CHANGE Your THOUGHTS – Change Your LIFE
Living the Wisdom of the Tao
Dr. Wayne Dyer
104-107
22nd Verse
The flexible are preserved unbroken.
The bent become straight.
The exhausted become renewed.
The poor are enriched.
The rich are confounded.
Therefore the sage embraces the one.
Because he doesn’t display himself,
people can see his light.
Because he has nothing to prove,
people can trust his words.
Because he doesn’t know who he is,
people recognize themselves in him.
Because he has no goal in mind,
Everything he does succeeds.
The old saying that the flexible are preserved unbroken is surely right!
If you have truly attained wholeness,
everything will flock to you
Living with Flexibility
Embrace a quality of elasticity and flexibility similar to the stately palms.
The oneness of the Tao supplies resiliency & grounding to withstand the storms of life.
Make the choice to weather the storm by letting it blow through without resistance.
The flexible “whole” person is open to all possibilities.
The Tao doesn’t restrict itself to one point of view or way of doing things.
Being “empty” means not full of beliefs, possessions or ego-driven ideas.
It means being open to all ideas without conflict.
Removing your rigidity creates an atmosphere of trust.
Admitting you don’t know for sure and listening allows others to identify with you.
Be free of goals, desires and judgments, immersed in all you do without concern for outcome.
When you live this way failure becomes an impossibility.
“Everything he does succeeds.”
Change the way you see the storms of your life
Remove ego as the dominant force over you, others will be drawn to you naturally.
Let go of having to win an argument and having to be right.
Have no need to prove yourself right and make others wrong.
Imagine yourself as a tall stately palm
Be without goals and objectives and instead adjust to the force of nature.
Adapt to what comes your way by first experiencing the energy like the bending palm.
When criticism comes, listen.
When powerful forces push you in one direction, bow rather than fight.
Be free of a rigid set of rules.
Acknowledge the storm, feel it in your body, observe it without judgment.
When rigidity reappears, notice that too and discover the roots of your stiffness.
Do the Tao Now
Listen to an opinion that’s the opposite of yours, & refuse to impose your position.
Dismiss ego’s attitude and welcome the flexibility of the Tao.