? What are your impressions? > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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