“Change Your Thoughts - Change your Life”

“Change Your Thoughts - Change your Life”

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who

Can not change their minds can not change anything”.
“George Bernard Shaw”

In The Wisdom of China and India, Dr. Em Yutang states, “If there is one book in the whole of Oriental literature which should be read above all others, it is, “Lao-Tzu’s Book of Tao”

Legend tells us that the “Tao Te Ching” was authored by “Lao-tzu”, a prophet who was also the keeper of the imperial archives in the ancient capital of Luoyang. Seeing the continual decay during a period of warring states, Lao-tzu decided to ride westward into the desert. At the Hanku Pass, a gatekeeper named Yin Hsi, knowing of Lao-Tzu’s

Tao Te Ching, a book of wisdom that’s been translated more than any volume in the world, with the exception of the Bible. Many scholars consider this Chinese classic the ultimate discourse on the nature of existence; and it continues to be a valuable resource for achieving a way of life that guarantees integrity, joy, peace, and balance. Just by reading and rereading the “81 verses of this ancient text” in fewer than 100 short passages, it describes a way of living that’s balanced, moral, and spiritual; and that works for all facets of life on Earth.

Commentaries on the “Tao Te Ching” generally interpret Tao as “the way”, “Te as the shape of the power,
(That is how the Tao manifests and “ching as book.”)

Do the Tao Now
At some point today, notice an instance of annoyance or irritation you have with another person or situation. Decide to do the “Tao” (or practice the Way) in that moment by turning inward with curiosity about where you are on the continuum between desire and allowing. Permit the paradox of wanting the irritant to vanish and allowing it to be what it is. Look inward for it in your thoughts and allow yourself to feel it wherever it is and however it moves in your body.

Turn all of your attention to becoming open-minded, allowing permissiveness to befriend the mystery within yourself. Notice how the feeling manifests itself:

Perhaps doing “loop-de-loops” in your stomach, giving rigidness to your skeleton, making your heart pound, or tightening your throat. Wherever it is, allow it as an enigmatic messenger within you, and give it nonjudgmental attention.

Notice the desire for the feeling to disappear, and allow it to be monitored compassionately by you. Accept whatever comes. Encounter the mystery within without labeling, explaining, or defending. It’s a subtle distinction at first, which you must take personal responsibility for identifying. You alone can prepare the ground of your being for the experience of living the mystery.

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Source: Dr . Wayne W. Dyer

Complied by Lalit Niranajn

Note: There are 81 Verses in this epic book, I shall try to bring all the verses one by one in due cousre of time, for the benifit of the readers.