Living the Wisdom of the Tao: The Complete Tao Te Ching and Affirmations
by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
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Author: Dr. Wayne W. DyerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-01
ISBN: 1401921493
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Hay House
Book Reviews of Living the Wisdom of the Tao: The Complete Tao Te Ching and Affirmations
Book Review: Ancient Eastern Wisdom
Summary: 5 Stars
The cover states this is the complete Tao Te Ching and affirmations. I believe the Tao, as it is called, is pronounced like the "ou" sound in "ouch" with a "T" in front of it. "Tao Te Ching" translates to "living and applying the Great Way". Ancient Chinese prophet and keeper of the imperial archives in the ancient capital of Luoyang, Lao-tzu, recorded his wisdom in the Tao some 25 centuries ago. Reportedly, many scholars consider the Tao to be the wisest book ever written. The Tao encourages you to change your life in a profound way (by changing your way of thinking).
This is what I call a desk-top booklet or a daily reminder booklet, great for keeping at work and reading something from it every day at lunchtime. It is the size of a 5" x 7 " photo and is only ½ inch thick, with a little over 169 pages plus blank pages for notes. There are 81 verses. Each verse is one small page with a page to the left which provides a short affirmation that relates to the adjacent verse. So, you read one verse at the beginning or the day or at lunchtime, then think about what it means to you as you go through the rest of the day. Of course, you can read the verses in the book order or randomly select them. It may also help you to find peace in a stress-filled workplace.
Just keeping the booklet on top of your file cabinet where others can see it even helps a little because it reminds people that there is something "greater" going on. I keep several Dyer desk-top books on top of the file cabinet and invite co-workers to pick them up and look through them during breaks or lunch. I personally found the verses themselves to be more meaningful to me than the affirmations.
Here is a nice example for you:
49th Verse:
"The sage has no fixed mind;
He is aware of the needs of others.
Those who are good he treats with goodness.
Those who are bad he also treats with goodness
Because the nature of his being is good.
He is kind to the kind.
He is also kind to the unkind
Because the nature of his being is kindness.
He is faithful to the faithful;
He is also faithful to the unfaithful.
The sage lives in harmony with all below heaven.
He sees everything as his own self;
He loves everyone as his own child.
All people are drawn to him.
He behaves like a little child."
The adjacent affirmation:
"It is my choice to be kind to those who are kind. It is my choice to be kind to those who are unkind, because the nature of my being is kindness, and that is all I have to give away."
Now, if you read through the 49th Verse above and really ponder its meaning, I think you will see much more than is stated in the affirmation adjacent to the verse. So, my challenge to you is to read it slowly and think about its meaning. Then ponder its meaning as you go through your daily routine. As you treat EVERYONE with kindness and goodness, then you are truly loving everyone. You are seeing the God, the Divine in all people and are living in a state of love and happiness that is beyond what many people experience. Is this not true beauty? Is this not what Jesus tried to teach us? And is this not how a child reacts to others, before he/she learns to behave differently from adults? Think on it for awhile. You CANNOT show unkindness if you only "do" kindness, because kindness is the only way you operate. Therefore, you can only show love, if that is the only way you chose to "be". And as you exhibit love, love is returned to you.
Namaste'
May you find the peace and love of God in all that there is.
Summary of Living the Wisdom of the Tao: The Complete Tao Te Ching and Affirmations
?This book offers you an opportunity to internalize and directly experience the great wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, a collection of verses authored by the Chinese prophet Lao-tzu.
?The words Tao Te Ching translate to ?living and applying the Great Way.? Although just 81 short verses, the Tao encourages you to change your life by literally changing the way you think. By reading through the verses presented here (which I?ve pieced together after reviewing hundreds of translations)?along with the corresponding affirmation I?ve created for each verse?you?ll be embarking on a path that encompasses the profound ideas that Lao-tzu intended to convey.
?The Tao Te Ching offers you Divine guidance on virtually every area of human existence. It is a new way of thinking in a world that needs to recapture its ancient teachings. Work with the verses and affirmations regularly and you will come to know the truth behind the ancient Tao observation: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.?
? Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
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