You Are What You Think

by Wayne W. Dyer

Wayne Dyer (1940-2015) var en verdenskendt spirituel lærer, som gennem mange årtier underviste, motiverede og inspirerede mennesker til at udleve deres guddommelige potentiale og manifestere den bedste udgave af sig selv. Næring til sjælen er en hyldest til hans liv og indeholder korte tekster til hver dag i året, udvalgt fra hans omfattende forfatterskab. Der er tekster, som minder os om, hvor forunderligt og dyrebart livet er, at vi er elsket, minder os om at elske, at tage ansvar for vores liv, tilgive, at være venlige, at åbne os for livets dybe spirituelle dimension, tekster der får os til at overveje, hvad vi bruger vores tid på og fylder vores liv med, og hvad det i det hele taget er, vi går rundt og tænker på, for, som han skriver, kommer det, vi tænker på, til at fylde mere, også hvis vi tænker på noget negativt, eller at vi mangler noget. Bogen er fuld af citater, som kan få os til at smile, blive stille og reflektere eller måske op af stolen og i gang med noget godt. Wayne Dyers dybe indsigter lever videre i hans tekster. 

Genres: Spirituality, Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology, Religion

381 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 2, 2018

About the author

Wayne Walter Dyer was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. Dyer earned a Bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy, a Master’s degree in Psychology and an Ed.D. in Guidance and Counseling at Wayne State University in 1970. Early in his career, he worked as a high school guidance counselor, and went on to run a successful private therapy practice. He became a popular professor of counselor education at St. John's University, where he was approached by a literary agent to put his ideas into book form. The result was his first book, Your Erroneous Zones (1976), one of the best-selling books of all time, with an estimated 100 million copies sold. This launched Dyer's career as a motivational speaker and self-help author, during which he published 20 more best-selling books and produced a number of popular specials for PBS. Influenced by thinkers such as Abraham H. Maslow and Albert Ellis, Dyer's early work focused on psychological themes such as motivation, self actualization and assertiveness. By the 1990s, the focus of his work had shifted to spirituality. Inspired by Swami Muktananda and New Thought, he promoted themes such as the "power of intention," collaborated with alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra on a number of projects, and was a frequent guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I do not know how I got this book. I think it was with free credit on Kindle. No idea.

This is basically the equivalent of a daily devotional, but with quotes from Wayne Dyer. They are collected throughout his career, from being mildly thought provoking, to tumblr-esque levels of faux- “deep,” to spiritual talk which sounds like the author may have been mentally ill.

I cannot recommend this as some things in here designed to be “self-help,” are entirely dangerous in many contexts.

[Larada Horner-Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring Words to live by!

I’ve been a Wayne Dyer fan for years and just found this book. The daily readings are short & to the point. I love his positivity.

[David Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great daily reading book with highlights of Wayne Dyer's career of teaching and learning. I would have given it a 5 star rating, but the copy limit is strict and I was unable to copy any choice quotes to my journal after March or so.

Nonetheless, a great daily reading book!

[seham sayeh · Rating 5 out of 5]

واين داير رائع

[Jess Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great daily meditations
Here are 365 meditations put together after Wayne Dyer croaked as Abraham puts it! Each meditation are put in the same format Wayne would have used had he been alive when this book was published. Not having read, heard and seen everything Wayne wrote he could have written these himself. I get from going through this book it's exactly how Wayne would have done it. Wayne made each meditation simple and profound. Having just finished Radical Acceptance I found a deeper meaning to each meditation. Go through them one each day or more than one. It's up to you as I don't subscribe to the theory that there is a right or wrong way to do something.

[Matija · Rating 2 out of 5]

About third of it was okay. Rest was way too spiritual for my taste.
All of it seems so passive, as if it is not the same Wayne Dyer I've enjoyed in Pulling Your Own Strings

If it weren't for this easy-to-read, calendar-style format, I don't think I'd ever finish it.

[Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book caught my eye one day while I was wandering around a small book store. It turned out to be my favorite daily ritual - and exactly what I needed.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adore

This book is an amazing summary of Wayne Dyer's teachings. A must have in your collection of motivational books. Will be reading this again and again.

[Shane Embury · Rating 4 out of 5]

"thought-provoking" doesn't capture the magnitude of the wisdom in this book. "mind-altering" truly feels more apt. there is a year's worth of profound meditations distilled into accessible daily nuggets, the application of which can revolutionize you for a lifetime, if you allow it.

a couple things kept this book from being five stars for me: 1. a lot of emphasis on spirituality and God and the Tao and divinity and whatnot, so the discourse centered on those topics did not engage me as much. and 2. noticed a lot of repetition throughout this book. As one example, there were probably four or five different days spent rephrasing that forgiveness is an act of self-love. And yes i'm sure it's difficult to come up with 365 unique pieces of wisdom, but then there's offenses like back-to-back pages saying "it's the space between the notes that makes the music" so it's like come on, at least spread them out so it's less obvious that you're recycling thoughts.

nonetheless, lots to glean from this book, thinking about tearing out all the pages i dog-eared and somehow consolidating them in an aesthetically-pleasing way. could be a fun creative project.

[Kevin McDonald · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting mix of implications ranging from “law of attraction” pseudoscience, Taoist philosophy, and changing genetics. There are some sporadic basic truths, “conflict cannot survive without your participation”, ok, that seem more in line with a daily mediation type book, but they’re far outweighed by the others.

I am admittedly biased against this style of book, yet somehow this found its way onto my bookshelf. I originally grouped it in with other spirituality / 12 step auxiliary literature, since those have a way of appearing in my possession. However I do not believe that’s fitting, nor is this book for me.

[Mac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes!!!!!

[Charlotte Falkner · Rating 1 out of 5]

While I appreciate the idea behind putting together a daily book of this type--and Dr. Dyer literally has a lifetime's worth of learning to offer--this is a pretty weak book.

[Tina]

consejos prácticos muchos concuerdan con enseñanzas bíblicas. Escuchado en Audible

[Sneha Nathani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once you’ve learned how to enter your inner kingdom, you have a special retreat within that’s always available to you.

[Vicente Perez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Olvidate del ego